Practice without a license or registration

1. During the first month of unauthorized practice, an individual seeking to initiate licensure or registration or to renew a license or registration who has failed to complete the registration process within the required time period and has been found to have been practicing nursing or assisting in the practice of nursing without a current license or registration shall be required to: a. Submit double the licensure or registration fee; b. Submit an administrative fee; and c. Complete all other licensure or registration requirements as established by the board. 2. After the first month of unauthorized practice, an individual who has been unintentionally practicing nursing or assisting in the practice of nursing without proper authorization shall be required to: a. Submit double the licensure or registration fee; b. Submit an administrative fee; c. Submit to a criminal history check; d. Successfully complete a course of study on the North Dakota Nurse Practices Act within sixty days; and e. Complete all other licensure or registration requirements as established by the board. 3. The license or registration of an individual who has unintentionally practiced nursing or assisted in the practice of nursing without proper authorization shall be automatically suspended without further proceedings if the requirements of the license or registration are not met within the time specified by the board. The suspension shall remain in effect until the board receives satisfactory evidence of successful completion of the requirements for licensure or registration. 4. If an unlicensed assistive person, whose registration has expired, assists in the practice of nursing without a current registration for a period not exceeding four months from the person's initial date of employment, and if the person has not previously been determined to have assisted in the practice of nursing without a current registration, then the provisions of subsections 1, 2, and 3 of this section shall not apply to that person; instead, the person shall receive a letter of concern and be required to complete all registration requirements as established by the board. 5. Upon compliance with the board rules regarding licensure or registration and the remittance of all fees, a current license or registration shall be issued. 6. Disciplinary action for practicing without a license or registration may be expunged from the licensee's or registrant's record if no further violations occur within two years after the imposition of the board's order.