Boards of Nursing
Boards of Nursing are jurisdictional governmental agencies that have been formed in 50 states, the District of Columbia and four US territories. These agencies are responsible for the regulation of nursing practice and help protect the public’s health and welfare by being a watchdog for safe practice.
BONs outline the standards for safe nursing care and issue license to practice nursing. As part of ongoing efforts, the board’s monitor licensees’ compliance to jurisdictional laws and take action against the licenses of those nurses who have exhibited unsafe nursing practice.
Find your states Board of Nursing below.
Alabama Board of Nursing
770 Washington Avenue
RSA Plaza, Suite 250
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: (334) 242-4060
FAX: (334) 242-4360
Alaska Board of Nursing
550 West Seventh Ave. Suite 1500
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: (907) 269-8161
FAX: (907) 269-8196
American Samoa Health Services
LBJ Tropical Med Center
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Phone: (684) 633-1222
FAX: (684) 633-1869
Arizona Board of Nursing
4747 North 7th St., Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85014-3653
Phone: (602) 889-5150
FAX: (602) 889-5155
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
University Tower Building
1123 S. Univ, Suite 800
Little Rock, AR 72204-1619
Phone: (501) 686-2700
FAX: (501) 686-2714
California Board of Vocational Nurse & Psychiatric Technicians
2535 Capitol Oaks Dr. Sacramento, CA 95833 Phone: (916) 263-7800 FAX: (916) 263-7859
California Board of Registered Nursing
1625 North Market Boulevard, Suite N-217
Sacramento, CA 95834
Phone: (916) 322-3350
FAX: (916) 574-8637
1560 Broadway, Suite 880
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 894-2430
FAX: (303) 894-2821
Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing
Dept. of Public Health 410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 13PHO P.O. Box 340308 Hartford, CT 06134-0328 Phone: (860) 509-7624 FAX: (860) 509-7553
861 Silver Lake Blvd Cannon Building, Suite 203 Dover, DE 19904 Phone: (302) 739-4522 FAX: (302) 739-2711
District of Columbia Board of Nursing 717 14th St., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 724-4900 FAX: (202) 727-8241
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN C02 Tallahassee, FL 32399 Phone: (850) 245-4125 FAX: (850) 245-4172
Georgia Board of Nursing
237 Coliseum Drive
Macon, GA 31217-3858
Phone: (478) 207-2440
FAX: (877) 588-0446
Guam Board of Nurse Examiners
P.O. Box 2816
Agana, GU 96910
Phone: (671) 475-0251
FAX: (671) 477-4733
Hawaii Board of Nursing
King Kalakaua Building
335 Merchant St., 3rd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-3000
FAX: (808) 586-2689
Idaho Board of Nursing
280 N. 8th Street, Ste.210
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: (208) 334-3110
FAX: (208) 334-3262
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
J. R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph, Ste 9300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 814-2715
FAX: (312) 814-3145
Indiana State Board of Nursing
Profes. Licensing Agency
402 W. Washington Street, Room W072
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 234-2043
FAX: (317) 233-4236
Iowa Board of Nursing
RiverPoint Business Park
400 S.W. 8th St. Suite B
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 281-3255
FAX: (515) 281-4825
Idaho Board of Nursing
280 N. 8th Street, Ste. 210
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: (208) 334-3110
FAX: (208) 334-3262
Kansas State Board of Nursing
Landon State Office Bldg
900 S.W. Jackson, 1051 Topeka, KS 6661 Phone: (785) 296-4929 FAX: (785) 296-3929
Kentucky Board of Nursing
312 Whittington Pkwy, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: (502) 429-3300
FAX: (502) 429-3311
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
5207 Essen Lane, Suite 6
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
Phone: (225) 763-3570
FAX: (225) 763-3580
Maine State Board of Nursing
158 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 287-1133
FAX: (207) 287-1149
Maryland Board of Nursing
4140 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone: (410) 585-1900
FAX: (410) 358-3530
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
239 Causeway Street, Second Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 973-0800
FAX: (617) 973-0984
Michigan/DCH/Bureau of Health Professions
Ottawa Towers North
611 W. Ottawa, 1st Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 335-0918
FAX: (517) 373-2179
Minnesota Board of Nursing
2829 University Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 617-2270
FAX: (612) 617-2190
Mississippi Board of Nursing
1935 Lakeland Dr., Ste. B
Jackson, MS 39216-5014
Phone: (601) 987-4188
FAX: (601) 364-2352
Missouri State Board of Nursing
3605 Missouri Blvd.
P.O. Box 656 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: (573) 751-0681 FAX: (573) 751-0075
Montana State Board of Nursing
301 South Park
PO Box 200513
Helena, MT 59620-0513
Phone: (406) 841-2340
FAX: (406) 841-2305
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services Regulation and Licensure
Nursing & Nursing Support
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509-4986
Phone: (402) 471-4376
FAX: (402) 471-1066
Nevada State Board of Nursing
5011 Meadowood Mall #201
Reno, NV 89502-6547
Phone: (775) 688-2620
FAX: (775) 688-2628
New Hampshire Board of Nursing
21 South Fruit St. Ste. 16
Concord, NH 03301-2341
Phone: (603) 271-2323
FAX: (603) 271-6605
New Jersey Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 45010
124 Halsey St., 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: (973) 504-6586
FAX: (973) 648-3481
New Mexico Board of Nursing
6301 Indian School Rd, NE
Suite 710
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: (505) 841-8340
FAX: (505) 841-8347
New York State Board of Nursing
Education Bldg.
89 Washington Avenue
2nd Floor West Wing
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 474-3817
FAX: (518) 474-3706
North Carolina Board of Nursing
3724 National Dr, Suite 201
Raleigh, NC 27602
Phone: (919) 782-3211
FAX: (919) 781-9461
North Dakota Board of Nursing
919 South 7th St, Suite 504
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: (701) 328-9777
FAX: (701) 328-9785
Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth Board of Nurse Examiners
PO BOX 501458
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: (670) 664-4812
FAX: (670) 664-4813
Ohio Board of Nursing
17 S. High Street, STE 400
Columbus, OH 43215-3413
Phone: (614) 466-3947
FAX: (614) 466-0388
Oklahoma Board of Nursing
2915 N. Classen Boulevard, Suite 524 Oklahoma City, OK 73106 Phone: (405) 962-1800
FAX: (405) 962-1821
Oregon State Board of Nursing 800 NE Oregon Street, Box 25 Suite 465 Portland, OR 97232 Phone: (971) 673-0685 FAX: (971) 673-0684
Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649
Phone: (717) 783-7142
FAX: (717) 783-0822
Registration & Nursing Ed.
105 Cannon Building
Three Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 222-5700
FAX: (401) 222-3352
South Carolina State Board of Nursing
110 Centerview Drive
Suite 202
Columbia, SC 29210
Phone: (803) 896-4550
FAX: (803) 896-4525
South Dakota Board of Nursing
4305 South Louise Ave., Suite 201
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone: (605) 362-2760
FAX: (605) 362-2768
Tennessee State Board of Nursing
425 Fifth Avenue North
1st Fl Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37247
Phone: (615) 532-5166
FAX: (615) 741-7899
Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
333 Guadalupe, STE 3-460
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 305-7400
FAX: (512) 305-7401
Utah State Board of Nursing Heber M. Wells Bldg., 160 East 300 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Phone: (801) 530-6628 FAX: (801) 530-6511
Vermont State Board of Nursing
National Life Building, North FL2
Montpelier, VT 05620-3402
Phone: (802) 828-2396
FAX: (802) 828-2484
Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure
Veterans Drive Station
St. Thomas, VI 00803
Phone: (340) 776-7397
FAX: (340) 777-4003
6603 West Broad St. 5th Fl
Richmond, VA 23230-1712
Phone: (804)662-9909
FAX: (804) 662-9512
Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission
Dept. of Health HPQA #6
310 Israel Rd SE
Tumwater, WA 98501-7864
Phone: (360) 236-4700
FAX: (360) 236-4738
West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
101 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: (304) 558-3596
FAX: (304) 558-3666
West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses
101 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: (304) 558-3572
FAX: (304) 558-4367
Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing
1400 E. Washington Avenue, RM 173 Madison, WI 53708 Phone: (608) 266-0145 FAX: (608) 261-7083
Wyoming State Board of Nursing
2020 Carey Ave., Suite 110
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7601
FAX: (307) 777-3519