Virginia license renewal nursing

Virginia Board of Nursing Jay P. Continued competency requirements for renewal of an active license. To renew an active nursing license, a licensee shall complete at least one of the following learning activities or courses: 1.

Current specialty certification by a national certifying organization, as defined in 18VAC ; 2. Completion of a minimum of three credit hours of post-licensure academic education relevant to nursing practice, offered by a regionally accredited college or university; 3. A board-approved refresher course in nursing; 4. Completion of nursing-related, evidence-based practice project or research study; 5. Completion of publication as the author or co-author during a renewal cycle; 6.

Teaching or developing a nursing-related course resulting in no less than three semester hours of college credit, a week course, or specialty certification; 7.

Teaching or developing nursing-related continuing education courses for up to 30 contact hours; 8. Healthcare professionals may renew their license or registration online using a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card.

Your credit card payment is processed as a secure, encrypted transaction for your protection. The License Renewal Notice is sent out approximately 60 days before your license is scheduled to expire. Q - I am not able to find my license information in the portal. Q - While renewing, none of the Primary State of Residence choices are valid for me.

I live in a Compact state, but I have a West Virginia single-state license. Here is a map of the Compact states:. Q - I am getting the message "We are unable to process your request" when signing in to the portal page. Other questions. I want to apply for an advanced practice licensse in West Virginia.

The Department of Health Professions investigates complaints about Virginia healthcare practitioners who may have violated a regulation or law. Find out more about education programs in Virginia here. The Department of Health Professions DHP has been made aware that some licensees have received fraudulent communications from individuals claiming to be from one of our licensing boards or another agency.

Information on the management of the COVID restrictions experienced by Virginia's nursing and nurse aide education programs.