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Endorsement Application: $350.00
Temporary License: $100.00
Fingerprint Card (If Out-of-State): $49.00
Alabama Board of Nursing does not provide a definitive timeline. Timing is dependent upon your willingness to be proactive as items are processed on a first come, first serve basis. Processing takes 24-48 hours upon receipt of all required documentation. The temporary license is valid for 120 days and is nonrenewable.
1. Submit an application online and pay the fee. You may also mail in the completed application packet, however the Board indicates the process is significantly faster if you opt for the online route.
2. Provide a background check with fingerprints. Instructions for fingerprinting can be found here.
1. Submit an application online and pay the fee. You may also mail in the completed application packet, however the Board indicates the process is significantly faster if you opt for the online route.
2. Provide a background check with fingerprints. Instructions for fingerprinting can be found here.
California does not participate in Nursys and if you need to verify your CA RN license, please follow the following steps.
1. Fill out the license verification form provided by the state in which you are seeking licensure. If there is no form, write and sign a letter of request on a blank piece of paper. Be sure either form you use indicates your CA RN license number, your current name, the name you used when you became licensed in CA and your birth date.
2. Mail both the verification form and a check or money order of $100.00 to:
3. Allow 4 weeks for the request to be processed.
4. Allow another 2 weeks for the verification to be emailed to the receiving Board of Nursing.
5. If the receiving Board of Nursing indicates that they have not received the verification, wait 30 days (no more than 90 days) before reaching out to the California Board of Nursing.
6. After the 30 days, they will make another attempt and send a second email.