WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LAPSED AND AN INACTIVE LICENSE?
A. A lapsed license is one that has not been renewed or placed on inactive status. Once lapsed, it can become a lengthy and sometimes costly process to have it renewed. It requires payment of a penalty fee, the renewal fees for each year that the licensee practiced nursing and the renewal fee for the current renewal period. An inactive license is one that has been voluntarily requested to be placed “on hold” for an undetermined period of time during which no renewal fees are paid. The licensee may not be actively employed as a nurse in Missouri during that period of time. The fee required to return the license to active status consists only of the renewal fee for the current renewal period.
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