Illinois Nurse Practice Act (Section 60-10 (b-5))

[shinestaryuno30]

Hello everyone, I just had a quick question about the Section 60-10 (b-5) of the Illinois Nurse Practice Act. As per the rule, an applicant that have not passed the board within 3 years after the initial filing of the application, have to go through an additional 2 years of nursing education prior to submitting an addition application for the licensure exam. Could this additional education be some form of a continuing education online, or do we have to go through the traditional classroom setting? Any ideas or experiences will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I think you need to contact the BON in Illinois. But I believe they mean a more formal education like refresher course or go back to school. I do knolw they do not recognize excelsior....

EXAMINATION

(cont'd)

3.

Conditions

of

Application

--Applicants have three years from the date of

the Department's receipt of the application to complete the application

process including passage of examination. If the process has not been

completed in three years, the application shall be denied, the fee forfeited, and

the applicant must reapply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of

application, including proof of the successful completion of at least 2

additional years of professional nursing education.

NOTE:

Excelsior College is an unapproved nursing education

program in the State of Illinois due to the fact that it does not have

concurrent theory and clinical components as required by the Illinois

Nurse Practice Act. Therefore, it is considered to be a correspondence

course which is identified by the Act as not meeting the requirements for

licensure

http://www.idfpr.com/Renewals/apply/forms/rn-en.pdf

[joannattapang]

I have a question--what are the reason why nclex-RN applicants need to go to school or take refresher course?

Is it if your application has been expired for 3years?

Or if you took nclex-RN three times and failed?

Thanks.