Returning to nursing practice

Before you apply to change your registration status to practising, there are a few important things to know:

Only nurses with practising registration status can work or volunteer as a nurse in B.C.
For nurses who do not meet the basic practice hour requirement, please see the Re-entry Fact Sheet for important information.
If you worked in another jurisdiction, after you apply to change your CRNBC registration status, we'll send you forms that need to be completed by your employer(s) and regulatory body/bodies.
When did you last hold practising registration? If it has been longer than 90 days then you must submit a notarized Statutory Declaration (Form 11) with your change status application.
If you are a nurse practitioner, please see NP: returning to practice.

Ready to start?

If you have your documents ready (read middle column), you're ready to begin:

Sign into your account.
Select "Change status" to start the process. You may have to complete a criminal record check if you haven't completed one in the past five years

Please have have all the necessary documents and information on hand before beginning the registration process.

Complex applications take longer to review and process.

We created several scenarios and FAQs to provide an overview of how the change status process works. Read scenarios and FAQs