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LPN/LVN work list: Mississippi
What an LPN/LVN has to do to work in Mississippi. Pick where you live and the page shows your route.
Pick your home state to see which route applies. Both are listed below.
Mississippi: Nurse Licensure Compact state
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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If Mississippi is your primary state of residence and you meet the Uniform Licensure Requirements you will be issued a multistate license.
msbn.ms.gov · State Board of Nursing
Home and work in Mississippi
If you already hold a licence Mississippi issued, there is no state line to cross. Renewal and continuing-education rules are on the Mississippi licensing page.
Moved here from another compact state? NCSBN says “when your PSOR changes by permanently relocating to another compact state, apply for licensure by endorsement” and “You have 60 days from the time you move to apply for your license.” The endorsement steps are below.
NCSBN · nursecompact.com · checked 10 Nov 2026
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when your PSOR changes by permanently relocating to another compact state, apply for licensure by endorsement
You have 60 days from the time you move to apply for your license.
nursecompact.com · NCSBN
Route A: practise on your multistate licence
For a nurse whose home state and Mississippi are both compact states in force, holding a multistate licence.
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Look yourself up on Nursys QuickConfirm. NCSBN: “If you already have a license and you are unsure if your license is single-state or multistate, use Quick Confirm at nursys.com at no cost.”
NCSBN · nursecompact.com · checked 10 Nov 2026
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If you already have a license and you are unsure if your license is single-state or multistate, use Quick Confirm at nursys.com at no cost.
nursecompact.com · NCSBN
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Only the compact state you actually live in can issue your multistate licence. NCSBN: “If a nurse's PSOR is a compact state, that nurse may be eligible for a multistate license.”
NCSBN · nursecompact.com · checked 10 Nov 2026
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If a nurse's PSOR is a compact state, that nurse may be eligible for a multistate license.
nursecompact.com · NCSBN
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NCSBN defines the privilege to practise as the authority “permitting the practice of nursing as either an RN or LPN/VN in a remote state”.
NCSBN · nursecompact.com · checked 10 Nov 2026
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permitting the practice of nursing as either an RN or LPN/VN in a remote state
nursecompact.com · NCSBN
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Yes — a qualifying multistate license permits RN/LPN practice here
Conditions & source context
Holds for a valid multistate license with unchanged primary residence and no uncleared Mississippi discipline. Not personal advice.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
If you move for good, not just for a contract: NCSBN says “when your PSOR changes by permanently relocating to another compact state, apply for licensure by endorsement” and “You have 60 days from the time you move to apply for your license.”
NCSBN · nursecompact.com · checked 10 Nov 2026
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You have 60 days from the time you move to apply for your license.
nursecompact.com · NCSBN
Route B: get a Mississippi licence by endorsement
For everyone else. Each step comes from Mississippi’s own licensing sources; tick it off as you go.
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Online endorsement application with fee, plus SSN (application cannot be completed without it)
- Detail
- Do not submit supporting documents before completing the application and payment.
Official nursing program transcript sent directly (Parchment, National Clearinghouse to transcripts@msbn.ms.gov, or mailed from the registrar)
Verification of original license via Nursys (Nurse License Verification for Endorsement); non-Nursys states contact the original board directly
Current active license, with a narrow exception for lapsed compact-state licenses that cannot be reinstated due to primary residence
CBC performed only by the Mississippi Board of Nursing (office appointment or mailed fingerprint card)
Proof of Mississippi residency (driver's license, voter registration, W2, military form 2058, or similar) when declaring Mississippi as primary residence
After a five-year practice gap, demonstrate continued basic nursing competency
- Detail
- Endorsement page lists Board-approved reorientation within five years, 20 nursing CE hours within two years, or at least 3 nursing semester hours within two years. FAQ also has a conflicting minimum-20-hour paragraph; Board clarification is held.
Conditions & source context
Foreign applicants who have not taken the NCLEX use licensure by examination instead.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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Only the fingerprints and CBC performed by the Mississippi Board of Nursing will be accepted
msbn.ms.gov · State Board of Nursing
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Conditions & source context
Observed label/href on the endorsement page opens the Gateway root. Online endorsement application/payment precedes supporting documents.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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- Per
- application
- Non-refundable
- Yes
- By license
RN
- Amount
- 100
LPN
- Amount
- 60
- Also payable
Criminal background check
- Amount
- 75
Conditions & source context
Actual charges match the Board fee schedule. The statute sets ceilings (RN endorsement not to exceed $100); the CBC fee is separate from the application fee.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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FEES (all fees are non-refundable) RN $100 LPN $60 CBC $75
msbn.ms.gov · State Board of Nursing
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- Required
- Yes
- State check
- Yes
- FBI check
- Yes
- Fingerprints
- Yes
- Fee
- 75
- From out of state
- Out-of-area applicants request a fingerprint card by mail or schedule an office printing appointment after applying; only Board-performed prints are accepted.
Conditions & source context
Captured §73-15-19(1) and §73-15-21(1) both specify Mississippi central criminal and FBI databases, with fingerprints forwarded to DPS/FBI. Current endorsement page restricts acceptable fingerprint/CBC process to the Board and publishes $75. No separate vendor inferred.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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You can select either to schedule an appointment to be printed at our office or you may request to have a fingerprint card mailed to you.
msbn.ms.gov · State Board of Nursing
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- Required
- Yes
- Verification for endorsement
- Yes
- Scope
- Original licensing boards available through Nursys; otherwise request direct original-board verification.
Conditions & source context
Applicants originally licensed in a non-Nursys state request verification from that board directly. The Nursys transaction fee is not given by the Board.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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Submit verification of your original license by visiting www.nursys.com .
msbn.ms.gov · State Board of Nursing
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RN
- Requirement
- Routine CE rule repealed February 2020. After a five-year practice gap, Board publishes competency alternatives: reorientation within five years; 20 CE hours within two years; or 3 nursing semester hours within two years. FAQ separately states minimum 20 CE hours for the same gap; exact requirement held pending clarification.
LPN
- Requirement
- Routine CE rule repealed February 2020. After a five-year practice gap, Board publishes competency alternatives: reorientation within five years; 20 CE hours within two years; or 3 nursing semester hours within two years. FAQ separately states minimum 20 CE hours for the same gap; exact requirement held pending clarification.
Conditions & source context
No universal zero or 20-hour mandate is asserted. Current Board endorsement and FAQ competency sections offer alternatives, while the FAQ CE section describes a minimum 20-hour requirement. The conflicting wording is preserved for Board clarification.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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Title 30 Mississippi Administrative Code, Part 2815: Continuing Education was repealed by the Board in February 2020.
msbn.ms.gov · State Board of Nursing
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Our Mississippi record has nothing sourced for LPN/LVNs on: temporary permits, any jurisprudence exam, other state-specific requirements, processing time. Get those from the board directly: msbn.ms.gov.
State Board of Nursing · msbn.ms.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
Built from the Mississippi nursing licensing record and the compact status table. A step appears only when the record has a sourced answer for it; anything else points to the board. Informational only: confirm with the board of nursing before you apply.