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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch.8

(1)  BE A REGISTERED NURSE;

(2)  COMPLETE A NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM
APPROVED BY THE BOARD; AND

(3)  MEET THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT THE BOARD
SETS.

(C)  SAME — REGISTERED NURSES.

AN APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE REGISTERED
NURSING SHALL COMPLETE SATISFACTORILY AND HOLD A DIPLOMA OR
DEGREE FROM:

(1)  A REGISTERED NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM
APPROVED BY THE BOARD; OR

(2)  AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN REGISTERED NURSING
IN ANY OTHER STATE OR COUNTRY THAT THE BOARD FINDS
SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE PROGRAM IN THIS STATE.

(D)  SAME — LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES.

AN APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE LICENSED
PRACTICAL NURSING SHALL:

(1)  HOLD A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ITS
EQUIVALENT; AND

(2)  COMPLETE SATISFACTORILY AND HOLD A DIPLOMA
FROM:

(I)  A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING EDUCATION
PROGRAM OR ITS EQUIVALENT APPROVED BY THE BOARD; OR

(II)  AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN LICENSED
PRACTICAL NURSING IN ANY OTHER STATE OR COUNTRY THAT THE
BOARD FINDS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE PROGRAM IN THIS
STATE.

(E)  EXAMINATION.

EXCEPT FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE MIDWIFERY AND AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, THE APPLICANT SHALL PASS
AN EXAMINATION APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the education
requirements in Art. 43, § 295(a), § 296(a) and
(b) and § 301A(b)(l) and the requirement to pass
an examination in Art. 43, §§ 295(b) and 296(c).

Subsection (e) of this section is standard
language added to this and, where necessary,
corresponding sections of other titles of this
article to state expressly that if a license
applicant is required to take an examination