California Board of Registered Nursing now requires local NLE

CA BRN is not a member of NLCA. As you can see from that list you posted, CA is not a participating member. Only States that are members of NLCA are bound with the agreement among themselves only.

CA BRN is also a non-participant in the nursys verification system and usually do not participate on any similar agreements as Compact States, Nursys, and even on the quick-result program from Pearson-Vue.

Someone who is licensed on another State will still have to apply for Licensure By Endorsement to CA BRN, w/c is a separate application form from CA BRN's Licensure by Examination. However, if you browse the req'ts for foreign-educated RNs on the Licensure by Endorsement to CA BRN you will notice that they will ask for almost exactly the same thing as if you are applying to them by Licensure by Examination especially for foreign-educated RNs wherein they will still ask even for you to send them a copy of your Transcripts coming directly from the school even though you may already gotten a license on another State or even have a CES or CGFNS Certifiction as well.

So, if I were you I suggest that you contact the Boards first and ask them if they will still require a local license if endorsing to them from another State. There is still a good chance that they will require it, no matter what.

Have you asked PRC's legal Dept. to make a Certification that you are not allowed to even take the local boards and did you include and sent that to CA BRN as well to help make your case.

Did you do what the BRN told to do as well? Also, you never got to tell us if you are a dual-citizen or born originally in PI because this makes a difference in your case as compared to someone who is solely a US Citizen only.

is that the case? thanks for the info. i will call CA BRN if they will still require a local license if endorsing to them from another State. i had a couple of friends who graduated nursing in the Philippines and don't hold a local license in Philippines as well. They filed for NCLEX in New Mexico. They passed their NCLEX last July 2007. They were able to transfer their nursing license from New Mexico to California via Licensure By Endorsement. Maybe that all changed now...I will call CA BRN to verify. Thanks!

Anyway, i was born in the Philippines but i grew up in Michigan. As an american citizen, PRC told me that i would have been allowed to take the exam in the Philippines but not allowed to receive a license.

is that the case? thanks for the info. i will call CA BRN if they will still require a local license if endorsing to them from another State. i had a couple of friends who graduated nursing in the Philippines and don't hold a local license in Philippines as well. They filed for NCLEX in New Mexico. They passed their NCLEX last July 2007. They were able to transfer their nursing license from New Mexico to California via Licensure By Endorsement. Maybe that all changed now...I will call CA BRN to verify. Thanks!

Anyway, i was born in the Philippines but i grew up in Michigan. As an american citizen, PRC told me that i would have been allowed to take the exam in the Philippines but not allowed to receive a license.

If they endorsed their license before Jan 08 then they wouldn't have had problem as the new changes came in Jan 08. Best thing is ring them and get it from the horse's mouth so to speak. They, at the end of the day, makes the decision

Anyway, i was born in the Philippines but i grew up in Michigan. As an american citizen, PRC told me that i would have been allowed to take the exam in the Philippines but not allowed to receive a license.

They might have thought that you are only an American Citizen because the only way I know for them to allow you to take the NLE but not give a license is if you were born in PI but later on renounced your Filipino Citizenship in lieu of being a US Citizen only.

But then again, it doesn't really matter now since CA BRN is aware of that already, that is why they said that they would like you to take the NLE but waive the license req't because of that.

CA BRN's reply to you is appropriate now that you disclosed more info to us and PRC's reply to you as well is appropriate if indeed you only are born in PI but not anymore a citizen of PI.

Also, it would be nice to post CA BRN's response to your new inquiry as well on this thread so that everyone will benefit from it. Thanks and good luck.

I think california already requires local license because they sent me a letter that I really need to mail a copy of my license.

hi! i'm also an immigrant and i also received the same letter asking me to go back to the Philippins and take the NLE. my classmates were able to take the NLE without a local license.

i've consulted a lawyer and it is clear that there is a case of discrimination on our part. i think the person that got my paper and yours is one and the same. it is not in their stated law a hearsay about a local license requirement remains a hearsay, unless stipulated on their list of requirements and governing laws.

There is no discrimination. And if you read their list of requirements as you call them, there is nothing there that said that it is not a requirement or neither saying that it is a requirement.

All they said is that if there is no license, that the applicant may give them a letter of explanation as to why. It is now up to them to accept that explanation or not. It is not automatic if one gave an explanation letter that it will be approved or expect that it should be approved.

This has been enforced since the beginning of the year. All applicants who filed last year may have been given eligibility before the Boards changed their policy and the Boards may change their policies anytime they want to as well.

I suggest that you just look for another State BON to apply for licensure that still doesn't require an NLE or If you really want to work in CA, then the easiest and cheapest thing to do is to simply take the NLE and give them the license. I am quite sure that simply taking the NLE is much, much cheaper than hiring alawyer to file a case but you are welcome to hire one and make a case out of a simple case to a complex one.

they can change there own requirments as a foreign aplicant we have to adhere there requirments and i think using discrimination is inappropriate

Hey guys, just an FYI...

I called up California Board of Nursing and they confirmed transfer of license from New Mexico to California is possible. You have to pay $131 transfer fee; secure an endorsement from N.M.; a verification of your license will be conducted. When I asked them if local license in the Philippines is required, they said how were you able to get the NCLEX/license at N.M. if you don't have it. I didn't elaborate.

At New Mexico, yes, their list of requirements doesn't include local license in the Phils. However, when I talked to the recognized credentials review org. who will conduct evaluation of your educational credentials, they said they will state in their report that you are not a holder of a local license and it's up to the N.M. Board to approve or disapprove your application. So, no assurance...