                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTERED NURSE&#8217;S LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT (§ 54.1-3018)

A. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to an applicant to practice
professional nursing if the applicant has been licensed as a professional or
registered nurse under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, or a
United States possession or territory, and, in the opinion of the Board, the
applicant meets the qualifications required of registered nurses in this
Commonwealth.

B. The Board 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
Registered Nurses Examination (CRNE).

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-350; 1970, c. 116; 1982, c. 598, § 54-367.14; 1988,
c. 765; 2002, c. 713.