Every state. RN and LPN/LVN. Official sources.
Nursing license rules for all 50 states and DC, in one place.
Renewal deadlines, CE hours, endorsement fees and compact status, pulled from each board of nursing and checked for changes, so you can move, travel or renew without digging through 51 websites.
Taking a travel contract or moving? Check if your license works there.
Where does a multistate license work?
40 states are in the Nurse Licensure Compact. A multistate license from any of them lets you work in all the others. 10 jurisdictions are not, and Massachusetts has passed the compact but it is not in effect yet. Tap a state for details.
Guam accepts multistate licenses from other compact states but cannot issue them yet. Compact status as of October 29, 2026.
What you'll find for each state
Renewal
How often you renew, when your license expires, the fee and how many CE hours you need, including required topics like implicit bias or opioid prescribing.
Endorsement
Getting licensed when you move: the application fee, fingerprint rules and whether you can start work on a temporary permit while you wait.
Sources and dates
Every page links to the board's own pages and shows when it was last checked. When we can't confirm a value, we say so instead of guessing.
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