1. (a) Each registered nurse who is approved to practice as a nurse practitioner in this State shall annually renew each approval to practice with the Board no later than the last day of the nurse practitioner's birth month by:

   1. (1) Maintaining current North Carolina RN licensure or privilege to practice;
   2. (2) Maintaining certification as a nurse practitioner by a national credentialing body identified in Rule .0101(8) of this Subchapter;
   3. (3) Attesting to completion of continuing competence requirements, and submitting evidence of completion if requested by the Board, as specified in Rule .0107 of this Subchapter;
   4. (4) Submitting the fee required in Rule .0115 of this Subchapter; and
   5. (5) Completing the renewal application.
2. (b) If the nurse practitioner has not renewed by the last day of her or his birth month, the approval to practice as a nurse practitioner shall expire.

History Note: Authority G.S. 90-5.1(a)(3); 90-8.1; 90-8.2(a); 90-18(c)(14);
Eff. January 1, 1996;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2004; May 1, 1999;
Recodified from Rule .0105 Eff. August 1, 2004;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2009; November 1, 2008;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 1, 2016;
Amended Eff. June 1, 2021; March 1, 2017.