
Nursing License Information
NORTH DAKOTA
License Information
Information in North Dakota Board of Nursing: Nurse Practices Acts Website and North Dakota Administrative Rules and Regulations Website
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Nursing Compact
Assistive Personnel
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Specialized Treatments
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Nurse to Patient Ratio
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Orders
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Pronouncement of Death
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Additional North Dakota Nurse License Information
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North Dakota COVID-19 Information
North Dakota Department of Health – Coronavirus
North Dakota Response – COVID-19 Resources
North Dakota Labor and Human Rights – Information on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
North Dakota Board of Nursing – Crisis Help for Healthcare Professionals
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- Emergency Limited License Reactivation (North Dakota Board of Nursing – Emergency Limited License Reactivation (12/3/2021))
- Information about emergency limited license and limited registration applications for RNs, LPNs, and UAPs in North Dakota Board of Nursing – Emergency Limited License Reactivation (12/3/2021)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Exemptions (Effective Until 8/1/2023) (North Dakota Century Code 34-03-10 COVID-19 vaccination requirements – Exemptions. (Repealed effective August 1, 2023))
- Exemption Options:
- Provide proof of COVID-19 antibodies
- Submit to periodic COVID-19 testing
- Medical exemption
- Religious, philosophical, or moral beliefs exemption
- Does not apply to federal requirements as noted in North Dakota Century Code 34-03-10 COVID-19 vaccination requirements – Exemptions. (Repealed effective August 1, 2023)
- Exemption Options:
(Updated 5/14/2023; 2/16/2022)
North Dakota Labor Laws
- Overtime (ND Administrative Code 46-02-07-02. Standards that apply)
- More than 40 hours in a workweek at a rate of no less than 1-1/2 times the regular rate
- Not counted in calculating overtime hours include sick leave, paid time off, or paid holidays
- Hospital and Residential Care Exceptions
- Need Established Agreement with employee
- 14-day time period
- Overtime for more than 8 hours in a day or 80 hours in a 2 week period
- Meal Break (ND Administrative Code 46-02-07-02. Standards that apply)
- 2 or more employees working
- Minimum 30 minute meal break for shifts exceeding 5 hours
- Unpaid if completely releaved of duties and period usually 30 minutes
- May wave right to a meal if employer in agreement
- 2 or more employees working
- Additional Breaks
- Follow Federal Guidelines in 29 C.F.R. §785.18
- Breaks less than 20 minutes are customarily paid time
- Follow Federal Guidelines in 29 C.F.R. §785.18
- Sick Leave
- No specific information about earning sick leave noted in North Dakota laws
- Uniforms (ND Administrative Code 46-02-07-02. Standards that apply)
- Cost may not cause wage to be less than minimum wage
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(Revised/Reviewed 9/24/2021)