LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR R.N. LICENSURE
(Kansas Nurse Practice Act.
Topeka, KS: Kansas State Board of Nursing, Revised
July, 2009)
All individuals who wish to apply to write the R.N. Licensure exam in the State of
Kansas must possess the following qualifications:
(a) An applicant for a license to practice as a registered professional nurse shall comply with K.S.A. 60-3-101 and 60-3-106.
(1) hold evidence of graduation from an approved school of professional
nursing in the United States or its territories or from a school of professional
nursing in a foreign country which is approved by the board as defined in
rules and regulations;
(2) have obtained other qualifications not in conflict with this act as the board
may prescribe by rule and regulation; and
(3) file with the board written application for a license.
(4) successfully complete the NCSBN’s NCLEX-RN examination.
(5) Applicant deficient in qualification. If the board finds in evaluating any
applicant that such applicant is deficient in qualification or in the quality of
such applicant's educational experience, the board may require such applicant
to fulfill such remedial or other requirements as the board may prescribe.
Automatic bars to licensure are contained in K.S.A. 65-1120(a)(2):
(…notwithstanding K.S.A. 64-120 no license, certificate of qualification or authorization to practice nursing as a licensed professional nurse, as a licensed practical nurse, as an advanced registered nurse practitioner or registered nurse anesthetist shall be granted to a person with a felony conviction for a crime against persons as specified in article 34 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes.
Annotated and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.”
See attachment from KSBN (2010)
RE: 031786; 062790; 051492; 021894; 021799; 061301; 052510

Felony Crimes Against Persons
Chapter 21 – Article 34
21-3401
21-3402
Murder in the 1 st
Murder in the 2 nd
degree
degree
(a) Intentionally; or
(b) Unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life
21-3411
21-3412a (b) (3)
21-3413 (a) (2) (A) or (B)
21-3413 (a) (3) (A), (B),
(C) or (D)
21-3414 (a) (1) (A)
21-3414 (a) (1) (B)
21-3414 (a) (1) (C)
21-3414 (a) (2) (A)
21-3414 (a) (2) (B)
21-3415
Aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer
Domestic battery; third or subsequent within last 5 years
Battery against a Law Enforcement Officer
Aggravated battery – intentional, great bodily harm
Aggravated battery – intentional, bodily harm
Aggravated battery – intentional, physical contact
Aggravated battery – reckless great bodily harm
Aggravated battery- reckless, bodily harm
Aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer
21-3419a Aggravated criminal threat (all sections)
21-3420 Kidnapping
21-3422 (c) (2)
21-3422a
Interference with parental custody
Aggravated interference with parental custody
21-3426 Robbery
21-3435
21-3437 (a) (1) or (2)
Exposing another to a life threatening communicable disease
Mistreatment of a dependent adult – physical injury, unreasonable confinement or cruel punishment or taking unfair advantage of physical or financial depending on the aggregate amount of resources
21-3438 Stalking
21-3440 Injury to a pregnant woman in commission of K.S.A.
21-3412; 21-3413 (a) (1); 21-3412a (b) (1) and (b) (2)
21-3517
21-3441 Injury to a pregnant woman by vehicle by a person driving
21-3422 while under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Involuntary manslaughter while under the influence of
Reviewed 1/19/10 (KSBN)