Section 100. Renewal of licensure

A. Licensure of a nurse practitioner shall be renewed:

1. Biennially at the same time the license to practice as a registered nurse in Virginia is renewed; or

2. If licensed as a nurse practitioner with a multistate licensure privilege to practice in Virginia as a registered nurse, a licensee born in even-numbered years shall renew his license by the last day of the birth month in even-numbered years and a licensee born in odd-numbered years shall renew his license by the last day of the birth month in odd-numbered years.

B. The renewal notice of the license shall be sent to the last known address of record of each nurse practitioner. Failure to receive the renewal notice shall not relieve the licensee of the responsibility for renewing the license by the expiration date.

C. The licensed nurse practitioner shall attest to compliance with continuing competency requirements of current professional certification or continuing education as prescribed in 18VAC90-30-105 and the license renewal fee prescribed in 18VAC90-30-50.

D. The license shall automatically lapse if the licensee fails to renew by the expiration date. Any person practicing as a nurse practitioner during the time a license has lapsed shall be subject to disciplinary actions by the boards.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR495-02-1 and VR465-07-1 § 2.5, eff. June 22, 1989; amended, Volume 12, Issue 01, eff. November 1, 1995; Volume 18, Issue 15, eff. May 8, 2002; Volume 21, Issue 21, eff. July 27, 2005; Volume 25, Issue 05, eff. December 25, 2008; Volume 25, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 2009; Volume 31, Issue 21, eff. July 15, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2957 of the Code of Virginia.