HAR §16-89-3. Licensure requirement

(a) A nurse engaged in practice as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse shall possess a current Hawaii license. Until such time as a license is issued, the nurse may not be employed as either a RN or LPN. (b) Nurses not licensed in Hawaii, whether United States citizens or aliens, who are enrolled in accredited nursing education programs for practical nurse ("PN"), associate degree ("AD"), bachelor of science ("BS"), or graduate-level program in nursing, shall not be in violation of the law, provided the practice of nursing is incidental to the program of study as stated in section 457-13, HRS. (c) Nurses not licensed in Hawaii, whether United States citizens or aliens, who are enrolled in ancillary health training programs that are not regulated by the board, shall not be in violation of the law provided the practice of nursing is incidental to the ancillary health training programs. (d) Faculty members whose Hawaii licenses are pending shall provide instruction in theory only. Instruction in the clinical area shall not be provided until the Hawaii license is issued. [Eff 6/18/79; am and ren §16-89-3, 6/22/81; am and comp 3/20/82; am and comp 9/18/82; am and comp 6/22/90; comp 9/5/97; comp 8/9/01; comp 5/5/05; am and comp 12/27/10; comp 3/28/13; am and comp 10/27/18] (Auth: HRS §457-5) (Imp: HRS §§457-5, 457-7, 457-8, 457-13) §16-89-8 89-9 SUBCHAPTER 2 LICENSE BY EXAMINATION