Section 246-840-367. Expired license.

When an ARNP license is not renewed, it will be in expired status and the nurse must not practice as an ARNP.

(1) To return to active status when the license has been expired for less than two years, the nurse must:

(a) Meet the requirements of chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2;

(b) Meet ARNP renewal requirements identified in WAC 246-840-360; and

(c) Meet the prescriptive authority requirements identified in WAC 246-840-450, if renewing prescriptive authority.

Applicants not meeting the required advanced clinical practice requirements must complete two hundred fifty hours of advanced clinical practice for each two years the applicant may have been out of practice, not to exceed one thousand hours.

(2) The ARNP applicant needing to complete supervised advanced clinical practice must meet the requirements for supervised practice defined in WAC 246-840-340 (4) and (5).

(3) If the ARNP license has expired for two years or more, the applicant must:

(a) Meet the requirements of chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2;

(b) Submit evidence of current certification by the commission approved certifying body identified in WAC 246-840-302(3);

(c) Submit evidence of thirty contact hours of continuing education for each designation within the past two years;

(d) Submit evidence of two hundred fifty hours of advanced clinical practice completed within the past two years; and

(e) Submit evidence of an additional thirty contact hours in pharmacology if requesting prescriptive authority, which may be granted once the ARNP license is returned to active status.

(4) If the applicant does not meet the required advanced clinical practice hours, he or she must complete the supervised advanced clinical practice as defined in WAC 246-840-340 (4) and (5).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.79.050, 18.79.110, and 18.79.160. WSR 16-08-042, § 246-840-367, filed 3/30/16, effective 4/30/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.79.010, [18.79.]050, [18.79.]110, and [18.79.]210. WSR 09-01-060, § 246-840-367, filed 12/11/08, effective 1/11/09.]

RCW 18.79.050, 18.79.110, and 18.79.160. WSR 16-08-042, § 246-840-367, filed 3/30/16, effective 4/30/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.79.010, [18.79.]050, [18.79.]110, and [18.79.]210. WSR 09-01-060, § 246-840-367, filed 12/11/08, effective 1/11/09.

Rules

246-12,246-840-360,246-840-450,246-840-340,246-12,246-840-302,