Every CE requirement verified against official state nursing board sources. How RenewRN verifies the data →
Every CE requirement verified against official state nursing board sources. How RenewRN verifies the data →
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Moving to a new state? Pick where you're licensed and where you're going. The planner figures out whether you need an endorsement application or a Nurse Licensure Compact residency change, and gives you a personalized checklist, including the 60-day rule, fingerprinting, fees, and CE impact.
Pick your current state and your destination state above. The planner will tell you whether you need an endorsement application or a primary-state-of-residence change, and give you a personalized checklist.
Not sure you're eligible for the multistate license at all?
The planner above assumes you qualify under NCSBN's 11 Uniform Licensure Requirements. Past felony, ATD program, no US SSN, or incomplete IEN credentials can disqualify you before the move workflow matters. Take the 60-second eligibility quiz →
Moving with an APRN credential?
The NLC covers your RN license only. There is no operational APRN compact yet, so your APRN authorization needs its own application in the new state, on its own clock, alongside your national certification and any DEA registration. See the NP & APRN renewal hub →
The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) lets registered nurses hold a single multistate license and practice across the 40 states issuing multistate licenses today (plus Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). If both your current and destination states are compact members, your move is a residency declaration, not a license transfer. If either state is outside the compact (California, New York, Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Nevada, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Illinois are the current major outliers), you apply for a new license by endorsement in your destination state. The planner above checks the compact status for both states and routes you correctly.
If you change primary state of residence between two compact states, the NLC gives you 60 days from the move to apply for a multistate license in your new state. Don't practice on the old compact license past that window without the application on file. Common proofs of PSOR: a driver's license, voter registration, state tax filing, lease, or mortgage. Pennsylvania joined the NLC on July 7, 2025; Connecticut joined October 1, 2025. Transitional rules and longer processing times apply for either state early in their membership.
Effective July 1, 2025, Florida requires Level 2 FDLE/FBI fingerprint clearance to be on file for nurse licensure. FDLE retains the clearance for five years, so subsequent renewals reuse the on-file prints until that retention window expires, but the initial clearance must be in place before a new endorsement application can be approved. Expect 30 to 90 days for FBI processing on a first submission; plan your move timeline accordingly.
Most state boards require CE completed under their jurisdiction (or from an approved provider) after your license issues. CE you've already earned in your origin state usually doesn't transfer. A few states grant a first-time-licensee CE exemption for the initial renewal period. The planner above pulls your destination state's exact requirement and first-time-exemption rules.
RenewRN's free plan tracks one credential. If you update your state inside your profile, we send reminders for the 60-day residency rule, fingerprint expiration, and your first new-state renewal: 90, 60, 30, 7, and 1 day out (Pro). The free plan covers the dashboard countdown for a single credential.
How long it takes, whether you can work while you wait, the fees, and the compact rules for getting licensed in each state. Guides marked Board-sourced are verified against the state board; the rest give the framework plus the exact questions to ask.
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