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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65602</law_id><section_number>54.1-3018</section_number><catch_line>Registered nurse&amp;#8217;s license by endorsement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="30">Nursing</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Licensure of Registered Nurses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a license by endorsement to an applicant to practice professional nursing if the applicant has been licensed as a professional or <span class="dictionary">registered nurse</span> under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or territory, and, in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, the applicant meets the qualifications required of <span class="dictionary">registered nurses</span> in this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-238450" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3018/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall also endorse for licensure nurses who hold an unrestricted license in Canada and whose training was obtained in a nursing school in Canada where English was the primary language and who have passed the Canadian <span class="dictionary">Registered Nurses</span> Examination (CRNE). <a id="paragraph-238451" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3018/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-350; 1970, c. 116; 1982, c. 598, &#xA7; 54-367.14; 1988, c. 765; 2002, c. 713.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
