Initial Licensure and Recognition Forms - Schedule of Fees

Timely Renewal:

• Registered Nurse
• Licensed Vocational Nurse
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse/ Registered Nurse

Once every two years:

• $68
• $45
• $54
• $129

(a) The Texas Board of Nursing has established reasonable and necessary fees for the administration of its functions.

(1) Examination:

$100

(2) Endorsement:

$186

(3) Licensure renewal (each biennium):

    (A) Registered Nurse (RN):
    (B) Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN):

A) $68
B.) $45

(4) Reactivating from inactive status:

     (A) less than four years
     (B) more than four years

(5) Late fee for reactivating from delinquent status:
    (A) less than 90 days
    (B) less than 90 days

A.) $60 plus current licensure renewal fee
B.) $120 plus current renewal fee

(6) Approval of new nursing education programs:

$2,500

(7) Bad checks:

$30

(8) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse initial credentials:

$100

(9) Declaratory order of eligibility:

$150

(10) Eligibility determination:

$150

(11) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse renewal:

$50

(12) Initial Prescriptive Authority:

$50

(13) Outpatient anesthesia registry renewal:

$35

(14) Outpatient anesthesia inspection and advisory opinion:

$625

(15) Fee for Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) criminal background check for licensees, initial licensure applicants and endorsement applicants as determined by fees imposed by the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division and the Texas Department of Public Safety;

(16) Disciplinary monitoring fees as stated in a Board order;

(17) Nursing Jurisprudence Examination fee: not to exceed

$25

(18) Approval of remedial education course

$300

(19) Renewal of remedial education course:

$100

(20) Approval of a nursing education program outside Texas’ jurisdiction to conduct clinical learning experiences in Texas:

$500

(21) Prescriptive Authority Renewal Surcharge fee: not to exceed

$15