RELATES TO:
KRS
61.874(3),
314.027(2),
314.041(11),
(13)(c),
314.042(3), (6),
(14)(b) 4., 314.051(2), (13)(c), 314.071(1),
(2), 314.073(7), 314.075(1), 314.101(4), 314.142(1)(b), 314.161,
314.171(4)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
314.131 authorizes the board to promulgate
administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS Chapter
314. KRS
314.142(1)(b) requires the
board to establish an application fee for a registered nurse who applies to the
board to be credentialed as a "sexual assault nurse examiner".
KRS
314.161 authorizes the board to establish
fees necessary to implement KRS Chapter 314.
KRS
314.041(11), (13)(c),
314.042(3), (6),
(14)(b) 4., 314.051(2), (13)(c), 314.071(1),
(2), and 314.073(7) require the board to establish fees for licensure,
examination, renewal, reinstatement, and continuing education. This
administrative regulation establishes those fees.
Section 1. Fees for Licensure Applications.
(1) The board shall collect a fee for:
(a) An application for licensure;
and
(b) Licensure renewal or
reinstatement.
(2) The
fee for an application shall be:
(a) Licensure
by endorsement as a registered nurse - $165;
(b) Licensure by endorsement as a licensed
practical nurse - $165;
(c)
Licensure by examination as a registered nurse - $125;
(d) Licensure by examination as a licensed
practical nurse - $125;
(e) Renewal
of license - fifty-five (55) dollars;
(f) Retired status - twenty-five (25)
dollars;
(g) Reinstatement of
license - $135;
(h) Paper copy of
an application - forty (40) dollars;
(i) Full verification of licensure,
credential or registration history - fifty (50) dollars;
(j) Licensure as an advanced practice
registered nurse - $165;
(k)
Renewal of licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse - fifty-five (55)
dollars;
(l) Reinstatement of
licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse - $135;
(m) Name change - twenty-five (25)
dollars;
(n) Application to
establish a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse prelicensure program
of nursing pursuant to
201 KAR 20:280 -
$2,000;
(o) Information submitted
to establish an advanced practice registered nurse program pursuant to
201 KAR 20:062 - $2,000;
or
(p) Information submitted to
establish an additional track pursuant to
201 KAR 20:062 - $500.
(3) An application or information
submitted under this section shall not be evaluated by the board unless the
current fee is submitted.
Section
2. Fees for Applications for Continuing Education Approvals. The
fee for an application for approval of a provider of continuing education or
for a renewal or reinstatement of the approval shall be:
(1) Initial provider approval -
$400;
(2) Reinstatement of provider
approval - $400;
(3) Renewal of
approval - $100; or
(4) Individual
review of continuing education offerings - ten (10) dollars.
Section 3. Fees for Services.
(1) The fee for a service shall be:
(a) Validation of the current status of a
temporary work permit, provisional license, license, or credential:
1. If requested in writing in individual
nurse format - fifty (50) dollars; or
2. If requested in writing in list format -
fifty (50) dollars for the first name and twenty (20) dollars for each
additional name;
(b) Copy
of an examination result or transcript - twenty-five (25) dollars;
(c) Nursing certificate - thirty (30)
dollars;
(d) Release of NCLEX
results to another state board of nursing - seventy-five (75) dollars;
or
(e) Review a request from an
advanced practice nurse to be exempt from the Collaborative Agreement for the
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Controlled
Substances - fifty (50) dollars.
(2) An applicant for licensure who takes or
retakes the licensure examination shall pay:
(a) The current examination fee required by
the national council of state boards of nursing; and
(b) Application for licensure fee pursuant to
Section 1 of this administrative regulation.
(3) A graduate of a foreign school of nursing
shall be responsible for:
(a) Costs incurred
to submit credentials translated into English;
(b) Immigration documents; and
(c) Other documents needed to verify that the
graduate has met Kentucky licensure requirements.
(4) A program of nursing that requires a site
visit pursuant to
201 KAR 20:360, Section 5, shall
pay the cost of the site visit to the board.
Section 4. An application shall lapse and the
fee shall be forfeited if the application is not completed as follows:
(1) For an application for licensure by
endorsement, within one (1) year from the date the application form is filed
with the board office;
(2) For an
application for licensure by examination, within one (1) year from the date the
application form is filed with the board office;
(3) For an application for reinstatement of
license, within one (1) year from the date the application form is filed with
the board office; or
(4) For all
other applications, except for renewal of license applications, within one (1)
year from the date the application form is filed with the board
office.
Section 5. An
applicant who meets all requirements for approval, licensure, or credential
shall be issued the appropriate approval, license, or credential without
additional fee.
Section 6. Fees for
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners.
(1) The
application fee shall be $120.
(2)
The credential renewal fee shall be fifty (50) dollars.
(3) The credential reinstatement fee shall be
$120.
Section 7. A
payment for an application fee that is in an incorrect amount shall be returned
and the application shall not be posted until the correct fee is
received.
Section 8. Bad
Transaction Fee. Any transaction, including paper or electronic, submitted to
the board for payment of a fee which is returned for nonpayment shall be
assessed a bad transaction fee of thirty-five (35) dollars.