Nurses leaving the District of Columbia or applying for licensure in another state

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. District of Columbia Boards and Commissions
4. Nurse’s Rehabilitation Program
5. Nurses leaving the District of Columbia or applying for licensure in another state

(a) A nurse participating in the Program who moves to a jurisdiction where a rehabilitation program is in place and applies for licensure in that jurisdiction shall be transferred to that jurisdiction’s rehabilitation program.

(b) A nurse participating in the Program who moves to a jurisdiction where there is no rehabilitation program and applies for licensure in that jurisdiction shall have his or her records transferred to that jurisdiction’s equivalent of the Board.

(c) Whenever a nurse who applies for licensure in another jurisdiction continues to practice nursing in the District of Columbia:

(1) If the jurisdiction has a rehabilitation program in place, the program shall be notified that the nurse is participating in a rehabilitation program in the District of Columbia; or

(2) If there is no rehabilitation program in the jurisdiction, the jurisdiction’s equivalent of the Board shall be notified that the nurse is participating in a rehabilitation program in the District of Columbia.

(May 1, 2001, D.C. Law 13-297, § 13, 48 DCR 2036.)

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