Enrollment to the State Licensure Examination
How to enroll to a state licensure examination for domestically educated nurses
How to enroll to a state licensure examination, what forms you need to fill out, and how to get a licensure examination notice.
The enrollment process starts when the educational institution you graduated from sends the Nursing Division of the Ministry of Health the transcripts attesting to a successful completion of the core nursing program curriculum as well as your overall score. Once the transcripts have been validated, you will receive a text message (SMS) informing you that you are eligible to sit for the state licensure examination. You can then enroll to the state licensure examination over the Healthcare Professionals Portal (Hebrew).
Required enrollment steps:
Once the Nursing Division has found you eligible to sit for the examination, you will need to sign in to the Healthcare Professionals Portal:
- You will get an email with a link to the Portal and your username
- You will be sent a text message (SMS) with your first sign-in password
After you sign in to the Portal, you will be asked to change your first password with your own password.
Use your username and password every time you login to the Portal.
You need to fill out the forms below following the guidelines found on the Healthcare Professionals Portal:
- A health declaration form
- Criminal record disclosure form
Scan these forms once filled or take a photo of them, and upload to the Portal.
These forms are mandatory in order to be authorized to enroll to the examination.
For your information, the Nursing Division contacts Israel Police to disclose your criminal record.
Before enrollment, pay the licensure examination fee and the licensing fee.
You can make a payment over the Postal Bank, or by money transfer.
The Ministry of Health bank account information:
Postal Bank, Branch 001, Jerusalem, Account number 0-025961
The fees are specified on the Healthcare Professionals Portal.
After you pay, scan or take a photo of the proof of payment. Keep it in order to continue the enrollment process in the Portal.
Note: Do not pay the fees if you have not been authorized to sit for the examination. Without a licensure examination notice, you will not be allowed to sit for the exam, even if you have already paid.
A candidate who pays the examination fee but fails to arrive to the testing hall due to illness must email a doctor's note to the Department of Nursing Licensure Exams within two days from examination day. Candidates who email the doctor's note within the set period will be not be charged another fee for the next examination.
A candidate who pays the examination fee but fails to arrive to the testing hall due to illness and does not email a doctor's note within two days from examination day will forfeit the examination fee –candidates will be required to pay the examination fee again.
Candidates who pay the examination fee, and email the Department of Nursing Licensure Exams ahead of the examination day that they are unable to sit for the exam, will not be required to pay the fee for the next examination.
Complete enrollment within one month before the examination date through the Healthcare Professionals Portal. The Portal will block enrollment after this time.
- When you enroll, you can choose the day of your examination.
- To complete enrollment, you will be required to upload proof of payment.
- If you are eligible for extra testing time, upload the relevant documents. Further information on how to request extra testing time.
- Once enrollment process is completed, you will receive a text message (SMS) from the Nursing Division informing you of completion of the enrollment process. About one month before the examination day, you will receive a final confirmation of enrollment, if your proof of payment is validated, and if the Nursing Division finds you eligible to sit for the exam.
Bring the notice to the examination.
You can have the licensure examination notice issued via the Healthcare Professionals Portal two weeks before the examination date.
The notice contains all of the information about the examination: the location, date, and time, your candidate number, the hall where the examination will take place, and your extra testing time eligibility. You need to print out this notice and bring it to the examination.
Issuing the notice
To be allowed to sit for the state licensure examination, print out the notice and bring it with you to the examination. This notice can be issued through the Portal about two weeks before the day of the examination. Once the notice is posted on the Portal, you will receive a text message (SMS) that the notice can be found on the Portal.
The notice includes:
- Information about the examination.
- Candidate number.
- Eligibility for extra testing time.
Login to the Portal (Hebrew) to issue the notice
If it is not possible to have the licensure examination notice issued through the Portal, call the Ministry of Health hotline at *5400.
Note
- It is your responsibility to inform the Nursing Division of changes to your contact information via the Ministry of Health Hotline at *5400.
- If you have a mobile phone with text messages (SMS) disabled, you can provide a mobile number of a trusted person who can receive text messages (SMS) for you throughout the enrollment process.
- For assistance with technical issues, contact the Ministry of Health hotline at *5400.