Registered Nurse Qualifications

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  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Professions of the Healing Arts
  4. Nursing
  5. General Provisions
  6. Registered Nurse Qualifications

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An applicant for a license to practice professional nursing shall submit to the board evidence in such form as the board may prescribe that such applicant:

  1. Is in good physical and mental health;
  2. Holds a diploma from a four-year accredited high school, or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the board; and
  3. Has successfully completed a course of study in an approved school of nursing, as defined by the board, and the applicant holds a diploma or degree from an approved school of nursing or the approved school has certified to the board that the applicant has met all requirements for a diploma or degree.


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