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LPN/LVN work list: New Hampshire

What an LPN/LVN has to do to work in New Hampshire. Pick where you live and the page shows your route.

Pick your home state to see which route applies. Both are listed below.

New Hampshire: Nurse Licensure Compact state

NCSBN · ncsbn.org · checked 9 Oct 2026

Source quotation
New Hampshire Board of Nursing NLC Member

ncsbn.org · NCSBN

Route A: practise on your multistate licence

For a nurse whose home state and New Hampshire are both compact states in force, holding a multistate licence.

  1. 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

    Source quotation
    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

  2. 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

    Source quotation
    If a nurse's PSOR is a compact state, that nurse may be eligible for a multistate license.

    nursecompact.com · NCSBN

  3. 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

    Source quotation
    permitting the practice of nursing as either an RN or LPN/VN in a remote state

    nursecompact.com · NCSBN

  4. Yes — a qualifying multistate license permits RN/LPN practice here

    Conditions & source context

    Licensure route for valid home-state privilege with no NH restriction; employer credentialing and individual contract facts are outside this conclusion.

    State statute · gc.nh.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026

    Source quotation
    A multistate license to practice registered or licensed practical/vocational nursing issued by a home state to a resident in that state will be recognized by each party state as authorizing a nurse to practice as a registered nurse (RN) or as a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/VN), under a multistate licensure privilege, in each party state.

    gc.nh.gov · State statute

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

Source quotation
You have 60 days from the time you move to apply for your license.

nursecompact.com · NCSBN

Route B: get a New Hampshire licence by endorsement

For everyone else. Each step comes from New Hampshire’s own licensing sources; tick it off as you go.

    • Current unencumbered license elsewhere and original-examination-state verification

    • General Nur302.01 qualifications and applicant-specific education route

    • Criminal-record authorization, fingerprint/Live Scan, fee and official transcript

    • For Nur304.01 NCLEX endorsement route: 400 nursing-practice hours in prior4years or NCLEX passed in prior2years

    • For Nur304.01 route: 30 CE hours in prior2years or NCLEX passed in prior2years; current national certification substitution stated in Nur403.01

    Conditions & source context

    Nur304.01 specific NCLEX route has recent-NCLEX alternatives to practice and CE. Nur304.02/.03 and other applicant circumstances may differ. Full individualized eligibility remains unconfirmed.

    State administrative code · gc.nh.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026

    Source quotation
    Each applicant for an initial registered or practical nurse license by endorsement shall: (1) Meet the general requirements of Nur 302.01; (2) Hold a current, unencumbered license in any other jurisdiction; and (3) Submit verification of licensure status from the jurisdiction of licensure by examination.

    gc.nh.gov · State administrative code

  2. Amount
    116
    Per
    application
    By license

    • RN

      Amount
      116

    • LPN

      Amount
      116
    Conditions & source context

    Current OPLC posted RN/LPN application fee includes the $28 Professional Health Program fee. Current Plc1002.33 lists $88 base; older Nur304.01 still lists $120. Final collected amount and fingerprint charges are unconfirmed.

    State Board of Nursing · oplc.nh.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026

    Source quotation
    Registered Nurse Fee Type Cost Application Fee* $116.00

    oplc.nh.gov · State Board of Nursing

  3. Required
    Yes
    State check
    Yes
    FBI check
    Yes
    Fingerprints
    Yes
    Conditions & source context

    Statutory state-police and FBI scope. After two invalid fingerprint sets, statutory police-clearance exception exists. Vendor fee/out-of-state instructions unverified.

    State statute · gc.nh.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026

    Source quotation
    Every applicant for initial licensure shall submit to the office of professional licensure and certification a criminal history record release form

    gc.nh.gov · State statute

    • RN

      Ce route hours
      30
      Alternatives
      • Current national certification may fulfill continuing education requirement.

    • LPN

      Ce route hours
      30
      Alternatives
      • Current national certification may fulfill continuing education requirement.
    Conditions & source context

    Nur403.01;30hours is a CE route, not an unavoidable total for every applicant. Nur304.01 separately permits recent NCLEX for its endorsement route. APRN requirements are separate.

    State administrative code · gc.nh.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026

    Source quotation
    Each applicant for licensure by endorsement, renewal or reinstatement for an RN or LPN license shall complete at least 30 contact hours of workshops, conferences, lectures or in-service educational offerings that are designed to enhance nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills. Current national certification may be used to fulfill such continuing education requirement.

    gc.nh.gov · State administrative code

    • Report pending charges, convictions or plea arrangements at renewal.
    Conditions & source context

    Full renewal attestation list not excerpted.

    State legislature · gc.nh.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026

    Source quotation
    Report any pending criminal charges, criminal convictions, or plea arrangements in lieu of convictions

    gc.nh.gov · State legislature

  6. Our New Hampshire record has nothing sourced for LPN/LVNs on: where to apply, licence verification, temporary permits, any jurisprudence exam, processing time. Get those from the board directly: oplc.nh.gov.

    NCSBN · ncsbn.org · checked 9 Oct 2026

Built from the New Hampshire 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.