States' requirements for keeping license if you stop working? (esp Illinois)

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Specializes in Preoperative and PACU; Med/Surg; ED; Home Health.

Where can I find this info or do you know this info?

I could ask my nurse manager but I thought I'd try the internet as a resource first.

THanks in advance!

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Specializes in Behavioral Health.

I would think all you need to do is keep renewing it. Here's the board of nursing for Illinois website..

http://www.dpr.state.il.us/

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

list of all state boards of nursing listed under grey toolbar "links" section top right corner of bb.

http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/who/nurs.asp

title 5 - general provisions -has inactive license info

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I don't know about Illinois, but here in WI, the only requirement is that we send in our license fees. We don't have to earn CEUs. In fact, I have to do more to keep my EMT license active (36 hours of refresher course every two years) than I do for my nursing license. Of course, employers have higher expectations and ask for all kinds of in-service hours, but technically, a nurse who is not working doesn't have to do a thing except write a check every other year.

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