Iowa Board of Nursing
RiverPoint Business Park
400 S.W. 8th Street Suite B
Des Moines, IA 50309-4685
Previous conviction of a felony does not automatically bar an individual from eligibility for licensure.
Iowa Code 174.3 Qualifications states:
An applicant for a license to practice a profession under this title is not ineligible because of age,
citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status or national origin, although the application form may require
citizenship information. Any board may consider the past felony record of an applicant only if the felony
conviction relates directly to the practice of…nursing…for which the applicant requests a license. Character
references may be required, but shall not be obtained from licensed members of the profession.
The members of the Iowa Board of Nursing will determine if the felony relates directly to the practice of nursing.
In order to prepare your credentials to be submitted to the Iowa Board of Nursing, we must have the following
materials:
1. Copy of the indictment or charge that was brought against you. Please request that the court in which the
proceedings were held forward a copy to the oce of the Iowa Board of Nursing.
2. Copy of the order of sentencing that was signed by the judge.
3. The name and address of your probation ocer.
After receipt of the above information, your materials will be presented to the Board for review at their next
regularly scheduled meeting.
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