(a)(1) The applicant for a license to practice as a professional or registered nurse by examination must pay a fee as set by the board and the board may direct, by regulation, that a part of the fee shall be paid directly to a testing service by the applicant.(2) An unsuccessful applicant for licensure by examination may rewrite the examination upon payment of a fee as set by the board, and the board may direct, by regulation, that a part of the fee shall be paid directly to a testing service by the applicant.(3) The applicant for a license to practice as a professional or registered nurse without examination under § 63-7-105(b) shall pay a fee as set by the board.(b) The applicant for a temporary permit shall pay a fee as set by the board.(c) Any person who holds a license to practice professional nursing under this chapter, and who seeks to be licensed in another state by endorsement on the basis of the person's Tennessee license, shall have the license certified by the board for a fee as set by the board.(d) The applicant for a duplicate original license or a duplicate renewal certificate shall pay a fee as set by the board.(e) The applicant for a school transcript shall pay a fee as set by the board.(d) The applicant for a duplicate original license or a duplicate renewal certificate shall pay a fee as set by the board.(e) The applicant for a school transcript shall pay a fee as set by the board.(f) The applicant for a change in name shall pay a fee as set by the board.(g) An applicant for a certificate of fitness or a temporary certificate of fitness pursuant to § 63-7-123 shall pay a fee as set by the board.Acts 1967, ch. 78, § 15; 1976, ch. 501, §§ 4, 5; 1981, ch. 462, §§ 3-5; T.C.A., § 63-743; Acts 1982, ch. 712, § 4; 1985, ch. 39, §§ 2-4; 1989, ch. 523, §§ 194-200; 1992, ch. 822, § 2; 2005, ch. 387, § 4.
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