License Processing Times and Compact States

Here's a list of the shortest processing time for obtaining your licenses IF you have all your documentation complete. Please note that Canadian RN's may take longer due to verification of education that some states require. Also please understand that these are the shortest times, are approximate in some cases, and waits might be longer. Call the board to make sure.

Last Updated May 21, 2002.

  1. Alabama 5-7 days
  2. Alaska 3-5 weeks
  3. Arizona 4-5 weeks
  4. Arkansas 3 weeks(compact)
  5. California walk-thru
  6. Colorado walk-thru
  7. Connecticut 1 week
  8. Delaware walk-thru (compact)
  9. DC walk-thru (compact)
  10. Florida 6-8 weeks
  11. Georgia 4 weeks
  12. Hawaii 2-3 days
  13. Idaho walk-thru (compact)
  14. Illinois 6 weeks
  15. Indiana 3-4 weeks
  16. Iowa 5 days (compact)
  17. Kansas 2-3 weeks
  18. Kentucky 3 weeks
  19. Louisiana 3 weeks
  20. Maine walk-thru (compact)
  21. Maryland walk-thru (compact)
  22. Massachusetts 2-3 weeks
  23. Michigan 6-8 weeks
  24. Minnesota 1 week
  25. Mississippi 1 week (compact)
  26. Missouri 3 weeks
  27. Montana 2-3 days
  28. Nebraska walk-thru (compact)
  29. Nevada 2-3 weeks
  30. New Hampshire walk-thru
  31. New Jersey 2 weeks
  32. New Mexico 2 weeks
  33. New York 3-4 weeks
  34. North Carolina 1 week (compact)
  35. North Dakota 1-2 days
  36. Ohio 2 weeks
  37. Oklahoma 2 weeks
  38. Oregon 2 weeks
  39. Pennsylvania 2 weeks
  40. Rhode Island 2 weeks
  41. South Carolina walk-thru
  42. South Dakota walk-thru (compact)
  43. Tennessee 4-5 weeks
  44. Texas 2 weeks (compact)
  45. Utah 2 weeks (compact)
  46. Vermont walk-thru
  47. Virginia 1-2 weeks
  48. Washington 1 week
  49. West Virginia 1-2 weeks
  50. Wisconsin 2 weeks (compact)
  51. Wyoming 1-2 weeks


    Thanks to Kathy Taylor at Suwannee Medical, 877-384-4402 for the above information.
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