| Individual competency is ensured through initial and continuing education, licensure and credentialing activities, and periodic performance evaluations. |
| Know the state's nursing law and follow regulations before you are hauled before the board on a licensure issue. |
| Alabama state law allows licensure agencies to adopt and promulgate rules governing professional practices. |
| Licensing bodies recognize more and more that licensure cannot be for life and requires revalidation. |
| Results of that performance assessment provide the final evidence required to issue ongoing or permanent licensure. |
| A licensure examination tests more than technical knowledge, although that is a large part of it. |
