Compact RN Licensure

Compact licenses (NLC or Nurse Licensure Compact) enjoy a multi-state registration as long as the RN has a license and resides in one of the Compact states listed below.

Map of NLC States

This link to the map indicates the 24 states which have enacted the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).

Below are the U.S. States with current NLC (Compact) status:

COMPACT STATES IMPLEMENTATION DATE
Arizona 7/1/2002
Arkansas 7/1/2000
Colorado 10/1/2007
Delaware 7/1/2000
Idaho 7/1/2001
Iowa 7/1/2000
Kentucky 6/1/2007
Maine 7/1/2001
Maryland 1/1/2000
Mississippi 7/1/2001
Missouri 6/1/2010
Nebraska 1/1/2001
New Hampshire 1/1/2006
New Mexico 1/1/2004
North Carolina 7/1/2000
North Dakota 1/1/2004
Rhode Island 7/1/2008
South Carolina 2/1/2006
South Dakota 1/1/2001
Tennessee 7/1/2003
Texas 1/1/2000
Utah 1/1/2000
Virginia 1/1/2005
Wisconsin 1/1/2000

U.S. States with Pending Legislation Regarding the NLC

Links to Legislation & Status
Georgia
New York
Illinois
New Jersey
Minnesota – Senate and House
Massachusetts

NCSBN Member Boards of Nursing

Alabama Board of Nursing

Mailing address:
P O Box 303900
Montgomery, AL 36130-3900

Physical address:
770 Washington Avenue
RSA Plaza, Ste 250
Montgomery, AL 36104

Phone: 334.293.5200 or 800.656.5318
Fax: 334.293.5201
Website: www.abn.alabama.gov
Contact Person: N. Genell Lee, MSN, JD, RN, Executive Officer

Alaska Board of Nursing

550 West Seventh Avenue Suite 1500
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3567

Phone: 907.269.8161
Fax: 907.269.8196
Website: www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/pnur.htm
Contact Person: Nancy Sanders, PhD, RN, Executive Administrator

American Samoa Health Services

Regulatory Board
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Pago Pago, AS 96799

Phone: 684.633.1222
Fax: 684.633.1869
Contact Person: Toaga Atuatasi Seumalo, MS, RN, Executive Secretary

Arizona State Board of Nursing

4747 North 7th Street, Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85014-3655

Phone: 602.771.7800
Fax: 602.771.7888
Website: www.azbn.gov
Contact Person: Joey Ridenour, MN, RN, FAAN, Executive Director

Arkansas State Board of Nursing

University Tower Building
1123 S. University, Suite 800
Little Rock, AR 72204-1619

Phone: 501.686.2700
Fax: 501.686.2714
Website: http://www.arsbn.arkansas.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Contact Person: Sue Tedford, MNSc, RN, Executive Director

California Board of Registered Nursing

1625 North Market Boulevard, Suite N-217
Sacramento, CA 95834-1924

Phone: 916.322.3350
Fax: 916.574.8637
Website: www.rn.ca.gov
Contact Person: Louise Bailey, MEd, RN, Executive Officer

California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians

2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 205
Sacramento, CA 95833

Phone: 916.263.7800
Fax: 916.263.7859
Website: www.bvnpt.ca.gov
Contact Person: Teresa Bello-Jones, JD, MSN, RN, Executive Officer

Colorado Board of Nursing

1560 Broadway, Suite 1370
Denver, CO 80202

Phone: 303.894.2430
Fax: 303.894.2430
Website: www.dora.state.co.us/nursing/
Contact Person: Kennetha Julien, JD, Program Director

Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing

Dept. of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 13PHO
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0328

Phone: 860.509.7624 (860.509.7603 – for testing candidates only)
Fax: 860.509.7553
Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3143&q=388910
Contact Person: Jennifer L. Filippone, Chief, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section

Delaware Board of Nursing

861 Silver Lake Blvd.
Cannon Building, Suite 203
Dover, DE 19904

Phone: 302.744.4500
Fax: 302.739.2711
Website: http://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/nursing/
Contact Person: Pamela Zickafoose, Ed.D, RN, CNA-BC, CNE, Executive Director

District of Columbia Board of Nursing

Department of Health
Health Professional Licensing Administration
899 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Phone: 877.672.2174
Fax: 202.727.8471
Website: http://hpla.doh.dc.gov/hpla/cwp/view,A,1195,Q,488526,hplaNav,|30661|,.asp
Contact Person: Karen Scipio-Skinner MSN, RN, Executive Director

Florida Board of Nursing

Mailing Address:
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN C02
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3252

Physical Address:
4042 Bald Cypress Way
Room 120
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Phone: 850.245.4125
Fax: 850.245.4172
Website: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing/index.html
Contact Person: Joe Baker, Jr. Executive Director

Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Practical Nurses

237 Coliseum Drive
Macon, GA 31217-3858

Phone: 478.207.2440
Fax: 877.571.3712
Website: http://sos.georgia.gov/plb/lpn/
Contact Person: Jim Cleghorn, Executive Director

Georgia Board of Nursing

237 Coliseum Drive
Macon, GA 31217-3858

Phone: 478.207.2440
Fax: 877.571.3712
Website: http://sos.georgia.gov/plb/rn/
Contact Person: Jim Cleghorn, Executive Director

Guam Board of Nurse Examiners

#123 Chalan Kareta
Mangilao, Guam 96913-6304

Phone: 671.735.7407
Fax: 671.735.7413
Website: www.dphss.guam.gov
Contact Person: Margarita Bautista-Gay, RN, BSN, MN, Interim Executive Officer

Hawaii Board of Nursing

Mailing Address:
PVLD/DCCA
Attn: Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 3469
Honolulu, HI 96801

Physical Address:
King Kalakaua Building
335 Merchant Street, 3rd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone: 808.586.3000
Fax: 808.586.2689
Website: www.hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/pvl/boards/nursing
Contact Person: Lee Ann Teshima, Executive Officer

Idaho Board of Nursing

280 N. 8th Street, Suite 210
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720

Phone: 208.334.3110
Fax: 208.334.3262
Website: www2.state.id.us/ibn
Contact Person: Sandra Evans, MAEd, RN, Executive Director

Illinois Board of Nursing

James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 9-300
Chicago, IL 60601

Phone: 312.814.2715
Fax: 312.814.3145
Website: www.idfpr.com/dpr/WHO/nurs.asp
Contact Person: Michele Bromberg, MSN, APN, BC, Nursing Act Coordinator

Indiana State Board of Nursing Professional Licensing Agency

402 W. Washington Street, Room W072
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317.234.2043
Fax: 317.233.4236
Website: http://www.in.gov/pla/nursing.htm
Contact Person: Elizabeth Kiefner Crawford, Director

Iowa Board of Nursing

RiverPoint Business Park
400 S.W. 8th Street
Suite B
Des Moines, IA 50309-4685

Phone: 515.281.3255
Fax: 515.281.4825
Website: http://nursing.iowa.gov
Contact Person: Lorinda Inman, MSN, RN, Executive Director

Kansas State Board of Nursing

Landon State Office Building
900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 1051
Topeka, KS 66612

Phone: 785.296.4929
Fax: 785.296.3929
Website: www.ksbn.org
Contact Person: Mary Blubaugh, MSN, RN, Executive Administrator

Kentucky Board of Nursing

312 Whittington Parkway, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40222

Phone: 502.429.3300
Fax: 502.429.3311
Website: www.kbn.ky.gov
Contact Person: Charlotte F. Beason, Ed.D, RN, NEA, Executive Director

Louisiana State Board of Nursing

17373 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

Phone: 225.755.7500
Fax: 225.755.7585
Website: www.lsbn.state.la.us
Contact Person: Barbara Morvant, MN, RN, Executive Director

Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners

3421 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 505
Metairie, LA 70002

Phone: 504.838.5791
Fax: 504.838.5279
Website: www.lsbpne.com/
Contact Person: Claire Doody Glaviano, BSN, MN, RN, Executive Director

Maine State Board of Nursing

Regular mailing address:
158 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

Street address (for FedEx & UPS):
161 Capitol Street
Augusta, ME 04333

Phone: 207.287.1133
Fax: 207.287.1149
Website: www.maine.gov/boardofnursing/
Contact Person: Myra Broadway, JD, MS, RN, Executive Director

Maryland Board of Nursing

4140 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215

Phone: 410.585.1900
Fax: 410.358.3530
Website: www.mbon.org
Contact Person: Patricia Ann Noble, MSN, RN Executive Director

Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
239 Causeway Street, Second Floor
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: 617.973.0900 / 800.414.0168
Fax: 617.973.0984
Website: http://www.mass.gov/dph/boards/rn
Contact Person: Rula Faris Harb, MS, RN, Executive Director

Michigan/DCH/Bureau of Health Professions

Ottawa Towers North
611 W. Ottawa, 1st Floor
Lansing, MI 48933

Phone: 517.335.0918
Fax: 517.373.2179
Website: www.michigan.gov/healthlicense
Contact Person: Vacant

Minnesota Board of Nursing

2829 University Avenue SE
Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Phone: 612.617.2270
Fax: 612.617.2190
Website: www.nursingboard.state.mn.us
Contact Person: Shirley Brekken, MS, RN, Executive Director

Mississippi Board of Nursing

1080 River Oaks Drive
Flowood, MS 39232

Phone: 601.664.9303
Fax: 601.664.9304
Website: http://www.msbn.state.ms.us/
Contact Person: Melinda E. Rush, DSN, FNP, Executive Director

Missouri State Board of Nursing

3605 Missouri Blvd.
P.O. Box 656
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0656

Phone: 573.751.0681
Fax: 573.751.0075
Website: http://www.pr.mo.gov/nursing.asp
Contact Person: Lori Scheidt, BS, Executive Director

Montana State Board of Nursing

301 South Park
Suite 401
P.O. Box 200513
Helena, MT 59620-0513

Phone: 406.841.2345
Fax: 406.841.2305
Website: http://bsd.dli.mt.gov/license/bsd_boards/nur_board/board_page.asp
Contact Person: Cynthia Gustafson, PhD, RN, Executive Director

Nebraska Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Board

301 Centennial Mall South P.O. BOX 94986
Lincoln, NE 68509-4986

Phone: 402.471.6443
Fax: 402.471.1066
Website: www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/nursing/nursingindex.htm
Contact Person: Karen Bowen, MS, RN, Nursing Practice Consultant

Nebraska Board of Nursing

301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509-4986

Phone: 402.471.4376
Fax: 402.471.1066
Website: www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/nursing/nursingindex.htm
Contact Person: Diana Baker, MSN, RN, Executive Director

Nevada State Board of Nursing

5011 Meadowood Mall Way, Suite 300
Reno, NV 89502

Phone: 775.687.7700
Fax: 775.687.7707
Website: www.nursingboard.state.nv.us
Contact Person: Debra Scott, MSN, RN, FRE, Executive Director

New Hampshire Board of Nursing

21 South Fruit Street
Suite 16
Concord, NH 03301-2341

Phone: 603.271.2323
Fax: 603.271.6605
Website: www.state.nh.us/nursing
Contact Person: Margaret Walker, Ed.D, MBA, RN, Executive Director

New Jersey Board of Nursing

P.O. Box 45010
124 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07101

Phone: 973.504.6430
Fax: 973.648.3481
Website: www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical/nursing.htm
Contact Person: George Hebert, MA, RN, Executive Director

New Mexico Board of Nursing

6301 Indian School Road, NE
Suite 710
Albuquerque, NM 87110

Phone: 505.841.8340
Fax: 505.841.8347
Website: www.bon.state.nm.us
Contact Person: Nancy Darbro, PhD, APRN, CNS, LPCC, LADAC, Interim Executive Director

New York State Board of Nursing

Education Bldg.
89 Washington Avenue
2nd Floor West Wing
Albany, NY 12234

Phone: 518.474.3817, Ext. 120
Fax: 518.474.3706
Website: www.op.nysed.gov/prof/nurse/
Contact Person: Barbara Zittel, PhD, RN, Executive Secretary

North Carolina Board of Nursing

4516 Lake Boone Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607

Phone: 919.782.3211
Fax: 919.781.9461
Website: www.ncbon.com
Contact Person: Julia L. George, RN, MSN, FRE, Executive Director

North Dakota Board of Nursing

919 South 7th Street, Suite 504
Bismarck, ND 58504

Phone: 701.328.9777
Fax: 701.328.9785
Website: https://www.ndbon.org
Contact Person: Constance Kalanek, PhD, RN, Executive Director

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Board of Nurse Examiners

Regular Mailing Address
P.O. Box 501458
Saipan, MP 96950

Street Address (for FedEx and UPS)
Commonwealth Health Center,
New Administration Bldg.
Navy Hill
Saipan, MP 96950

Phone: (670) 234-8950, ext. 3587
Fax: 670.664.4813
Contact Person: Aurelia G. Long, RNC, FNP, Board Chairperson

Ohio Board of Nursing

17 South High Street, Suite 400
Columbus, OH 43215-3413

Phone: 614.466.3947
Fax: 614.466.0388
Website: www.nursing.ohio.gov
Contact Person: Betsy J. Houchen, RN, MS, JD, Executive Director

Oklahoma Board of Nursing

2915 N. Classen Boulevard, Suite 524
Oklahoma City, OK 73106

Phone: 405.962.1800
Fax: 405.962.1821
Website: www.ok.gov/nursing/
Contact Person: Kimberly Glazier, M.Ed., RN, Executive Director

Oregon State Board of Nursing

17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd
Portland, OR 97224

Phone: 971.673.0685
Fax: 971.673.0684
Website: www.osbn.state.or.us
Contact Person: Holly Mercer, JD, RN, Executive Director

Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing

P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649

Phone: 717.783.7142
Fax: 717.783.0822
Website: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_board_of_nursing/12515
Contact Person: Laurette D. Keiser, RN, MSN, Executive Secretary/Section Chief

Rhode Island Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education

105 Cannon Building
Three Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908

Phone: 401.222.5700
Fax: 401.222.3352
Website: www.health.ri.gov
Contact Person: Pamela McCue, MS, RN, Executive Officer

South Carolina State Board of Nursing

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12367
Columbia, SC 29211

Physical Address:
Synergy Business Park, Kingstree Building
110 Centerview Drive, Suite 202
Columbia, SC 29210

Phone: 803.896.4550
Fax: 803.896.4525
Website: www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/nursing/
Contact Person: Joan K. Bainer, MN, RN, NE, BC, Administrator

South Dakota Board of Nursing

4305 South Louise Ave., Suite 201
Sioux Falls, SD 57106-3115

Phone: 605.362.2760
Fax: 605.362.2768
Website: www.state.sd.us/doh/nursing/
Contact Person: Gloria Damgaard, RN, MS, Executive Secretary

Tennessee State Board of Nursing

227 French Landing, Suite 300
Heritage Place MetroCenter
Nashville, TN 37243

Phone: 615.532.5166
Fax: 615.741.7899
Website: http://health.state.tn.us/Boards/Nursing/index.htm
Contact Person: Elizabeth Lund, MSN, RN, Executive Director

Texas Board of Nursing

333 Guadalupe, Suite 3-460
Austin, TX 78701

Phone: 512.305.7400
Fax: 512.305.7401
Website: www.bon.state.tx.us
Contact Person: Katherine Thomas, MN, RN, Executive Director

Utah State Board of Nursing

Heber M. Wells Bldg., 4th Floor
160 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Phone: 801.530.6628
Fax: 801.530.6511
Website: www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/nursing.html
Contact Person: Laura Poe, MS, RN, Executive Administrator

Vermont State Board of Nursing

Office of Professional Regulation
National Life Building North F1.2
Montpelier, Vermont 05620-3402

Phone: 802.828.2396
Fax: 802.828.2484
Website: www.vtprofessionals.org/opr1/nurses/
Contact Person: Linda Davidson, APRN, Executive Director

Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 304247, Veterans Drive Station
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00803

Physical Address (For FedEx and UPS)
Virgin Island Board of Nurse Licensure
#3 Kongens Gade (Government Hill)
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802

Phone: 340.776.7131
Fax: 340.777.4003
Website: www.vibnl.org
Contact Person: Diane Ruan-Viville, MA, BSN, RN, Executive Director

Virginia Board of Nursing

Department of Health Professions
Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300
Henrico, Virginia 23233

Phone: (804) 367-4515
Fax: (804) 527-4455
Website: www.dhp.virginia.gov/nursing
Contact Person: Jay Douglas, RN, MSM, CSAC, Executive Director

Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission

Department of Health
HPQA #6
310 Israel Rd. SE
Tumwater, WA 98501-7864

Phone: 360.236.4700
Fax: 360.236.4738
Website: www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/professions/nursing/default.htm
Contact Person: Paula Meyer, MSN, RN, Executive Director

West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses

101 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311

Phone: 304.558.3596
Fax: 304.558.3666
Website: www.wvrnboard.com
Contact Person: Laura Rhodes, MSN, RN, Executive Director

West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses

101 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311

Phone: 304.558.3572
Fax: 304.558.4367
Website: www.lpnboard.state.wv.us
Contact Person: Lanette Anderson, RN, MSN, JD, Executive Director

Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing

Physical Address:
1400 E. Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708-8935

Phone: 608.266.2112
Fax: 608.261.7083
Website: http://drl.wi.gov
Contact Person: Dan Williams, Bureau Director – Division of Board Services

Wyoming State Board of Nursing

1810 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001

Phone: 307.777.7601
Fax: 307.777.3519
Website: http://nursing.state.wy.us
Contact Person: Mary Kay Goetter, Executive Officer

 

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