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ALABAMA
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Alabama Board of Nursing
Tel: 334-242-4060
Fax: 334-242-4360 or 334-111-1111
Email: abn@abn.state.al.us
Internet: http://www.abn.state.al.us
Requirements: automatically endorses the licenses of Registered Nurses who have been trained in English, in Canada, and who have passed the CNAT
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ALASKA
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Alaska Board of Nursing
Tel: 907-269-8161
Fax: 907-269-8196
Email: license@commerce.state.ak.us
Internet: http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/pnur/htm
Requirements:if you received your Registered Nurse training in English in Canada, and if you wrote the CNAT before July 1992 and received a score higher than 400, the state will endorse your license. Otherwise, you must write the NCLEX.
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ARIZONA
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Arizona State Board of Nursing
Tel: 602-331-8111
Fax: 602-906-9365
Internet: http://www.nursing.state.az.us target="_blank" or http://www.azboardofnursing.org/ target="_blank"
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English in Canada must write the NCLEX.
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ARKANSAS
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Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Tel: 501-686-2700
Fax: 501-686-2714
E-mail: http://www.state.ar.us/nurse/comments.html
Internet: http://www.state.ar.us/nurse
Requirements: eligible for endorsement if you are a Canadian Nurse licensed by a NLN State Board Test Pool Exam in the following provinces during the years indicated: Alberta, 1952-1970; British Columbia, 1949-1970; Manitoba, 1955-1970; Newfoundland, 1961-1970; Nova Scotia, 1955-1970; Prince Edward Island, 1956-1970; Quebec(English Language), 1959-1970;
Saskatchewan 1956-1970. Otherwise, NCLEX is required. If not from an English speaking
province, CGFNS is also required. If trained outside of either the USA or Canada, both the
CGFNS, and the NCLEX are required.
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CALIFORNIA
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Cafornia Board of Registered Nursing
Tel: 916-322-3350
Fax: 916-327-4402
Internet: http://www.rn.ca.gov
Requirements: if you received your Registered Nurse training in English in Canada, and if you wrote the CNAT before 1980 and received a score higher than 400, the state will endorse your license. Otherwise, you must write the NCLEX.
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COLORADO
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Colorado Board of Nursing
Tel: 303-894-2430
Fax: 303-894-2821
E-mail: nursing@dora.state.co.us
Internet: http://www.rn.ca.gov
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside of the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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CONNECTICUT
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Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing
Division of Health Systems Regulation
Tel: 860-509-8000
Fax: 860-509-7286
Internet: http://www.state.ct.us/dph/ target="_blank">
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside of the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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DELAWARE
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Delaware Board of Nursing
Tel: 302-739-4522
Fax: 302-739-2711
Internet: http://www.state.ct.us/dph/ target="_blank">
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside of the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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FLORIDA
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Florida Board of Nursing
Division of Health Systems Regulation
Tel: 904-858-6940
Fax: 904-858-6964
E-mail: Mike_Grant@doh.state.fl.us
Internet: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing/rnhome.htm
Requirements: if you received your Registered Nurse training in English in Canada, and if you wrote the CNAT before August 1995 and received a score higher than 400, the state will endorse your license. Otherwise, all nurses trained outside the USA must write the NCLEX.
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GEORGIA
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Georgia Board of Nursing
Tel: 912-207-1640
Fax: 912-207-1660
Internet: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/ebd-rn target="_blank">
Requirements: All Registered Nurses trained in English, in Canada must write the NCLEX, otherwise, all nurses trained outside of the USA must write both the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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HAWAII
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Hawaii Board of Nursing
Professional and Vocational Licensing Division
Tel: 808-586-3000
Fax: 808-586-2689
Requirements: all nurses are required to write the NCLEX.
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IDAHO
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Idaho Board of Nursing
Tel: 208-334-3110
Fax: 208-334-3262
E-Mail: lcoley@ibn.state.id.us
Internet: http://www.state.id.us/ibn/ibnhome.htm
Requirements: Canadian nurses are required to write the NCLEX. Nurses educated outside
of Canada or theUSA are also required to write the CGFNS.
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ILLINOIS
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Illinois Department of Professional regulation
Tel: 312-814-2715
Fax: 312-814-3145
Internet: http://www.state.il.us/dpr
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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INDIANA
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Indiana State Board of Nursing
Health Professions Bureau
Tel: 317-232-2960
Fax: 317-233-4236
E-Mail: rcrocker@hpb.state.in.us
Internet: http://www.state.in.us/hpb/isbn/
Requirements: NCLEX required for all applicants.
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IOWA
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Iowa Board of Nursing
Health Professions Bureau
Tel: 515-281-3255
Fax: 515-281-4825
E-Mail: kclayto@bon.state.ia.us or ibon@bon.state.ia.us
Requirements: Both the CGFNS and NCLEX required for all nurses trained outside of the USA.
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KANSAS
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Kansas State Board of Nursing
Tel: 785-296-4929
Fax: 785-296-3929
E-Mail: ksbn0@ink.org
Internet: http://www.ink.org/public/ksbn
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English, in Canada are required to write the NCLEX. Otherwise, both the CGFNS and NCLEX required for all nurses trained outside of the USA.
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KENTUCKY
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Kentucky Board of Nursing
Tel: 502-329-7000 or 1-800-305-2042
Fax: 502-329-7011
Internet: http://www.kbn.state.ky.us/
Requirements: automatically endorses the licenses of Registered Nurses who have been trained in English in Canada, and who have passed the CNAT. Otherwise, both the NCLEX and CGFNS are required or nurses trained outside the USA.
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LOUISIANA
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Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Tel: 504-838-5332
Fax: 504-838-5349
E-Mail: kablec@lsbn.state.la.us
Internet: http://www.lsbn.state.la.us/
Requirements: Must score over 400 on the CNAT, or must write the NCLEX if Canadian trained. Otherwise, both CGFNS and NCLEX are required.
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MAINE
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Maine State Board of Nursing
Tel: 207-287-1133
Fax: 207-287-1149
E-Mail: broadwm@state.me.us
Internet: http://www.state.me.us/pfr/auxboards/nurhome.htm
Requirements: automatically endorses the licenses of Registered Nurses who have been trained in English in Canada, and who have passed the CNAT. Otherwise, both the NCLEX and CGFNS are required.
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MARYLAND
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Maryland Board of Nursing
Tel: 410-585-1900
Fax: 410-358-3530
E-Mail: lkirkmbn@erols.com
Internet: http://dhmh1d.dhmh.state.md.us/mbn
Requirements: Nurses who passed their CNAT prior to 1982 can be endorsed. Otherwise all nurses trained in English must pass the NCLEX. Nurses not trained in English are required to pass the TSE (Test of Spoken English) Exam first, before they are eligible to sit for the NCLEX.
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MASSACHUSETTS
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Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
Tel: 617-727-9961
Fax: 617-727-1630
Internet: http://www.state.ma.us/reg/boards/rn
Requirements: if you received your Registered Nurse training in English in Canada, and if you wrote the CNAT before August 1995 and received a score higher than 400, the state will endorse your license. Otherwise, you must write the NCLEX. Otherwise, all nurses trained outside the USA are required to write both the CGFNS, and the NCLEX.
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MICHIGAN
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State of Michigan CIS/Office of Health Services
Tel: 517-373-9102
Fax: 517-373-2179
Internet: http://www.cis.state.mi.us/bhser/genover.htm
Requirements: If a nurse has already written the NCLEX and has a state license from another state prior Oct 3, 1999, endorsement is possible. Otherwise CGFNS is required for all applicants. NCLEX is required for all nurses who have not yet written it.
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MINNESOTA
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Minnesota Board of Nursing
Tel: 612-617-2270
Fax: 612-617-2190
E-Mail: nursing.board@state.mn.us
Internet: http://www.nursingboard.state.mn.us
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English in Canada must write the NCLEX. Otherwise, all nurses trained outside the USA are required to write both the CGFNS, and the NCLEX.
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MISSISSIPPI
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Mississippi Board of Nursing
Tel: 601-987-4188
Fax: 601-364-2352
Requirements: all Registered Nurses are required to write the NCLEX. Nurses who were not trained in English are required to pass the CGFNS prior to writing the NCLEX.
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MISSOURI
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Missouri State Board of Nursing
Tel: 573-751-0681
Fax: 573-751-0075
E-Mail: nursing@mail.state.mo.us
Internet: http:www/ecodev.state.mo.us/pr/nursing/
Requirements: If the CNAT was written and passed in English, endorsement is possible. Otherwise, NCLEX is required. If educated in a country other than Canada, both the CGFNS and NCLEX are required. However, if the applicant already has a license in another state, endorsement is possible.
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MONTANA
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Montana State Board of Nursing
Tel: 406-444-2071
Fax: 406-444-7759
E-Mail: compolnur@state.mt.us
Internet: http://www.com.state.mt.us/license/pol/index.htm
Requirements: CNAT and NCLEX are required for all Canadian nurses. Nurses from countries other than the USA or Canada are required to write the CGFNS followed by the NCLEX.
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NEBRASKA
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Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
Regulation and Licensure
Nursing/Nursing Support Section
Tel: 402-471-4376
Fax: 402-471-3577
E-Mail: doh6141@vmhost.cdp.state.ne.us
Internet: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/nns.htm
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English in Canada must write the
NCLEX. Otherwise, allnurses trained outside the USA must write both the CGFNS, followed by
the NCLEX.
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NEVADA
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Nevada State Board of Nursing
Tel: 702-486-5800
Fax: 702-486-5803
E-Mail: nsbnlv@govmail.state.nv.us
Internet: http://www.state.nv.us/boards/nsbn
Requirements: CGFNS and NCLEX are required by all nurses trained outside of the USA.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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New Hampshire Board of Nursing
Tel: 603-271-2323
Fax: 603-271-6605
E-Mail: SGoodness@NHBON.org
Internet: http://www.state.nh.us/nursing
Requirements: if you received your Registered Nurse training in English in Canada, and if you wrote the CNAT before August 1995 and received a score higher than 400, the state will endorse your license. Otherwise, you must write the NCLEX. Otherwise, both the CGFNS, and the NCLEX are required for all nurses trained outside the USA.
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New Jersey
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New Jersey Board of Nursing
Tel: 973-504-6586
Fax: 973-648-3481
E-Mail:
Internet: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical.htm
Requirements: NCLEX is required for all nurses.
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NEW MEXICO
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New Mexico Board of Nursing
Tel: 505-841-8340
Fax: 505-841-8347
Internet: http://www.state.nm.us/clients/nursing/
Requirements: automatically endorses the licenses of Registered Nurses who have been trained in English in Canada, and who have passed the CNAT. Otherwise, both the CGFNS, and NCLEX are required for all nurses trained outside the USA.
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NEW YORK
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New York State Board of Nursing
Tel: 518-474-3845
Fax: 518-474-3706
E-Mail: op4info@mail.nysed.gov
Internet: http://www.nysed.gov/prof/nurse.htm
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English in Canada must write the NCLEX. Candidates can obtain a temporary permit for 1 year before writing the NCLEX. Otherwise, both the CGFNS, and the NCLEX are required for all candidates trained outside of the USA.
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NORTH CAROLINA
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North Carolina Board of Nursing
Tel: 919-782-3211
Fax: 919-781-9461
E-Mail: email@ncbon.com
Internet: http://www.ncbon.com
Requirements: automatically endorses the licenses of Registered Nurses who have been trained in English in Canada, and who have passed the CNAT. Otherwise, both the CGFNS, and the NCLEX are required for nurses trained outside the USA.
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NORTH DAKOTA
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North Dakota Board of Nursing
Tel: 701-328-9777
Fax: 701-328-9785
E-Mail: adminasst@ndbon.org
Internet: http://www.ndbon.org/
Requirements: will endorse a Canadian nurse who wrote and passed the CNAT between 1979-1993. Otherwise the NCLEX is required for all nurse trained outside of the USA.
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OHIO
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Ohio Board of Nursing
Tel: 614-466-3947
Fax: 614-466-0388
Internet: http://www.state.oh.us/nur
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English in Canada must write the NCLEX. Otherwse, both the CGFNS and NCLEX are required for nurses trained outside of the USA.
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OKLAHOMA
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Oklahoma Board of Nursing
Tel: 405-962-1800
Fax: 405-962-1821
Requirements: anadian Nurses from an English speaking province are required to write the NCLEX. All other nurses are require the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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OREGON
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Oregon Board of Nursing
Tel: 503-731-4745
Fax: 503-731-4745
E-Mail:oregon.bn.info@state.or.us
Internet: http://www.osbn.state.or.us
Requirements: Canadian Nurses from an English speaking province are required to write the NCLEX. All other nurses trained outside the USA are require the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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PENNSYLVANIA
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Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
Tel: 717-783-7142
Fax: 717-783-0822
Internet: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/nurbd/mainpage.htm
Requirements: NCLEX required for all nurses. If not trained in English, CGFNS is required prior to writing the NCLEX.
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RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education
Tel: 401-2772827 ext: 109
Fax:401-277-1272
Requirements: all Nurses are required to pass the CGFNS first, then pass the NCLEX.
Nurses already license in another state that requires the NCLEX, can be endorsed.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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South Carolina State Board of Nursing
Tel: 803-896-4550
Fax: 803-896-4525
E-Mail: bolandr@mail.llr.state.sc.us
Internet: http://www.llr.state.sc.us/bon.htm
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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SOUTH DAKOTA
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South Dakota Board of Nursing
Tel: 605-362-2760
Fax: 605-362-2768
E-Mail: carey.duffy@state.sd.us
Internet: http://www.state.sd.us/dcr/nursing
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English in Canada must write the NCLEX. Otherwise, both the CGFNS, and the NCLEX are required for all nurses trained outside the USA.
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TENNESSEE
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Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee State Board of Nursing
Fax: 615-741-7899
Internet: http://170.142.76.180/bmf-bin/BMFproflist.pl
Requirements: if a candidate received Registered Nurse training in English in
Canada, and wrote the CNAT before August 1995 and received a score higher than 400, the state will endorse the candidates license. Otherwise, the NCLEX is required. If trained in a language other than English, or trained outside of either the USA or Canada, then both the CGFNS and the NCLEX are required.
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TEXAS
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Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
Tel: 512-305-7400
Fax: 512-305-7401
E-Mail: webmaster@mail.bne.state.tx.us
Internet: http://www.bne.state.tx.us
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained in English in Canada must write the NCLEX. Otherwise, both the CGFNS, and the NCLEX are required for all nurses trained outside of the USA.
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UTAH
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Utah State Board of Nursing
Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
Tel: 801-530-6628
Fax: 801-530-6511
Internet: http://www.commerce.state.ut.us/dopl/dopl1.htm
Requirements: CGFNS and NCLEX are required for all candidates trained outside the USA.
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VERMONT
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Vermont Board of Nursing
Tel: 802-828-2396
Fax: 802-828-2484
Internet: http://www.sec.state.vt.us/opr/rules/nursing/nursedex.htm
Requirements: CGFNS and NCLEX are required for all candidates trained outside the USA.
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VIRGINIA
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Virginia Department of Health Professions
Tel: 804-662-9909
Fax: 804-662-9512
E-Mail: nursebd@dhp.state.va.us
Internet: http://www.dhp.state.va.us
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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WASHINGTON
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Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission
Tel: 360-236-4740
Fax: 360-586-4738
E-Mail: tjw1303@doh.wa.gov
Internet: http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/hpqad/Nursing/default.htm
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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WEST VIRGINIA
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West Viriginia State Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
Tel: 304-558-3596
Fax: 304-558-3666
E-Mail: westvirginiarn@ncsbn.org
Internet: www.state.wv.us/nurses/rn
Requirements: all Registered Nurses trained outside the USA must write the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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WISCONSIN
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Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing
Tel: 608-266-2112
Fax: 608-267-0644
E-Mail: dorl@mail.state.wi.us
Internet: http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/drl
Requirements: automatically endorses the licenses of Registered Nurses who have been trained in English in Canada, and who have passed the CNAT. Otherwise, both the CFGNS and the NCLEX are required for all candidates trained outside the USA.
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WYOMING
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Wyoming State Board of Nursing
Tel: 307-777-7601
Fax: 307-777-3519
E-Mail: lleven@state.wy.us
Internet: http://commerce.state.wy.us/b%26c/nb/
Requirements: Canadian nurses are required to write the NCLEX. Nurses from other countries are required to write both the CGFNS and the NCLEX.
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