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Nursing Licensure - Approximate Timeframes

Below are the average licensing processing timeframes per state. Please note that timeframes for verifications, transcripts, and background checks can affect the processing times and each persons situation may vary slightly. Please check with your recruiter to get more detailed information.

State	Timeframe	Compact	Walkthrough	Notes
Alabama	2 weeks	No	No
Alaska	2 weeks	No	No	Special fingerprint or backgroud check process
Arizona	48-72 hours after walk through	Yes	Yes	Special fingerprint or backgroud check process
Arkansas	10 days for new	Yes	No
California	4-8 weeks	No	No	Special fingerprint or backgroud check process
Colorado	4 Weeks for new	Yes	No
Connecticut	2 Weeks	No	No
Delaware	2 Weeks for new	Yes	No
District of Columbia		No	Yes
Florida	4-6 weeks (1-2 weeks if fingerprinting is done in state)	No	No	Special fingerprint or backgroud check process
Georgia	4-6 weeks	No	No
Hawaii		No	Yes	Closed on Fridays
Idaho		Yes	Yes
Illinois	4-6 weeks	No	No
Indiana		No	Yes
Iowa	2-6 weeks for new	Yes	No
Kansas	2 weeks	No	No
Kentucky	2 weeks for new	Yes	No	Paperless
Louisiana	Walk through is for temp license; otherwise 4-6 weeks	No	Yes
Maine	2 weeks for new	Yes	No	Paperless
Maryland		Yes	Yes	Paperless
Massachusetts	4-6 weeks	No	No
Michigan	6-8 weeks	No	No
Minnesota	4-6 weeks	No	No
Mississippi		Yes	Yes
Missouri		Yes	Yes
Montana	1 week	No	No
Nebraska		Yes	Yes
Nevada	6-9 weeks	No	No
New Hampshire	2-8 weeks for new	Yes	No	Paperless
New Jersey	4-6 weeks	No	No
New Mexico	2 weeks for new	Yes	No	Paperless
New York	6-8 weeks	No	No
North Carolina	2 weeks for new	Yes	No	Paperless
North Dakota	1 week for new	Yes	No
Ohio	4-6 weeks	No	No	Special fingerprint or backgroud check process; Paperless
Oklahoma	3-4 weeks	No	No
Oregon	3 weeks	No	No
Pennsylvania	2-3 weeks	No	No	Special fingerprint or backgroud check process
Rhode Island	4+ weeks for new	Yes	Yes
South Carolina	2 weeks via mail	Yes	Yes
South Dakota		Yes	Yes
Tennessee	4-6 weeks	Yes	No
Texas	2 weeks for new	Yes	No	Paperless
Utah	3 weeks for new	Yes	No
Vermont		No	Yes
Virginia	4 weeks for new	Yes	No
Washington	4-5 weeks	No	No	Paperless
West Virginia	1-2 weeks	No	No
Wisconsin	2 weeks for new	Yes	No
Wyoming	2-3 weeks	No	No