Review Application Types, Instructions, Information

Renewal for Current Oklahoma Active Licensees: LPN, RN, APRN and AUA Certificate Holders

Name/Address Changes Due Within 30 Days of the Change

Applicants for Licensure or Certification with a Criminal History: Petition for Determination of Eligibility for Licensure or Certification

Applications and Most Documents Are Submitted to OBN Through Your Nurse Portal Account

General Forms and Information

• Affidavit of Citizenship Status
• Applicants with History of Arrest or Disciplinary Action: Information
• Certificate for Framing: Request Form
• Certificate of Licensure for Secretary of State Incorporation Filing: Request Form
• Closed School Transcript Request
• Determination of Eligibility for Licensure or Certification: Petition Form
• Employment Verification Form

• Evidence of Status Form
• Fingerprint Criminal Background Checks Frequently Asked Questions
• Primary Source Verification: Documents Received In Board Office
• Requesting Reasonable Accommodations for NCLEX: Instructions and Form
• Request for Social Security Number Change/Correction
• OBN Written Verification of Licensure: Request Form

Online Resources

Applications Types and Related Information

Single State Licensure by NCLEX Exam

• Licensure by Examination (RN and LPN): Application Instructions for First-Time NCLEX Testers
• Need to Retake the NCLEX? Licensure by Examination (RN and LPN): REWRITE Application Instructions
• Practical Nurse Equivalency Candidates - Learning Packet and Application Instructions

Multistate Licensure by NCLEX Exam

• Multistate Licensure by Examination: Application Instructions for First-Time Testers
• Need to Retake the NCLEX? Multistate Licensure by Examination: REWRITE Application Instructions

Multistate Licensure: For Existing Single-State Nurses Actively Licensed in OK

Multistate Licensure: Former OK Licensees No Longer Holding Active Licensure

Single State Licensure by Endorsement

• Endorsement Application for U.S. Educated Nurses - Application Instructions
• Endorsement Application for Nurses Educated Outside the U.S. - Application Instructions

Multistate Licensure by Endorsement

• Multistate Licensure by Endorsement for U.S. Educated Nurses - Application Instructions
• Multistate Licensure by Endorsement for Nurses Educated Outside the U.S. - Application Instructions

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure

• New Initial Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure by Endorsement

Reinstatement of LPN, RN, or APRN License No Longer Active

• Reinstatement of RN/LPN Single State Licensure: Reinstatement Application Instructions
• Reinstatement of Multistate Compact RN/LPN License (with Oklahoma Declared as the Primary State of Residence): Application Instructions
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure - Reinstatement Application Instructions

Prescriptive Authority (for APRN-CNP, APRN-CNS, APRN-CNM)

• New Initial Prescriptive Authority APRN-CNP, APRN-CNM, APRN-CNS: Instructions
• Reinstatement of Prescriptive Authority Recognition No Longer Active for APRN-CNP, APRN-CNS, and APRN-CNM
• Agreement for Physician Supervising Advanced Practice Prescriptive Authority
• ALERT! Due Within 30 Days - Change in Supervising Physician(s) for Advanced Practice Prescriptive Authority: Application Instructions
• Exclusionary Formulary
• Formulary Advisory Council Procedure for Amending the Formulary
• Prescriptive Authority Continuing Education Tracking Form
• Request Form for Review of Pharmacology Contact Hours

Authority to Select, Order Obtain and Administer (for APRN-CRNA)

• New Initial Prescriptive Authority APRN-CRNA (Authority to Select, Order, Obtain and Administer Drugs): Application Instructions
• Reinstatement of Prescriptive Authority APRN-CRNA (Authority to Select, Order, Obtain and Administer Drugs) No Longer Active: Application Instructions
  
• CRNA Inclusionary Formulary
• Prescriptive Authority Continuing Education Tracking Form
• Request for Review of Pharmacology Contact Hours

Electronic Prescribing for APRNs

• Compliance & Best Practice
  
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Request for Extension Form

AUA Certification and Reinstatement

• AUA Certification - Application Instructions
• Need to Retake the AUA Certification Exam? REWRITE Application Instructions
• AUA Equivalency Verification Statement
• Reinstatement of AUA Certification

Universal Licensing

• Universal Licensing APRN Endorsement - Application Instructions
• Universal Licensing RN LPN Educated in the U.S. - Application Instructions
• Universal Licensing RN LPN Educated Outside the U.S. -Application Instructions

Volunteer License

• Volunteer License by Endorsement - Application Instructions
  
• Volunteer License for Individuals Previously Licensed in Oklahoma - Application Instructions

On January 1, 1912, the waiver period for registration without examination ended with a total of 195 persons licensed as Registered Nurses.

In 1949, a meeting of the directors of the schools of nursing was held to determine the advantages of joining the National Test Pool Examination. A contract was signed to begin use of the examination in October, 1949.

On February 2 and 3, 1994, the Oklahoma Board of Nursing gave its last pencil-and-paper licensure examination to 333 Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse candidates. The paper examination was only offered two times per year and was given en masse, over a two-day period. A failure to pass the examination meant a six-month wait to retake the test. Beginning April 1, 1994, a new licensure examination was offered via computer, called the NCLEX, for National Council Licensure Examination. The computer-based, interactive test was available 15 hours a day, six days a week, and candidates were able to set up an appointment for testing at their convenience.

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FAX: (405) 962-1821

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Oklahoma Board of Nursing
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Oklahoma City, OK 73152

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2501 N. Lincoln Blvd., Ste. 207
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

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