License · Compact
The Nurse Licensure Compact, without the guesswork
40 jurisdictions in this app currently issue an active NLC multistate RN license. A compact license follows primary residence. It never settles APRN authority, and remote care still follows the patient’s location.
Active NLC issuers in this tool
Checked against the NLC implementation map on 2026-07-30. Unknown or partial statuses stay out of this list.
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Own-license destinations
These jurisdictions need their own RN license path in this tool. Massachusetts and other partial statuses are not treated as active issuers.
What this page will not invent
- Fees, forms, or board processing times
- Whether you personally qualify for a multistate license
- APRN, prescribing, or collaboration outcomes from an RN compact license
A multistate license widens where you can work. See what’s open on the board.