Licensure of Practical Nurses

(a)By Examination:

(1)The applicant shall be required to pass a written examination in such subjects as the Board may determine. Each written examination may be supplemented by an oral or a practical examination or both. The Board may use any part or all of the State Board Test Pool Examination for Practical Nurse Licensure, its successor examination, or any other nationally standardized examination identified by the Board in its rules. The passing score shall be established by the Board in its rules.

(2)The Board shall establish in its rules the requirements for rewriting the examination.

(b)By Endorsement. The Board may issue a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse without examination to any applicant who has been duly licensed as a licensed practical/ vocational nurse under the laws of another state, territory or jurisdiction controlled or administered by the United States, or the District of Columbia, if in the opinion of the Board, the applicant meets the requirements for licensed practical nurses in Guam.

(c)Practical Nurses Licensed Under Prior Law. Any person holding a license or certificate of registration to practice as a licensed practical nurse, previously issued under Guam law, which is valid on the effective date of this Article, shall be deemed to be licensed as a practical nurse under the provisions of this Article.