Complete State Nursing
Initial licensing fee, RN: $155.00
Board List with Details
For nursing graduates who wants wants
to take the State Board, Here is the
complete list of State Nursing Board
with address, contact person and
contact details including the necessary
fees.
Alabama Board of Nursing
Address:
770 Washington Avenue
RSA Plaza, Suite 250
Montgomery, AL 36130-3900
Phone: (334) 242-4060
Fax: (334) 242-4360
Contact Person: N. Genell Lee,
Executive Officer
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $85.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: 24 contact hours for
every 2-year renewal period
Alaska Board of Nursing
Address:
Dept. of Comm. & Econ. Development
Div. of Occupational Licensing
3601 C Street, Suite 722
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: (907) 269-8161
Fax: (907) 269-8196
Contact Person: Dorothy Fulton,
Executive Director
Fees:
License renewal (biennial), RN: $105.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
Two of the following:
30 contact hours
30 hours of professional nursing
activities
320 hours of nursing employment
Arizona State Board of Nursing
Address:
4747 N. 7th St.
Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85014
Phone: (602) 889-5150
Fax: (602) 889-5155
Contact Person: Joey Ridenour,
Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $186.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $50.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Address:
University Tower Building
1123 S. University, Suite 800
Little Rock, AR 72204-1619
Phone: (501) 686-2700
Fax: (501) 686-2714
Contact Person: Faith Fields, Executive
Director
Fees: Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $55.00 Initial licensing fee, RN: $71.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $40.00 License renewal (biennial), RN: $100.00

Continuing Education Requirements: Continuing Education Requirements:

If your active license is to be renewed None
between July 1, 2003, and June 30,
2004, you must have completed 8 Connecticut Board of Examiners for
practice-focused continuing education Nursing
contact hours. If your active license is to Address:
be renewed after July 1, 2004, you must Dept. of Public Health
have completed 15 practice-focused 410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 13PHO
continuing education contact hours. PO Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0328
California State Board of Registered
Nursing Phone: (860) 509-7624
Fax: (860) 509-7553
Address:
400 R Street, Suite 4030 Contact Person:
PO Box 944210 Jan Wojick, Board Liaison
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fees:
Phone: (916) 322-3350 Initial licensing fee, RN: $90.00
Fax: (916) 327-4402 License renewal (annual), RN: $50.00

Contact Person: Continuing Education Requirements:

Ruth Ann Terry, Executive Officer None

Fees: Delaware Board of Nursing

Initial licensing fee, RN: $195.00 Address:
License renewal (biennial), RN: $80.00 861 Silver Lake Blvd
Cannon Building, Suite 203
Continuing Education Requirements: Dover, DE 19904
30 contact hours per renewal period
Phone: (302) 739-4522
Colorado Board of Nursing Fax: (302) 739-2711
Address:
1560 Broadway, Suite 880 Contact Person:
Denver, Colorado 80202 Iva Boardman, Executive Director

Phone: (303) 894-2430 Fees:

Fax: (303) 894-2821 Initial licensing fee, RN: $84.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $74.00
Contact Person:
Patricia Uris, Program Administrator Continuing Education Requirements:
30 contact hours every renewal period
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Phone: (478) 207-1640
Address: Fax: (478) 207-1660
Department of Health
825 N. Capitol Street, N.E., 2nd Floor Contact Person:
Room 2224 Shirley Camp, Executive Director
Washington, DC 20002
Fees:
Phone: (202) 442-4778 Initial licensing fee, RN: $40.00
Fax: (202) 442-9431 License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00

Contact Person: Continuing Education Requirements:

Bonnie Rampersaud, Acting Program None
Manager for Program Licensing
Hawaii Board of Nursing
Fees: Address:
Initial licensing fee, RN: Professional & Vocational Licensing
License renewal (biennial), RN: Division
PO Box 3469
Continuing Education Requirements: Honolulu, HI 96801
None currently required.
Phone: (808) 586-3000
Florida Board of Nursing Fax: (808) 586-2689
Address:
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #A07 Contact Person:
Tallahasse, FL 32399-1708 Kathleen Yokouchi, Executive Officer

Phone: (850) 245-4244 Fees:

Contact Person:
Deputy Secretary for Health and State
Public Health Nursing Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $160.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $65.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
3 hours HIV/AIDS for initial licensure
25 contact hours every renewal period,
including 1 hour on HIV/AIDS and 1
hour domestic violence
Initial licensing fee, RN: $88.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $90.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Idaho Board of Nursing
Address:
280 N. 8th Street, Suite 210
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: (208) 334-3110
Fax: (208) 334-3262

Georgia Board of Nursing Contact Person:

Address: Sandra Evans, Executive Director
237 Coliseum Drive
Macon, GA 31217-3858
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $75.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $45.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Illinois Department of Professional
Regulation
Address:
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph, Suite 9-300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 814-2715
Fax: (312) 814-3145
Contact Person:
Deborah Taylor, Nursing Act Assistant
Coordinator
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $64.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $40.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Indiana State Board of Nursing
Address:
Health Professions Bureau
402 W. Washington Street, Room W041
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 232-2960
Fax: (317) 233-4236
Contact Person:
Kristen Kelley, Dir. of Nursing of IN BON
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $50.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $50.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Iowa Board of Nursing
Address:
River Point Business Park
400 S.W. 8th Street
Suite B
Des Moines, IA 50309-4685
Phone: (515) 281-3255
Fax: (515) 281-4825
Contact Person:
Lorinda Inman, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $75.00
License renewal, RN: $81.00 every
three years
Continuing Education Requirements:
For renewal of a three year license, 45
contact hours.
For renewal of a license that has been
issued for less than three years, 30
contact hours.
Kansas State Board of Nursing
Address:
Landon State Office Bldg.
900 SW Jackson, Suite 551 S.
Topeka, KS 66612-1230
Phone: (785) 296-4929
Fax: (785) 296-3929
Contact Person:
Mary Blubaugh, Executive Administrator
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $70.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
30 contact hours each renewal period
for nurses at all levels of practice.
Kentucky Board of Nursing Phone: (207) 287-1133
Address: Fax: (207) 287-1149
312 Whittington Parkway, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40222 Contact Person:
Myra Broadway, Executive Director
Phone: (502) 329-7000
Fax: (502) 329-7011 Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: Not listed on
Contact Person: web site
Sharon Weisenbeck, Executive Director License renewal, RN: Not listed on web
site
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $80.00 Continuing Education Requirements:
License renewal (biennial), RN: $65.00 None

Continuing Education Requirements: Maryland Board of Nursing

RNs and LPNs: 30 contact hours every Address:
2 years; 2 of the 30 hours must be AIDS 4140 Patterson Avenue
CE Baltimore, MD 21215

Louisiana State Board of Nursing Phone: (410) 585-1900

Address: Fax: (410) 358-3530
3510 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite
501 Contact Person:
Metairie, LA 70003 Donna Dorsey, Executive Director

Phone: (504) 838-5332 Fees:

Fax: (504) 838-5349
Contact Person:
Barbara Morvant, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $80.00
License renewal (annual), RN: $45.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs: 5, 10, or 15 contact hours every
year, based on employment
Maine State Board of Nursing
Address:
158 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Initial licensing fee, RN: $75.00
License renewal (annual), RN: $45.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None.
Massachusetts Nursing State Board
Address:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
239 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 973-0800
Fax: (617) 727-1630
Contact Person:
Theresa Bonanno, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $50.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $40.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: 15 contact hours every
renewal period
Michigan CIS/Office of Health Services
Address:
Ottawa Towers North
611 W. Ottawa, 4th Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 373-9102
Fax: (517) 373-2179
Contact Person:
Diane Lewis, Policy Manager for
Licensing Division
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $120.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $40.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: 25 contact hours every
renewal period
Minnesota Board of Nursing
Address:
2829 University Avenue SE
Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 617-2270
Fax: (612) 617-2190
Contact Person:
Shirley Brekken, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $100.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $70.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs: 24 contact hours every renewal
period LPNs: 12 contact hours every
renewal period
Mississippi Board of Nursing
Address:
1935 Lakeland Drive, Suite B
Jackson, MS 39216-5014
Phone: (601) 987-4188 Fax: (601) 364-
2352
Contact Person:
Marcia Rachel, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $60.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $50.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: None
Missouri State Board of Nursing
Address:
3605 Missouri Blvd
P.O. Box 656
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0656
Phone: (573) 751-0681
Fax: (573) 751-0075
Contact Person:
Lori Scheidt, Acting Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $67.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $100.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Montana State Board of Nursing
Address:
PO Box 200513
Helena, MT 59620-0513
Phone: (406) 841-2345
Fax:(406) 841-2305
Contact Person:
Barbara Swehla, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $100.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $100.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: None
Nebraska Health and Human Services
System
Address:
Dept. of Regulation & Licensure,
Nursing Section
301 Centenial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509-4986
Phone: (402) 471-4376
Fax: (402) 471-3577
Contact Person:
Charlene Kelly, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $60.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $40.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs: 20 contact hours every renewal
period
Nevada State Board of Nursing
Address:
License Certification and Education
4330 S. Valley View Blvd
Suite 106
Las Vegas, NV 89103
Phone: (702) 486-5800
Fax: (702)) 486-5803
Contact Person:
Don Rennie, Associate Executive
Director for Licensure & Certification
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $100.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $100.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: 30 contact hours every
renewal period
New Hampshire Board of Nursing
Address:
P.O. Box 3898
78 Regional Drive, BLDG B
Concord, NH 03302
Phone: (603) 271-2323
Fax: (603) 271-6605
Contact Person:
Cynthia Gray, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $80.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
All nurses: 30 contact hours every
renewal period
New Jersey Board of Nursing
Address:
P.O. Box 45010
124 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: (973) 504-6586
Fax: (973) 648-3481
Contact Person:
Patricia Lynch Polansky, Executive
Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $140.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $65.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: None
New Mexico Board of Nursing
Address:
4206 Louisiana Boulevard, NE
Suite A
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: (505) 841-8340
Fax: (505) 841-8347
Contact Person:
Debra Brady, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $90.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
All nurses: 30 contact hours every
renewal period
New York State Board of Nursing
Address:
Education Bldg.
89 Washington Avenue
2nd Floor West Wing
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 474-3817 Ext. 120
Fax: (518) 474-3706
Contact Person:
Barbara Zittel, Executive Secretary
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $135.00
License renewal (triennial), RN: $50.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
2-hour course on child-abuse (one time
requirement for registration)
4-hour course on infection control every
4 years
North Carolina Board of Nursing
Address:
3724 National Drive, Suite 201
Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: (919) 782-3211
Fax: (919) 781-9461
Contact Person:
Polly Johnson, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $50.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
North Dakota Board of Nursing
Address:
919 South 7th Street, Suite 504
Bismark, ND 58504
Phone: (701) 328-9777
Fax: (701) 328-9785
Contact Person:
Constance Kalanek, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $90.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Ohio Board of Nursing
Address:
17 South High Street, Suite 400
Columbus, OH 43215-3413
Phone: (614) 466-3947 Fees:
Fax: (614) 466-0388 Initial licensing fee, RN: $80.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $65.00
Contact Person:
Janice Lanier, Interim Executive Director Continuing Education Requirements:
RNs and LPNs: None
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $50.00 Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
License renewal (biennial), RN: $35.00 Address:
124 Pine Street
Continuing Education Requirements: Harrisburg, PA 17101
RNs and LPNs: 24 contact hours per
renewal period Phone: (717) 783-7142
Fax: (717) 783-0822
Oklahoma Board of Nursing
Address: Contact Person:
2915 N. Classen Boulevard, Suite 524 Miriam Limo, Executive Secretary
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Fees:
Phone: (405) 962-1800 Initial licensing fee, RN: $35.00
Fax: (405) 962-1821 License renewal (biennial), RN: $45.00

Contact Person: Continuing Education Requirements:

Kimberly Glazier, Executive Director None

Fees: Rhode Island Board of Nursing

Initial licensing fee, RN: $75.00 Registration and Nursing Education
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00 105 Cannon Building
Three Capitol Hill
Continuing Education Requirements: Providence, RI 02908
None
Phone: (401) 222-5700
Oregon State Board of Nursing Fax: (401) 222-3352
Address:
800 NE Oregon Street, Box 25 Contact Person:
Suite 465 Charles Alexandre, Executive Officer
Portland, OR 97232
Fees:
Phone: (503) 731-4745 Initial licensing fee, RN: $93.75
Fax: (503) 731-4755 License renewal (biennial), RN: $50.00

Contact Person: Continuing Education Requirements:

Joan Bouchard, Executive Director None

South Carolina State Board of

Nursing
Address:
110 Centerview Drive
Suite 202
Columbia, SC 29210
Phone: (803) 896-4550
Fax: (803) 896-4525
Contact Person:
Martha Bursinger, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $65.00
License renewal (annual), RN: $32.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
South Dakota Board of Nursing
Address:
4300 South Louise Ave., Suite C-1
Sioux Falls, SD 57106-3124
Phone: (605) 362-2760
Fax: (605) 362-2768
Contact Person:
Diana Vander Woude, Executive
Secretary
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $75.00
License renewal, RN: $65.00
Continuing education requirements:
None
Tennessee State Board of Nursing
Address:
426 Fifth Avenue North
1st Floor – Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37247
Phone: (615) 532-5166
Fax: (615) 741-7899
Contact Person:
Elizabeth Lund, MSN, RN, Executive
Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $105.00
License renewal, RN: Not listed on web
site
Continuing Education Requirements:
None
Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
Address:
333 Guadalupe, Suite 3-460
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 305-7400
Fax: (512) 305-7401
Contact Person:
Katherine Thomas, Executive Director
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $65.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $92.00
Continuing Education Requirements:
20 contact hours per renewal period
Utah State Board of Nursing
Address:
Heber M. Wells Bldg., 4th Floor
160 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: (801) 530-6628
Fax: (801) 530-6511
Contact Person:
Laura Poe, Executive Administrator
Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $120.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $40.00
Continuing Education Requirements: Washington State Nursing Care
RNs: Have practiced not less than 400 Quality Assurance Commission
hours during 2 years preceding Address:
application for renewal, or have Department of Health
completed 30 contact hours, or have 1300 Quince Street SE
practiced not less than 200 hours and Olympia, WA 98504-7864
completed 15 contact hours during 2
years preceding application for renewal. Phone: (360) 236-4740
Fax: (360) 236-4738
Vermont State Board of Nursing
Address: Contact Person:
109 State Street Paula Meyer, Executive Director
Montpelier, VT 05609-1106
Fees:
Phone: (802) 828-2396 Initial licensing fee, RN: $65.00
Fax: (802) 828-2484 License renewal (annual), RN: $50.00

Contact Person: Continuing Education Requirements:

Anita Ristau, Executive Director RNs and LPNs: None

Fees: West Virginia Board of Examiners for

Initial licensing fee, RN: $90.00 Registered Professional Nurses
License renewal (biennial), RN: $60.00 Address:
101 Dee Drive
Continuing Education Requirements: Charleston, WV 25311
None
Phone: (304) 558-3596
Virginia Board of Nursing Fax: (304) 558-3666
Address:
6606 W. Broad Street, 4th Floor Contact Person:
Richmond, VA 23230 Laura Rhodes, MSN, RN, Executive
Director
Phone: (804) 662-9909
Fax: (804) 662-9512 Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $51.50
Contact Person: License renewal (annual), RN: $25.00
Nancy Durrett, Executive Director
Continuing Education Requirements:
Fees: 30 contact hours per renewal period
Initial licensing fee, RN: $105.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: Not Wisconsin Department of Regulation
listed on web site and Licensing
Address:
Continuing Education Requirements: 1400 E. Washington Avenue
None P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708
Phone: (608) 266-0145
Fax: (608) 261-7083

Contact Person:
Kimberly Nania, Director, Bureau of
Health Service Professions

Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $68.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $66.00

Continuing Education Requirements:

None

Wyoming State Board of Nursing

Address:
2020 Carey Avenue, Suite 110
Cheyenne, WY 82002

Phone: (307) 777-7601

Fax: (307) 777-3519

Contact Person:
Cheryl Lynn Koski, MS, RN, CS,
Executive Director

Fees:
Initial licensing fee, RN: $130.00
License renewal (biennial), RN: $110.00

Continuing Education Requirements:

20 contact hours, or 500 practice hours
every two years, or 1600 practice hours
every five years, or a refresher program.

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