You must complete a NYSED Approved Infection Control Course and a Child Abuse Identification and Reporting Course from an approved provider or qualify for an exemption.
You must pay the $143 license and first registration fee by credit card.
If you started filling out Online Form 1 within the past 30 days, you can continue filling it out by using this link. You will need your Application ID, social security number, and date of birth to access your application. If you already completed Online Form 1 and want to upload additional documentation to your application use this link. You will need your Application ID, and date of birth to access your application.
- LIMITED PERMIT OPTION. If you have not taken the NCLEX-RN, you may apply for a limited permit using an Application for a Limited Permit (Form 5). Complete Section I and then ask your prospective employer to complete Section II. Mail the completed form with the $35 fee to the Office of the Professions at the address at the end of the form.
- NOTE: You are not required to use CGFNS’ Credential Verification Service for New York State. However, it is often more difficult and time consuming to apply for an RN license without using this service.
- Option 1: You must arrange to have the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)* verify your nursing education credentials to the NYSED using CGFNS’ Credential Verification Service for New York State*. If you were also licensed as a nurse in a foreign country, you must arrange for NYSED to receive verification of your nursing license from the licensing authority that issued it.
*CGFNS is a non-profit company that helps foreign educated individuals who want to work in the U.S. as nurses. If you use CGFNS’ Credential Verification Service for New York State, CGFNS will collect and review your foreign nursing credentials. Then CGFNS will send a report to the NYSED regarding your credentials. After the NYSED reviews the report and your RN license application, it will inform you in writing whether your nursing education meets criteria for licensure as a RN in New York State. You may sign up for CGFNS’s Credential Verification Service for New York State online on at: www.cgfns.org or by calling 1-215-349-8767.
- or - - Option 2: You must arrange to have your credentials verified by your foreign nursing school using a Certification of Professional Education (Form 2F). The school will certify your education on Form 2 and send it along with your official transcript and any other required documentation to the NYSED. If your transcript is in a language other than English, you must arrange to have it translated by a translation services acceptable to NYSED. If you were licensed as a nurse in a foreign country, you must arrange for the NYSED to receive verification of your nursing license from the licensing authority that issued it using a Verification of Foreign Professional Licensure/Certification (Form 3F)
- Nursys®: NYSED participates in Nursys® (an online service), to verify an applicant’s RN licenses from most other U.S. states. If you were licensed as an RN in a state that participates in Nursys®, use the Nursys® service to verify your nursing license to the NYSED. To find out whether your state participates in Nursys, visit: www.nursys.com. To sign-up for Nursys®, visit www.nursys.com After you sign up and pay the fee, Nursys® will provide verification of your nursing license directly to the NYSED.
- Form 3: If have been licensed as an RN in a state or U.S. Territory that does not participate in Nursys®, Complete Section I of a Verification of Other Professional Licensure/Certification (Form 3) and send it to the licensing authority that granted you your nursing license and ask that they complete Section II. The licensing authority will verify your nursing license on Form 3 or a similar document and send it to the NYSED.
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