Upon application and payment of the required fee the board may issue a temporary permit to practice as a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife to an applicant who is waiting for the results of the first examination the applicant is eligible to take after completion of an approved program. An applicant issued a temporary permit under this section shall initially receive thirty days of supervision by direct personal contact with a licensed physician, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife that holds an unencumbered license to practice. Thereafter, and until expiration of the temporary permit, the supervision shall include two, one-half business days per week of supervision by direct personal contact. The permit shall become invalid upon notification to the applicant of the results of the first examination.

Source: SL 1982, ch 274, § 1; SL 1995, ch 218, § 3; SL 2017, ch 171, § 3.