21 NCAC 32M .0106        ANNUAL RENEWAL OF APPROVAL TO PRACTICE

(a)  Each registered nurse who is approved to practice as a nurse practitioner in this State shall annually renew each approval to practice with the Board no later than the last day of the nurse practitioner's birth month by:

(1)           Maintaining current North Carolina RN licensure or privilege to practice;

(2)           Maintaining certification as a nurse practitioner by a national credentialing body identified in Rule .0101(8) of this Subchapter;

(3)           Attesting to completion of continuing competence requirements, and submitting evidence of completion if requested by the Board, as specified in Rule .0107 of this Subchapter;

(4)           Submitting the fee required in Rule .0115 of this Subchapter; and

(5)           Completing the renewal application.

(b)  If the nurse practitioner has not renewed by the last day of her or his birth month, the approval to practice as a nurse practitioner shall expire.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-5.1(a)(3); 90-8.1; 90-8.2(a); 90-18(c)(14);

Eff. January 1, 1996;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2004; May 1, 1999;

Recodified from Rule .0105 Eff. August 1, 2004;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2009; November 1, 2008;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 1, 2016;

Amended Eff. June 1, 2021; March 1, 2017.