Nursing Licenses | Mass.gov

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Board of Registration in Nursing

Bureau of Health Professions Licensure

Department of Public Health

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Learn how to check, apply for, or renew a nursing license and learn about Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) authorization, prescriptive authority, and Mandatory Continuing Education for nurses.

Top tasks for Nursing Licenses

Check a nursing license

Update your nursing license information

All other tasks for Nursing Licenses

Apply for a nursing license by exam

Apply for a nursing license by reciprocity

Apply for APRN authorization

Apply for APRN prescriptive authority

Request to remove or reinstate APRN authorization

Renew your nursing license

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Mandatory Continuing Education for nurses

Continuing Education (CE) requirements for providers

Good Moral Character requirements for nursing licensure

Learn more about prescriptive authority requirements and practice guidelines

Health care professions licensure for active military, veterans, and military spouses

Bureau of Health Professions Licensure

Confidentiality of your health profession license information

Request health profession license information confidentiality benefits

Health care professions licensure for active military, veterans, and military spouses

Request VALOR Act benefits

Renew your expired nursing license that has out-of-state discipline

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