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July 25, 2024
Important Licence Renewal Information
The licence renewal period for the 2024-2025 year opens on September 4! To be eligible to practice on November 1, 2024, you must renew your licence before the renewal period closes on October 31, 2024.
Important Dates to Remember In 2024
September 4: First day to renew your licence.
October 9: Deadline to be entered into the early bird licence renewal contest.
October 31: Deadline to renew your licence.
November 1: First day of the new licensure year.
Learn more about renewal here.
Other Important Information
- Registration is open for our Supporting Professional Practice in Nursing Workshop in Sydney, Cape Breton! This in-person workshop is open to those supporting nurses in professional practice in Nova Scotia only.
- Read our new Q&A on the Electronic Health Records Regulations, which came into effect on July 2, 2024 and will enable patients’ health information to be added to a central electronic health record, accessible through the YourHealthNS app.
- July’s practice support tool of the month is the Telenursing Practice Guideline for Nurses, which was developed to support nurses to meet their standards of practice while providing telenursing services.
- Our second interim project evaluation report for the Direct International Registration and Licensing (DIRL) project is now available.
- Check out the latest project update on the Nurse Practitioner Regulation Framework Implementation Plan Project (NPR-FIPP), which answers questions regarding NP practice in the new regulatory model.
- Read our section ‘Information on NSCN’s Registrant Portal’ to learn how to log in to the portal so you’ll be ready for the upcoming renewal season.