Additional Licensure Support

 

KBN does not issue license cards. Newly licensed nurses will receive an email notification that includes their license number and expiration date.

NOTICE:  All applicants for RN and LPN licensure by endorsement, examination, and reinstatement of a Kentucky license that has been lapsed for one year or more are required to pass a jurisprudence examination. 

Click on a link below to access:

APRN Collaborative Agreement Forms

• Downloadable CAPA-NS, CAPA-CS forms 
• KBN Notification of CAPA-CS Form
• Rescission of CAPA-CS form
• Additional APRN information

NOTE:  When submitting the Notification of a CAPA-CS form to KBN you must provide a copy of your DEA license when received.   

Application Status

• Check the status of your application

Address/Email/Name Change - RN, LPN, APRN, SANE

• Change your address, email, or name on file with the Board 

Address/Email/Name Change - State Registered Nurse Aides

• Change your address, email, or name on file with the Board 

Jurisprudence Examination

• Information about the Jurisprudence Examination 

Certificates for Framing

• Order a certificate suitable for framing (not valid for proof of licensure)

Retiring a License

• Retiring a License

Voluntary Relinquishment of a License or Credential

• Voluntary relinquishment
  

How to Obtain State and Federal Background Checks

• State and Federal background checks
  

How to Report Misdemeanors and/or Felonies

• Misdemeanors and/or Felonies

Click here for more information on reporting criminal convictions.

How to Verify a Kentucky Nursing License to another State Board of Nursing

• Verify a Kentucky License to another Board

How to Verify a Kentucky Nursing License to an entity other than a Board of Nursing

• Verify a Kentucky License to another entity