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Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) states list 2026
As of October 2026, 43 jurisdictions have enacted the Nurse Licensure Compact and 40 have fully implemented it. Guam is partially implemented, and Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands have enacted the NLC but are not live yet. Source: NCSBN NLC map.
Full NLC states (40 of the 50 states + DC)
- Alabama CE requirements (since Jan 1, 2020)
- Arizona CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Arkansas CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Colorado CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Connecticut CE requirements (since Oct 1, 2025)
- Delaware CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Florida CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Georgia CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Idaho CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Indiana CE requirements (since Jul 1, 2020)
- Iowa CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Kansas CE requirements (since Jul 1, 2019)
- Kentucky CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Louisiana CE requirements (since Jul 1, 2019)
- Maine CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Maryland CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Mississippi CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Missouri CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Montana CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Nebraska CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- New Hampshire CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- New Jersey CE requirements (since Nov 15, 2021)
- New Mexico CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- North Carolina CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- North Dakota CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Ohio CE requirements (since Jan 1, 2023)
- Oklahoma CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Pennsylvania CE requirements (since Jul 7, 2025)
- Rhode Island CE requirements (since Jan 8, 2024)
- South Carolina CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- South Dakota CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Tennessee CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Texas CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Utah CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Vermont CE requirements (since Feb 1, 2022)
- Virginia CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Washington CE requirements (since Jan 31, 2024)
- West Virginia CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Wisconsin CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
- Wyoming CE requirements (since Jan 19, 2018)
Guam is also an NLC member but only partially implemented: visiting compact nurses may practice there, but residents can't get a multistate license yet.
Enacted, awaiting implementation
- Massachusetts: multistate licenses not valid there yet
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Not in the compact
- Alaska CE requirements
- California CE requirements
- District of Columbia CE requirements
- Hawaii CE requirements
- Illinois CE requirements
- Michigan CE requirements
- Minnesota CE requirements
- Nevada CE requirements
- New York CE requirements
- Oregon CE requirements
How the compact works
- A multistate license from your primary state of residence lets you practice in every other implemented compact state.
- Whose CE rules apply? Your home (issuing) state's. Louisiana and Florida, for example, say multistate holders follow the issuing state's requirements.
- Moving? If you move to another compact state, apply for a license there within 60 days.
- Non-compact states need their own license and their own CE.
Sources: nursecompact.com, NCSBN NLC map (PDF). Checked Oct 16, 2026.