Minn. R. 6310.2800 - REGISTRATION RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
The licensee shall submit the fee with the application for renewal by the registration expiration date. The fee must be made payable to the Minnesota Board of Nursing. The board shall return a fee that is received without an application or is made out incorrectly. The licensee shall resubmit the fee with an application by the licensee's registration expiration date. The fee is not refundable.
A registered nurse shall participate in the ratio of at least one contact hour of acceptable continuing education for each month of registration. A licensed practical nurse shall participate in the ratio of at least one contact hour of acceptable continuing education for each two months of registration.
For a continuing education activity to be acceptable for renewal of registration, the criteria in items A to F must be met.
A licensee may do one of the following for continuing education within the licensees participation period and apply contact hours to the activity:
or
Confirmation of continuing education shall be a part of the renewal of registration application. Each licensee shall verify that the continuing education activities used to meet the licensees renewal requirements meet all the criteria in subparts 3, 4a, and 5, and that the information is true in every respect.
The registration renewal application, registration renewal fee, and continuing education report must be received in the board office by the licensee's registration expiration date.
If the licensee's registration renewal application, registration renewal fee, and continuing education report are received in the board office after the registration expiration date, the applicant is not eligible for renewal of registration. The board shall return the application and fee to the licensee. The board shall provide a reregistration application to the licensee. The licensee may not practice nursing after the registration expiration date until reregistration requirements have been met as specified in part 6310.3100.
If the board receives an incomplete renewal application and fee by the registration expiration date, the board shall notify the licensee of any deficiency. On the deficiency notice, the board shall note if the application, the continuing education report, or the fee submitted by a licensee is incomplete, incorrect, or not in compliance with this part. The licensee may not practice nursing after the registration expiration date until registration requirements have been met. The registration renewal application, fee, and other documents will be retained by the board whenever possible.
If a licensee does not have enough contact hours of acceptable continuing education, the licensee has the options listed in items A and B.
A licensee provides grounds for disciplinary action if the licensee does not meet one of the options for insufficient hours in subpart 6c or fails an audit and is not eligible to defer.
The licensee shall submit true, complete, and accurate information. Falsification of any evidence for any registration period or falsification or omission of information provides grounds for disciplinary action.
Each licensee shall keep information documenting each continuing education activity submitted to meet registration renewal requirements. The licensee shall retain the information for two years after the continuing education activities are reported to the board.
On presentation of convincing evidence by a registration or reregistration applicant, the board shall grant a variance from the following requirements:
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 326.56, a licensee who is in the armed forces of the United States or is employed outside the United States in employment which is essential to the prosecution of any war or the national defense, and whose registration was in effect at the time of entry into the armed forces or engagement in employment outside the United States, is not obligated to renew registration. The board must be notified in writing by the licensee regarding the qualifications for this exemption. The exemption ceases six months after discharge from active duty or termination of the aforementioned employment. A registration renewal notice shall be sent to the licensee at the time that a registration renewal notice would normally be sent to the licensee. The licensee may be requested to reconfirm exempt status. If the licensee no longer qualifies for the exemption, the requirements for registration renewal must be met. The required number of contact hours are calculated based on the number of months since the exemption ceased to the month of the registration renewal expiration date and according to the ratio specified in subpart 3.
The board shall nullify incomplete registration renewal applications that are not completed, returned, and received by the board within 30 days following notification of the deficiency or by the licensee's registration expiration date, whichever is later. For a nullified application, the fee shall be forfeited and the application and other documents may be destroyed according to Minnesota Statutes, section 138.17, subdivision 7.
The name of a licensee who does not return the complete renewal application and fees by the registration expiration date shall be removed from the list of individuals authorized to practice advanced practice, professional, or practical nursing.
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Statutory Authority: MS s 16A.128; 148.191; 148.211; 148.231; 214.06; 214.12
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