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The Board: protects the public from unsafe nursing practice, provides approval for more than 200 nursing education programs, issues licenses to more than 27,000 nurses per year by examination to new graduates and by endorsement to licensees from other states seeking a Texas license, as well as providing nursing practice and education guidance ...
The Texas Board of Nursing launches new online Texas Nurse Portal. The new Texas Nurse Portal is a confidential and secure system that allows applicants to apply for nurse licensure by examination, endorsement, or renewal. The new paperless system is completely online.
License Verification. Please click here for the Texas License Verification Portal. Board of Nursing Complaint Process: Investigation to Resolution.
Licensing Services. The BON licenses nurses as new graduates through examination and endorsement from other states. All nurses are required to renew their licenses on a biennial basis with evidence of required continuing nursing education.
This aligns with the mission of the Texas Board of Nursing (BON or Board) to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely.
Board Rule 217.7 requires name and address changes to be submitted to the Board in writing. These changes may be submitted by using the Nurse Portal and uploading applicable supporting documents. Information about the Nurse Portal is available on the Board’s Nurse Portal webpage: https://www.bon.texas.gov/texasnurseportal/ .
Your initial Texas license is valid for a period of 6-29 months, depending on your birth month and year. After your first renewal, your license will expire on the last day of your birth month, typically every 2 years. Licensees born in odd-numbered years will renew in odd-numbered years.
Electronic List. How do I get a list of all licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), licensed registered nurses (RNs), or advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from the BON's database? This page will help you make that request. Note that you may verify a license here. Open Records Request.
For this purpose, the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) is the State agency empowered by the Texas Legislature with regulating the practice of vocational, professional, and advanced practice nursing...
The Texas Board of Nursing (BON) provides a variety of information to customers including verbal, written, and electronic information. The BON's website contains information including the Nursing Practice Act , BON Rules and Guidelines , BON Position Statements , the agency's physical location , disciplinary, and licensure information.
