NRS 632.160
Admission to practice without examination.

The Board shall, without examination, issue a license to practice nursing as a professional nurse to any applicant who otherwise meets the qualifications required of professional nurses in this State and who has been duly licensed or registered as a registered nurse under the laws of any other jurisdiction after passing an examination required by that jurisdiction, if it appears to the Board that the requirements and scope of the required examination were at least equivalent to those prescribed by this chapter for examinations. If the applicant was trained as a nurse in a jurisdiction where English is not the prevalent language, the Board shall require that the applicant pass an examination testing the applicant’s proficiency in reading, writing and speaking English.

Source: Section 632.160 — Admission to practice without examination., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-632.html#NRS632Sec160 (accessed May 26, 2025).

632.140
Qualifications and fee for applicants for license. 632.150
Examination of applicants and issuance of licenses. 632.160
Admission to practice without examination. 632.161
Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements 632.162
Expedited license by endorsement to practice as professional nurse for active member of Armed Forces, member’s spouse, veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse: Requirements 632.170
Validity of licenses or certificates of registration issued on or before July 1, 1947. 632.235
Authorized acts under emergency or special conditions 632.237
Advanced practice registered nurse: Qualifications 632.238
Advanced practice registered nurse: Authority of Board to require maintenance of professional liability insurance. 632.239
Advanced practice registered nurse: Authority to issue order for school or authorized entity to obtain and maintain auto-injectable epinephrine 632.240
System for delivery of health care: Nursing services must be supervised by chief administrative nurse. 632.2375
Advanced practice registered nurse: Training relating to persons with substance use or other addictive disorders and prescribing of opioids if registered to dispense controlled substances 632.2385
Advanced practice registered nurse: Inquiry into and documentation of veteran status of new adult patients

May 26, 2025

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Original Source: Section 632.160 — Admission to practice without examination., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-632.html#NRS632Sec160 (last accessed May 10, 2025).