Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 567.5
Registered Nurse - Certified Written Evidence of Applicant - License Without Examination - Use of Title
Effective Sep 1, 1991Laws 1953, HB 738, p. 267, § 5 emerg. eff. April 13, 1953; Amended by Laws 1981, SB 248, c. 314, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1981; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1760, c. 104, § 4, eff. September 1, 1991.
A. An applicant for license to practice as a registered nurse shall submit to the Board certified written evidence that said applicant:
- 1. has completed the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing approved by the Board, and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom; and
- 2. has met such other qualifications as the Board may prescribe in its rules and regulations. An applicant for a license shall be required to pass a written examination in such subjects as the Board may determine. Upon successfully passing such an examination, the Board shall issue to the applicant a license to practice as a registered nurse. An applicant who fails such examination shall be subject to reexamination according to the rules and regulations of the Board. The passing criteria shall be established by the Board in its rules.
- B. The Board may issue a license to practice nursing as a registered nurse without examination to an applicant who has been duly licensed as a registered nurse under the laws of another state, territory, the District of Columbia or a foreign country, if such applicant meets the qualifications required for licensing as a registered nurse in the State of Oklahoma.
- C. Any person who holds a license to practice as a registered nurse in this state shall have the right to the title "Registered Nurse" and to the abbreviation "R.N." No other person shall assume such title or use such abbreviation, or any other words, letters, signs or figures to indicate that the person using the same is a registered nurse. Any individual doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine for each offense.
Laws 1953, HB 738, p. 267, § 5 emerg. eff. April 13, 1953; Amended by Laws 1981, SB 248, c. 314, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1981; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1760, c. 104, § 4, eff. September 1, 1991.