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REMINDER: ALASKA NURSING
LICENSE RENEWAL

RNs and APRNs: It’s time to renew your nursing license!
Online license renewal is OPEN for RNs and APRNs and will
continue until November 30, 2018.

You must renew your license on or before You must truthfully answer the renewal application
November 30 in order to continue practice in Alaska. questions. If you are unsure how to answer the questions,
There is no grace period to practice on a lapsed license. contact the Board of Nursing for assistance prior to
All licenses and authorizations expire on November 30 submitting your renewal application.
regardless of when first issued, except new licenses issued
within 90 days of the expiration date, which are issued to Online license renewal is available at:
the next biennium.
ProfessionalLicense.Alaska.gov/MYLICENSE
Licensees who receive their original license within
In most cases your license will be renewed immediately.
12 months of the expiration date pay a full licensing fee
Due to a heavy volume of renewal activities, processing
upon application, and at their first renewal pay a prorated
time for renewal applications received by mail may take
renewal fee (half of the current license fee).
up to 4-6 weeks.
Hours toward fulfillment of the continuing competency
To use the online license renewal service, you need to
requirements must be completed between 12/1/2016 and
register for a MY LICENSE account. You may have already
11/30/2018.
registered using the email sent by the division on May 10.
Before a license can be renewed, nurses must complete
two out of three methods for maintaining continuing
competency: If you have not registered, follow these simple
steps:
• 30 contact hours of continuing education
1. Visit the MY LICENSE customer home page at:
• 30 hours of participation in uncompensated ProfessionalLicense.Alaska.gov/MYLICENSE
professional activities
2. If you have an existing myAlaska account, enter
• 320 hours of nursing employment
your account information. If not, please create an
Hours toward fulfillment of the continuing competency account. You will be redirected to the MY LICENSE
requirements must be completed between 12/1/2016 and customer home page.
11/30/2018.
3. Under Access an Existing License, enter your
Registered Nurses who received their original license on license number and Web Authorization Code, if
or after December 1, 2017 are not required to provide proof one has been provided. This information is on your
of continuing competency for their first renewal. renewal notice.

Licensees are subject to a random mandatory audit of 4. To renew your license, simply select the license
continuing competency. If you are selected for the audit, you wish to renew from the Professional Licensing
you will be notified in writing and given 30 days to submit section.
proof of continuing competency claimed for the licensing
period.

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