Have the following information/items ready:
- Your Social Security or Social Insurance Number
- A scanned image of your current government-issued photo identification (e.g., driver’s license, government-issued photo identification card, or passport photo page). Both the first and last names on the identification you upload must EXACTLY match the first and last names that you will enter on this application form. The image you upload should be in a .pdf, .jpg, .or .png format, and be less than 1 MB.
- A scanned image of the documentation that verifies an official name change made since the last time you applied to take an NPLEX Examination (e.g., marriage license, name change order, etc.). Both the first and last names on the current government-issued photo identification you submit with your application must exactly match the first and last names on this official document. The image you upload should be in a .pdf, .jpg, .or .png format, and be less than 1 MB.
- Your debit or credit card information. Our payment system accepts Visa and MasterCard only. Payments submitted via Discover or American Express will be denied. You must complete payment at the time of application.
- Use a permanent email and not a school email address for your User Profile and Application. Examples of permanent emails would be Gmail, Yahoo, etc.
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- You will not be able to edit, delete, or make changes to your application after you click “Submit”.
Complete your payment
- Submit payment of fees, in U.S. Dollars, using a debit or credit card. Payment must be made at the time of application. Applications received by NABNE without payment will be discarded.
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Requirements to apply
You are required to pass the Part I – Biomedical Science Examination before you will be allowed to take the NPLEX Part II – Clinical Science Examinations. Current NABNE policy does not allow applicants to take both the Part I and Part II Examinations within the same administration.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
The information you provide to NABNE as part of the online application process is confidential and used only in conjunction with the NPLEX Examinations. All administrative and testing personnel who have access to your personal information observe NABNE’s confidentiality policy.
When you apply to take the NPLEX Examinations, you will be asked to provide your entire Social Security Number (SSN) or Social Insurance Number (SIN). Your entire SSN or SIN is used to uniquely identify you in our records only. You will be required to fill in only the last five digits of your SSN or SIN on every answer sheet you complete.
Apply to take the NPLEX Part I - Biomedical Science Examination
Applicants must have passed the NPLEX Part I – Biomedical Science Examination before they are allowed to take the NPLEX Part II – Clinical Science Examinations.
Current NABNE policy does not allow applicants to take both the Part I and the Part II Examinations within the same NPLEX administration.
Apply to take the NPLEX Part II - Core Clinical Science Examination(s)
Use this link to apply for the Part II Core Clinical Science examination and the Part II Elective examinations.
Current NABNE policy does not allow applicants to take both the Part I and the Part II Examinations within the same NPLEX administration.