Nurses Can Renew License Early Online

January 28, 2007
Courtesy of: AZ Nursing Board

Do you know what percentage of the Nurses Due for Renewal by June 30, 2006 Renewed on Time? Answer: 95%

If the date on your license renewal is 6/30/2007, you may renew your license NOW and receive a license valid until 6/30/2011. Last year over 800 nurses whose license was due for renewal in June, 2006 had already renewed their license by March.

For online renewal, simply go to the AZ Nursing Board website at www.azbn.gov and have your Visa or MasterCard credit card available for payment. This is also your opportunity to update your demographic information as well as completing data not previously captured in prior renewals.

Five Immediate Benefits to you for renewing online are:

• Faster processing time of “minutes” versus days required for hard copy processing.
• Immediate printout that your renewal is being processed.
• Renew anytime 24/7 – anyplace and anytime of the day that works for you.
• Your direct online entry of information is immediate and reduces the potential for errors in transcribing the information.
• Save money – there is a $10 reduction in the renewal fee due to completing the process online.

Please Note: Reminders for you to renew are now through the AzBN Journal for the first two quarters of 2007 as well as notification for renewing through your email address. Please check to see if your email address is current when updating your demographic information.

For those approximate 5% who do not renew by July 15, 2007, notification will be sent stating that your renewal process has not been completed by June 30, 2007.

In 2006, approximately 10% did not need to renew for a number of reasons; i.e. you moved to a new home state and no longer need the license or perhaps you requested to inactivate your license.

Finally, if you do not have access to a computer, you may request a hard copy of the renewal application from the Board.