17 CAR § 121-101 – Qualifications

(a) Completion of an approved high school course of study or the equivalent as determined by the appropriate educational agency.
(b) Possession of a valid United States Social Security number or has been issued federal Form I-766 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services-issued Employment Authorization Document.
(c) Completion of an approved nursing education program.
(d) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing may refuse to admit to the examination any candidate and refuse to issue a license, certificate, or registration to any applicant if the license, practice privilege, certificate, or registration of such person has been revoked or suspended or placed on probation and not reinstated by the jurisdiction that took such action.
(e) Effective January 1, 2000, no person shall be eligible to receive or hold a license issued by the board if that person has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, or been found guilty by any court in the State of Arkansas, or of any similar offense by a court in another state, or of any similar offense by a federal court of any offense listed in Arkansas Code § 17-3-102.