Provisional licensure may be granted to eligible applicants who want to work while meeting their outstanding licensing requirements. If you are granted provisional licensure you will be assigned specific conditions you must meet to be eligible for practising licensure. When these conditions are met, your provisional licensure is automatically converted to practising licensure.
If you are not planning to practice nursing before gaining full licensure, you do not need provisional licensure.
How to apply
- On your licensure application, you'll be asked if you would like apply for provisional licensure.
- Provisional licensure is granted to eligible applicants who want to work while meeting their final licensure requirements (such as passing the regulatory exam).
- When all licensing requirements are met, provisional licensure is automatically converted to practising licensure.
What you need to know
- Eligibility
- To qualify for registered nurse (provisional) licensure, an applicant must have applied to take, or be awaiting the results of the nurse examination and have met all the other requirements for practising licensure.
- Responsibilities and privileges
- Provisional licensees must meet BCCNM's
standardsand all conditions placed on their licensure.
- Use of title
- Individuals with provisional licensuremay call themselves a “registered nurse (provisional)" or "RN (provisional)." Check the
Use of Title practice standard for more information.
- Possible conditions on practice
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- That you must write and pass the written entry-to-practice registration examination.
- Provisional licensees may be supervised by a registered nurse or nurse practitioner licensed with BCCNM. This requirement only applies to provisional licensees who have a condition on their licensure that requires their practice to be monitored/supervised.
- License renewal
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- Provisional licensuremust be renewed annually.
- Provisional licensees must meet annual licence renewal requirements.
- Converting to practising licensure
- Upon meeting all assigned conditions, your licensure will automatically be converted to practising licensure.