Apply to Retest
This time you will make it!
How to apply for retesting, under what conditions can you apply, and some useful tips
Did you take the state licensure examination but failed? You can retest.
If you retest, the exam content will be according to the curriculum and the mandatory bibliography of the examination to which you re-enroll.
- Graduates of nursing studies in Israel can retest within three calendar years from the day of the exam that they did not pass (for example, if your first exam took place on September 2017, you can retest until the end of 2019).
- Graduates of international nursing studies can retest if satisfying eligibility criteria set at nursing care credentials, on condition that their eligibility for retesting does not expire at the time of retesting.
- Those with temporary resident permits can retest, on condition that their eligibility for retesting does not expire and their permits are valid at the time of retesting, and retesting has been recorded in the Nursing Division system. To get recorded by the system, send a copy of a valid form of identification to siud.test@moh.gov.il.
- Graduates of post basic courses – retesting dates depend on a minimum number of participants and in compliance with exam dates set by the Nursing Division.
Applying to retest
Apply to retest over the Healthcare Professionals Portal.
If you took the first exam before 2017, you might not be found on the portal yet. In order to receive a username and password for the portal, call the Ministry of Health Hotline at *5400. Within 24 hours from the time of your call, you will receive the following messages:
- An e-mail message with a link to the portal + username
- A text message (SMS) with a temporary password
When your login to the portal, you will be required to replace the temporary password with your own password.
Your username and password will be used for future logins.
If you have taken the original exam after 2017, you need to enroll for retesting via Healthcare Professionals Portal and do the following:
- Pay the examination fee over the Postal Bank or by money transfer; the due fee is specified in the personal area of the portal. The Ministry of Health bank account information:
Postal Bank, branch 001, Jerusalem, account number 0-025961.
You need to scan or take a photo of the proof of payment and save it for enrollment through the portal.
Note: If you pay the fee without having received a confirmation of retesting, you will not get a refund if not approved to retest, and will not be allowed to sit for the exam. - Login with your username and password and enroll to retest:
- Select the exam date and language (post basic course exams are in Hebrew only)
- Fill out the amount of money transferred, date of payment of fee, and attach proof of payment
- Once the enrollment process is completed, you will receive a text message (SMS) from the Nursing Division confirming the completion of the enrollment process.
- A retesting notice (authorization to retest) will be posted on the portal about two weeks before the exam. This notice contains information about the exam: location, date, and time, candidate identification number, whether you are eligible for extra testing time, and the exam's language.
- Print the retesting notice and bring it with you to the exam.
Note
Health declaration and criminal record report
If you have already uploaded a health declaration and a criminal record report to the portal, you will not be required to resubmit. Note though that it is the candidates' sole responsibility to notify the Nursing Division of any changes affecting their health declarations or criminal record reports. Such notifications are to be made via e-mail siud.test@moh.gov.il.
Application for extra testing time
Further information on applying for extra testing time
Completion of enrollment
You must complete enrollment via the portal no later than one month before the date of the exam. After this date, enrollment via the portal will not be available.
Updating contact information
- It is the candidates' sole responsibility to notify the Nursing Division of any changes to their contact information by calling the Ministry of Health Hotline at *5400.
- If you have a mobile phone but text messages (SMS) are disabled, you can provide a mobile phone number of a person you trust with text messages (SMS) enabled, so that you will get messages about the examination process.
- To update your contact information or to report technical issues, call the Ministry of Health Hotline at *5400.