HAR §16-89-9. Examination policies

(a) The passing standards for the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN examinations accurately reflect the amount of nursing ability currently required to practice competently at the entry level. The passing standards for the NCLEX-RN and the NCLEX-PN shall be established by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing unless otherwise determined by the board. (b) Candidates may take the examination, provided candidates register for each examination. Any candidate who fails the license examination three times, regardless of when or where the examination was taken, and regardless of which state or jurisdiction the candidate was made eligible, shall be required to complete a board-approved remedial course and submit proof of passing the course before the candidate may be approved for reexamination. The candidate shall apply for reexamination within six months after completion of the remedial course. After taking the remedial course, the candidate may be approved to retake the examination up to three additional times before the candidate is required to take remediation again. (c) Graduates from programs which are outside the United States who have been granted licensure in another state or United States jurisdiction shall be required to pass the NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-PN or the State Board Test Pool Exam or SBTPE (Canadian provinces only) before a license is granted. §16-89-10 89-11 (d) The board determination regarding candidate eligibility for examination shall be made after receipt of complete application as described in section 16-89-8(a), (b), or (c). (1) The board shall notify the testing service of eligibility status of the candidate. (2) The frequency of retests by unsuccessful candidates shall be as established by the National Council unless otherwise determined by the board. (e) Confidentiality of NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, and SBTPE scores shall be maintained as follows: (1) Scores on licensing examinations shall be released only to: (A) The candidate; (B) The school of nursing from which the candidate graduated; (C) Board members; and (D) Other state boards of nursing when requested for endorsement; (2) Request for scores for research purposes shall be referred for board action. Scores, when released, shall not include names; (3) Test scores received from other state boards of nursing for nurses who applied for licensure in Hawaii by endorsement shall not be released; and (4) The board shall advise candidates, at the time of initial release of their scores to them, that the use of scores for any purpose other than licensure is not appropriate and, therefore, the board shall not provide a copy of licensee's examination scores to a prospective employer or to a graduate nursing program. [Eff 6/18/79; am and ren §16-89-9, 6/22/81; am and comp 3/20/82; am and comp 9/18/82; am and comp 6/22/90; am and comp 9/5/97; comp 8/9/01; comp 5/5/05; comp 12/27/10; am and comp 3/28/13; am and comp 10/27/18] (Auth: HRS §457-5) (Imp: HRS §§457-5, 457-7, 457- 8)