Leaving practice
If you are leaving practice, you have several options. The documents, process and fees required to reinstate to practising registration in the future are the same, regardless of whether you are a former or non-practising registrant.
Please note: If you are leaving practice due to a disability or illness, check with your employer and/or disability insurance provider before making changes to your registration. Some disability insurance providers may require you to maintain practising or non-practising registration to receive benefits.
- Maintain your practising registration
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- If you are going on a short-term leave (i.e. within the registration year, or a few months that straddles renewal cycles), you may wish to maintain your practising registration.
- Convert to non-practising registration
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- You may be eligible for a pro-rated refund on your practising registration fees.
- You will continue to receive communication from the college
- Non-practising registrants can use non-practising nursing titles such as "non-practicing licensed practical nurse" or "non-practising LPN."
- See the registration status comparison above for more information
To convert to non-practising registration,
sign in to your BCCNM account.
- Cancel/lapse and become a former registrant
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- You may be eligible for a pro-rated refund on your practising registration fees.
- As a former registrant you will no longer be a registrant of the college and cannot use a nursing title or call yourself a nurse.
- See the registration status comparison above for more information.
To cancel your registration,
sign in to your BCCNM account.
If you are retiring, we thank you for your service and wish you all the best!