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S.C. Code Ann. § 40-33-230

Licensure requirements for foreign-educated nurses

2005 Act No. 87, SECTION 5.

Beginning January 1, 2007, the State Board of Nursing shall require foreign-educated candidates for licensing as registered nurses to pass:

(1) the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX); and

(2) an English language proficiency test that determines whether or not the license applicant is proficient in conversational English with regard to medical terminology and the skills required of a registered nurse.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.