11-02-01-04. Renewal of licensure and relicensure.

1. Applications for the renewal of license are due by the first date of each year.

2. At least two months before the first date of each year, the board shall notify the licensee of the requirement for renewal. The notice must be made to the email address or address last provided to the board by the licensee and must encourage applicants to submit applications for renewal upon receiving that notice.

3. A license must be renewed by the board if, on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year, the licensee meets all of the following requirements:

a. The licensee filed a complete application for renewal form provided by the board.

b. The licensee paid the renewal fee.

c. The licensee provided proof of completion of the continuing education required by section 11-02-01-06.

d. Grounds for denial of the application under North Dakota Century Code section 43-37-13 do not exist.

e. Supervision requirements completed in accordance with section 11-02-01-08.

4. If the completed application for renewal, renewal fee, and proof of completion of continuing education are not filed before the first day of each year, the license must expire, the individual may not practice, and the renewal application must be completed by January thirty-first. If the completed application for renewal, renewal fee, and proof of completion of continuing education are not filed before the last day of January, the licensee is subject to relicensure.

5. The board may extend the expiration date and the deadlines for filing the application for renewal, renewal fee, and proof of completion of continuing education upon proof of medical or other hardship preventing the individual from meeting the deadlines.

6. If an individual is unlicensed for a period less than five calendar years, the individual must be granted relicensure upon the filing of a completed application for license, the licensing fee, a two hundred fifty dollar relicensure fee, and proof of completion of ten clock hours of continuing education for each year for which the individual was unlicensed to be considered for relicensure.

7. If an individual is unlicensed for a period of five or more calendar years, the individual may be required by the board to retake and pass the Praxis II specialty examination or another examination approved by the board, and shall be required to file a completed application for a license, the licensing fee, a two hundred fifty dollar relicensure fee, and proof of completion of ten clock hours of continuing education for each calendar year for which the individual was unlicensed to be considered for relicensure.

History: Amended effective May 1, 1984; October 1, 1989; June 1, 1990; April 1, 2016; April 1, 2018; July 1, 2026.

General Authority: NDCC 43-37-04, 43-37-06

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-37-04, 43-37-06