Application to Take the NPLEX

APPLICATION PROCESS

To take the NPLEX Examinations, you must apply directly to NABNE. To apply to take the August 2010 NPLEX Examinations and to ensure that the application materials that you submit to NABNE are complete and that your application is processed in a timely manner, it is your responsibility to:

• Complete ALL sections of the current application (Applications and Forms) legibly and accurately.  
  • Enter your last name, first name, and middle initial exactly as they appear on the copy of the current government-issued photo identification you submit with your application.
  • Enter your Social Security or Social Insurance number (See Confidentiality)
  • Enter your mailing address (including apartment #), city, state/province, zip/postal code, phone numbers, and e-mail address.
  • Check the box next to the current naturopathic college you are currently attending or from which you have graduated.
  • Enter the single licensing/regulatory authority to which the report of your August 2010 exam results should be sent (e.g., AZ, ON). If you do not wish to have a reeport of your exam results sent to a licensing authority, you should enter "NA". This applies to Part II applicants only.
  • Check the box next to the test site at which you plan to take the examination(s).
  • Check the box next to the examination(s) you are planning to take and fill in the total  amount of the fees you are enclosing.  Be sure to verify that you have added the amounts correctly.
  • Sign and date the application.
• Include a certified check or money order for the correct amount in U.S. dollars, made payable to NABNE. NABNE will not accept personal checks.
• Attach a copy of your current government-issued photo identification (e.g., driver's license, government-issued identification card, or passport photo page), regardless of whether you submitted a copy with a previous application.
• Include a copy of the official documentation required to verify a name change made since your last application to take the NPLEX.
• Make copies of all appliation materials for your records (your completed application form, certified check or money order in U.S. dollars, and your current government-issued photo identification).
•  Address your package to:

NABNE - NPLEX Part I or Part II Examinations

Suite 119, #321

9220 S.W. Barbur Blvd.

Portland, Oregon 97219

• Send your application package via courier (Express Post, FedEx, Purolator, UPS, etc.) and keep a postal/courier receipt for your records.

Application materials postmarked May 16-25, 2010 must be accompanied by an additional Late Application Fee of US$100.

Application materials postmarked after May 25, 2010 will not be accepted and will be returned to the applicant.

Incomplete applications received by NABNE will not be processed without the receipt of an additional fee of US$100 regardless of whether the materials required to complete the application are sent by the application postmark deadline.

• Contact the registrar at your ANMP and request that a letter be sent to NABNE verifying that you have completed all academic requirements. The registrar at your ANMP will know the appropriate format for this letter and will send it directly to NABNE. If you are applying to retake an examination and NABNE has already received this letter from your ANMP, you do not need to request that another be sent.
• Confirm the status of your application materials by checking your Registration Status, after June 1, 2010.  Verify the accuracy of your name, address, test site, and the examination(s) you have applied to take.  Contact NABNE immediately if any information is incorrect. NABNE will not confirm the receipt of application materials by phone, fax, or e-mail. If there is no record of your application on the website, your application will be processed and expedited only if you can provide copies of your:  
  • Signed postal/courier return receipt (indicating that your application package was received by NABNE) or certificate of mailing (proving that you sent an application package)
  • Original appliation (signed and dated no later than the application postmark deadline)
  • Certified check or money order (dated no later than the application postmark deadline)
  • Current government-issued photo identification (e.g., driver's license, government-issued identification card, or passport photo page)

If NABNE has not received your original application package, copies of these documents must be faxed to NABNE at 503-452-3943 no later than June 15, 2010.  NABNE will not process a lost application after this date.

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CONFIDENTIALITY

The information you give to NABNE on your application will be kept confidential and is used only in conjunction with the NPLEX Examinations. NABNE maintains a policy of nondisclosure for all administrative and testing personnel that have access to your personal information.

The last five digits of your Social Security or Social Insurance number are used to uniquely identify you when you apply to take the NPLEX Examinations (e.g., if more than one individual has the same name or if your name has changed since you last applied to take an examination). This number will also be used during the exam administration (i.e., it must be recorded on every answer sheet you complete), and after the exam administration (i.e., to integrate and maintain a record of all your NPLEX exam results).

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NABNE FEES

• Application and Exam Administration Fee: (paid with every application to take the NPLEX) US$125 
• Part I - Biomedical Science Exam Fee: (paid with every application to take the Part I - Biomedical Science Examination)  US$300 
• Part II - Core Clinical Science Exam Fee: (paid with every application to take the Part II - Core Clinical Science Examination) US$500
• Part II - Clinical Elective Acupuncture Exam Fee: (paid with every application to take the Part II - Clinical Elective Acupuncture Examination) US$100   
• Part II - Clinical Elective Minor Surgery Exam Fee: (paid with every application to take the Part II - Clinical Elective Minor Surgery Examination)  US$100  
• Late Application Fee: (paid if the application materials are postmarked May 16-25, 2010) US$100
• Incomplete Application Fee: (assessed if the application received by NABNE is incomplete¹⁾ US$100
• Transcript Fee: (per transcript of all previous NPLEX exam results sent to a single recipient) US$20
• Era Appropriate Education Application Fee:  US$150

All fees are non-refundable. Exam fees may be deferred only in cases of documented illness, an emergency or death in the family, or inclement weather that prevents the administration of the examination(s). In these special circumstances, exam fees will be deferred until the next scheduled NPLEX administration only.

¹ If the application NABNE receives is incomplete (i.e., if the application is not signed and dated, if it does not include a copy of current government-issued photo identification or the documentation required to verify a name change, or if it does not include the correct fees in U.S. dollars in the form of a certified check or money order), you will be required to submit an additional Incomplete Application Fee of US$100 before your application will be processed.

PART I TRANSCRIPTS

It is your responsibility to request that NABNE send a transcript of your NPLEX Part I exam results to the licensing/regulatory authority of the jurisdiction in which you plan to practice. This request should be made on your Part II - Clinical Science Exam Application by indicating the jurisdiction in which you plan to practice and including the Transcript Fee of US$20 to the total amount you submit with your application (i.e., one money order for all fees). Prior to the exam administration, NABNE will send a complete transcript of your previous NPLEX exam results to the single licensing authority you have indicated on your current application.  Approximately six weeks after the exam administration, NABNE will send a report of your current NPLEX Part II - Clinical Science exam results to the same licensing/regulatory authority at no charge. 

Requests to have transcripts sent to additional licensing/regulatory authorities should be made in a separate correspondence, accompanied by the Transcript Fee, after your Part II exam results from the current administration become available.  Additonal reequests should not be made with your application but in a separate correspondence, accompanied by the Transcript Fee (See Transcripts). 

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