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Nursing Licenses

Check, apply for, or renew a Massachusetts nursing license

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.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Check a nursing license 
Update your nursing license information 

All other tasks

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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What you need to know

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 

Related Services

Additional Resources

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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