Review Application Types, Instructions, Information
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.
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
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
