Review Application Types, Instructions, Information
ALERT!
Please Review Instructions and Requirements Prior to Application and Document Submission.
Renewal for Current Oklahoma Active Licensees: LPN, RN, APRN and AUA Certificate Holders
Name/Address Changes Due Within 30 Days of the Change
Applicants for Licensure or Certification with a Criminal History: Petition for Determination of Eligibility for Licensure or Certification
Most Documents Are Submitted To OBN Through Your Nurse Portal Account
General Forms and Information
- Additional Documentation Cover Sheet
- Affidavit of Citizenship Status
- Applicants with History of Arrest or Disciplinary Action: Information
- Certificate for Framing: Request Form
- Certificate of Licensure for Secretary of State Incorporation Filing: Request Form
- Closed School Transcript Request
- Determination of Eligibility for Licensure or Certification: Petition Form
- Employment Verification Form
- Evidence of Status Form
- Fingerprint Criminal Background Checks Frequently Asked Questions
- Primary Source Verification: Documents Received In Board Office
- Requesting Reasonable Accommodations for NCLEX: Instructions and Form
- Request for Social Security Number Change/Correction
- OBN Written Verification of Licensure: Request Form
Online Resources
Applications Types and Related Information
Single State Licensure by NCLEX Exam
Multistate Licensure: For Existing Single-State Nurses Actively Licensed in OK
Multistate Licensure: Former OK Licensees No Longer Holding Active Licensure
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure
Reinstatement of LPN, RN, or APRN License No Longer Active
- Reinstatement of RN/LPN Single State Licensure: Reinstatement Application Instructions
- Reinstatement of Multistate Compact RN/LPN License (with Oklahoma Declared as the Primary State of Residence): Application Instructions
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure - Reinstatement Application Instructions
Prescriptive Authority (for APRN-CNP, APRN-CNS, APRN-CNM)
- New Initial Prescriptive Authority APRN-CNP, APRN-CNM, APRN-CNS: Instructions
- Reinstatement of Prescriptive Authority Recognition No Longer Active for APRN-CNP, APRN-CNS, and APRN-CNM
- Agreement for Physician Supervising Advanced Practice Prescriptive Authority
- ALERT! Due Within 30 Days - Change in Supervising Physician(s) for Advanced Practice Prescriptive Authority: Application Instructions
- Exclusionary Formulary
- Formulary Advisory Council Procedure for Amending the Formulary
- Prescriptive Authority Continuing Education Tracking Form
- Request Form for Review of Pharmacology Contact Hours
Authority to Select, Order Obtain and Administer (for APRN-CRNA)
- New Initial Prescriptive Authority APRN-CRNA (Authority to Select, Order, Obtain and Administer Drugs): Application Instructions
- Reinstatement of Prescriptive Authority APRN-CRNA (Authority to Select, Order, Obtain and Administer Drugs) No Longer Active: Application Instructions
- CRNA Inclusionary Formulary
- Prescriptive Authority Continuing Education Tracking Form
- Request for Review of Pharmacology Contact Hours
Electronic Prescribing for APRNs
On January 1, 1912, the waiver period for registration without examination ended with a total of 195 persons licensed as Registered Nurses.
In 1949, a meeting of the directors of the schools of nursing was held to determine the advantages of joining the National Test Pool Examination. A contract was signed to begin use of the examination in October, 1949.
On February 2 and 3, 1994, the Oklahoma Board of Nursing gave its last pencil-and-paper licensure examination to 333 Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse candidates. The paper examination was only offered two times per year and was given en masse, over a two-day period. A failure to pass the examination meant a six-month wait to retake the test. Beginning April 1, 1994, a new licensure examination was offered via computer, called the NCLEX, for National Council Licensure Examination. The computer-based, interactive test was available 15 hours a day, six days a week, and candidates were able to set up an appointment for testing at their convenience.
