Leaving practice
If you are leaving practice, you have several options.
Please note: if you wish to reinstate your practising registration in the future, the documents required, process, and fees are the same for former and non-practising registrants.
- Maintain your practising registration
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- If you are going on a short-term leave (i.e. within the registration year, or a few months that straddles renewal cycles), you may wish to maintain your practising registration.
- Convert to non-practising registration
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- You may be eligible for a pro-rated refund on your practising registration fees.
- You will continue to receive communication from the college
- Non-practising registrants can use non-practising nursing titles such as "non-practicing registered nurse," "retired registered nurse," or "non-practising LPN."
- See the registration status comparison above for more information
To convert to non-practising registration,
sign in to your BCCNM account.
- Cancel/lapse and become a former registrant
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- You may be eligible for a pro-rated refund on your practising registration fees.
- As a former registrant you will no longer be a registrant of the college and cannot use a nursing title or call yourself a nurse.
- See the registration status comparison above for more information.
To cancel your registration,
sign in to your BCCNM account.
Leaving practice due to disability/illness
Check with your employer and/or disability insurance company before you make changes to your status. Some disability carriers or employers may require you to maintain practising or non-practising registration to receive benefits.