Mandatory KSNC registration renewal for nurses in Karnataka and Abroad

Karnataka State Nursing Registration Renewal in 2020

Karnataka State Nursing Council (KSNC) used to issue Registration with life-Membership. In fact, certificates issued with Life-Member seal were valid until the year 2017. Later, KSNC has scraped Life Membership rules and as of now, the registration certificates has to be renewed every 5 years. Many nurses with Life-Member Registration certificates still do not know they have to renew their KSNC Registration.

There are some exemptions for renewal of KSNC registration and you can decide on the renewal based on your category.

Category 1. Renewal Compulsory:

Nurses possessing Life-Member Registration Certificate from KSNC (Parent Nursing Council) and presently working in hospitals based in Karnataka State or in foreign countries have to renew their KSNC Registration, provided they have no active Registration from any other State Nursing Councils in India.

If you wish to renew you must have a still working certificate from the current employer issued within the last 3 month along with a copy of your passport and visa.

Category 2. Renewal not necessary:

Nurses possessing Life Member Registration Certificate from KSNC (Parent Nursing Council) and presently working in any other States in India or in any Foreign Hospitals, need not renew their KSNC Life Member Registration, provided they have done Reciprocal Registration in any other State Nursing Council in India and such Registration is presently active.  As per the Government rules, only one Active Registration is allowed.

First Renewal is done on completion of 3 years from the date of issue. and thereafter subsequent renewals have to be done every five years. As of now the renewal fee is only Rs 500/-.
So far there is no fine for late renewal.

For detailed procedure please see the blog post"How to renew Karnataka state Nursing Council registration"