Pages - Licensure by Endorsem*nt (2024)

• Verify Nursing Education is approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing
• Clickto view the Approved Schools/Programs​
  
• ​​If your school/program is not on the approved list, please forward the assessment tool below to your program Dean/Director to be completed. Assessment Tool Link​
  

Please have all official transcripts emailed to mdbon.netstranscripts@maryland.gov.

• In Maryland
• Download the Live Scan Background/fingerprinting​ form.
  
• ​Include Agency Authorization# 9300000850 and ORI# (if required): MD920480Z​
  
• Complete and take to any fingerprinting facility in Maryland
• Submit your application within 48 hours of completing background/fingerprinting
• Outside of Maryland
  
• Request an “Out-of-State” fingerprinting card at Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS)
• Include Agency Authorization# 9300000850 and ORI# (if required): MD920480Z
• Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS)-located in Reisterstown Road Plaza
  6776 Reisterstown Rd, Baltimore, Maryland 21215
  Hours 9:00 am to 5:00pm
  Phone 410-764-4501 https://www.dpscs.state.md.us/publicservs/fingerprint.shtml

Step 4 - License verification

• Using Nursys.com, your “original” state of licensure must be verified
• Once registration is completed in nursys.com, your license verification is immediately available for verification
  All states participate in license verification through nursys.com except Pennsylvania.
• If your original state does not participate in nursys.com, you will need to contact the respective states Board of Nursing and request verification to be sent to the Maryland Board of Nursing.

Step 5 – RN/LPN Endorsem*nt Application

• The Maryland Board of Nursing requires applicants for Temporary licenses to use a permanent Mailing Address when completing the application for licensure. This is especially important for licensees who are not going to reside in Maryland for an extended period of time.
• If applying for endorsem*nt and you have an active multistate license, you are not eligible for a temporary license. You are allowed to work in Maryland under your compact license until your permanent Maryland license is issued.​
• You will need:
• A digital passport style photograph in PNG or JPG file format
• The 12 digit tracking number from under the barcode on the fingerprint card or 12 digit tracking number on the Live Scan receipt
• To submit your application within 48 hours of completing background/fingerprinting
• Active license from another state
• A Visa or Masters card credit or debit card
• Permanent license fee - $10​0.00
• Temporary 90-day license fee - $40.00

• This section applies only to nurses whose basic nursing education was completed in another country. Nurses who have an advanced degree from a U.S. college or university on the Maryland Board of Nursing School approval list, are exempt from the English Proficiency Exam requirement upon proof of degree, i.e. official transcripts.​
• An evaluation of foreign education is required to complete an endorsem*nt application (COMAR 10.27.01.09A (4). Transcripts must be evaluated by the Commission on Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).
• Please contact CGFNS at www.cgfns.org to request a Credentials Evaluation Service (CES) Professional Report.
• You will need to complete an English Proficiency Exam
• Take either the TOEFL IBT or the IELTS oHave scores sent to the Maryland Board of Nursing
• A score of 26 is passing on the TOEFL IBT
• The Board accepts the IELTS if administered on October 01,2005, or later
• A score of 7 on speaking, 6 on all other modules, and 6.5 overall is passing on the IELTS​