OH RNs and License Renewal: Don't Panic as You still have Time

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News 06/30/2009 Online Renewal Availability Update

We have been notified that on-line renewal for nurses will not be available at this time. The state continues to work toward a resolution of the problems with the system.

 

Due to these problems, the Board will waive the late fees usually imposed in July for this licensure renewal period.

 

We are preparing paper renewal applications and will automatically mail the applications to all nurses who have not completed the renewal process. Your license and/or certificate expiration date is still August 31, 2009. As always, your renewal application must be postmarked by August 31, 2009 or your license and/or certificate will lapse.

 

Please do not contact the Board to request a renewal application, as we are dedicating all staff resources to expedite this special renewal application mailing.

 

When the Board has additional information about the status of on-line renewal and the timeframe of the mailing, we will post the information on this web site.

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Don't forget to renew your RN license, Certificate of Authority (COA), and Certificate to Prescribe (CTP).

Comments

[Carol Terbrueggen]

I renewed my license on-line but I'm not really confident that it was done correctly and do not have a way to verify my license status.

Not the least bit comforable with this process unless I can verify on-line that my license has been renewed, as required

[latonia]

Carol,

Thank you for the comment. Renewing online is a little unsettling because its new and unfamiliar. The Ohio Supreme Court offers online renewal for our law licenses again this year however I always renew with the hard copy application. I think online renewal is the future for licensing Boards and suspect that at some point most communication and all renewals with State licensing Boards across the country will be done electronically because of efficiency and cost considerations.