Administrative Rules of the State of Montana

(1) Candidates who do not pass the licensing examination will be permitted to retake the examination one time after 45 days from the first examination.

(2) If a candidate does not pass the retake, the candidate will be required to present a plan of study to the board before becoming eligible to take the examination again.

(3) A candidate may take the test a maximum of five times in three years.

(a) The individual will be required to complete a school of nursing program before being able to test a sixth time.

History: 37-1-131, 37-8-202, 37-8-406, MCA; IMP, 37-8-202, 37-8-416, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, Eff. 6/4/77; AMD, 1980 MAR p. 2970, Eff. 11/29/80; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic. , Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 1603, Eff. 8/27/82; AMD, 1985 MAR p. 108, Eff. 2/1/85; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 2435, Eff. 12/13/91; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 1424, Eff. 5/27/94; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 418, Eff. 2/9/96; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 2681, Eff. 10/6/00; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1686, Eff. 9/9/05; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1687, Eff. 9/9/05; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2035, Eff. 8/25/06.