Texas Board of Nursing - Schedule of Fees (2024)

Timely Renewal:

• Registered Nurse
• Licensed Vocational Nurse
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse/ Registered Nurse

Once every two years:

• $68
• $45
• $54
• $129

(a) The Texas Board of Nursing has established reasonable and necessary fees for the administration of its functions.

(1) Examination:

$50

(2) Endorsem*nt:

$125

(3) Licensure renewal (each biennium):

(A) Registered Nurse (RN):
(B) Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN):

A) $68
B.) $45

(4) Reactivating from inactive status:

(A) less than four years
(B) more than four years

(5) Late fee for reactivating from delinquent status:
(A) less than 90 days
(B) less than 90 days

A.) $60 plus current licensure renewal fee
B.) $120 plus current renewal fee

(6) Approval of new nursing education programs:

$2,500

(7) Bad checks:

$30

(8) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse initial credentials:

$100

(9) Declaratory order of eligibility:

$150

(10) Eligibility determination:

$150

(11) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse renewal:

$50

(12) Initial Prescriptive Authority:

$50

(13) Outpatient anesthesia registry renewal:

$35

(14) Outpatient anesthesia inspection and advisory opinion:

$625

(15) Fee for Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) criminal background check for licensees, initial licensure applicants and endorsem*nt applicants as determined by fees imposed by the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division and the Texas Department of Public Safety;

(16) Disciplinary monitoring fees as stated in a Board order;

(17) Nursing Jurisprudence Examination fee: not to exceed

$25

(18) Approval of remedial education course

$300

(19) Renewal of remedial education course:

$100

(20) Approval of a nursing education program outside Texas’ jurisdiction to conduct clinical learning experiences in Texas:

$500

(21) Prescriptive Authority Renewal Surcharge fee: not to exceed

$15