(a) An applicant for a license to practice as a Registered Nurse shall submit to the Board written evidence, verified by oath, that said applicant—
(1) is of good character;
(2) is in good physical and mental health;
(3) has completed an approved high school course of study or the equivalent thereof and meets such other preliminary requirements as the Board may prescribe; and
(4) has completed a basic professional curriculum in an accredited school of nursing and holds credentials therefrom.
(b) The applicant shall be required to pass a written examination as prescribed in the rules and regulations. Each examination may be supplemented by an oral practical examination. Upon successfully passing such examination Board shall issue to the applicant a license to practice as a registered nurse.
(c) The Board shall issue a license to practice nursing as a registered nurse without examination to an applicant who is a graduate of a school of nursing and who has been duly licensed as a registered nurse by examination under the laws of another state or jurisdiction of the United States if, in the opinion of the Board, the applicant meets the qualifications prescribed in the rules and regulations as a registered nurse in the Virgin Islands.
(d) Applicants who are graduates of a foreign nurse educational program shall be obliged to sit an examination for licensure. The Board shall review pertinent documents of the applicant and render a decision of the applicant's eligibility to sit the examination for licensure.
(e) Any person who holds a license to practice as a registered nurse in the Virgin Islands shall have the right to use the title “Registered Nurse” and the abbreviation “R.N.” No other person shall assume such title or use such abbreviation or any other words, letters, signs, or figures to indicate that the person using the same is a registered nurse.
(f) A graduate nurse is an individual who has satisfactorily completed an accredited program preparing him or her for beginning nursing practice, under the supervision of a registered nurse. Only individuals who are graduates of such programs may use the title “Graduate Nurse” and the abbreviation “G.N.” for a maximum of one year past eligibility for sitting the licensing examination for registered nurses.
(g) Any person who holds a license or certificate of registration to practice nursing as a registered nurse which is valid on the effective date of this subchapter shall thereafter be deemed to be a licensed registered nurse under the provisions of this subchapter.