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RN work list: New Hampshire
What an RN 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.
Home and work in New Hampshire
If you already hold a licence New Hampshire issued, there is no state line to cross. Renewal and continuing-education rules are on the New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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
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
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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
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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 New Hampshire licence by endorsement
For everyone else. Each step comes from New Hampshire’s own licensing sources; tick it off as you go.
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Conditions & source context
Board RN application page links its endorsement checklist and initial online portal.
State Board of Nursing · oplc.nh.gov · checked 9 Oct 2026
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- 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
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Registered Nurse Fee Type Cost Application Fee* $116.00
oplc.nh.gov · State Board of Nursing
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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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- 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
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Report any pending criminal charges, criminal convictions, or plea arrangements in lieu of convictions
gc.nh.gov · State legislature
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Our New Hampshire record has nothing sourced for RNs on: eligibility, 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.