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The California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) has an intradepartmental contract with the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to provide license verification on the DCA License Search website and the actual operation thereof. The DCA License Search website is the property of DCA and system security concerns are ultimately their responsibility. If searching by license number, set the Profession to match your license/certification type and enter your license/certification number as consecutive characters without spaces between any of them. Click the 'Search' button and your record should be displayed. Click on your name to display the details of your record. In order to renew your license online, you will need your license number AND the last four digits of your social security number (SSN). Payment is made by credit card or web check. Nurses may renew licenses online UNLESS one of the following is true.

Advisory Group Appointments for 2020

The Ohio Board of Nursing will appoint members to the 2020 Advisory Groups during the November 2019 Board meeting. If you are interested, please complete the application on the website and return it to the Board office by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1, 2019.

Click Here for More Information about Advisory Groups
Click Here to Download the Advisory Group Application
Click Here for Board Policy regarding Advisory Groups

RNs and APRNs: YOU MUST RENEW NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 31, 2019 TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE

If RNs and APRNs do not renew by October 31, 2019, your license will lapse, and you cannot work as nurses if your license has lapsed.
RNs and APRNs are encouraged to check the expiration date of your license at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. If it shows an expiration date of 10/31/19 it means you have not started to renew; you have not completed the renewal process; or you have not placed your license on inactive status.
To renew go to https://elicense.ohio.gov.
If RNs and APRNs do not intend to work as a nurse and do not want to renew, please place your license on “inactive” status. Click Here and select 'License Inactivation' above.
For assistance, call 614-466-3947 and select “option 1” Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm and check the Board website at www.nursing.ohio.gov for extended hours in late October. After hours, email nursing.registration@das.ohio.gov and include a brief description of the issue, first name, last name, telephone number, email address, and license number if you have it.
If additional Information is needed, please refer to the Board website at www.nursing.ohio.gov or contact the Board at renewal@nursing.ohio.gov.

September 4, 2019
Proposed Rule Revisions -- Request For Comments

Ohio Revised Code Sections 107.62 and 121.82 require state agencies, including the Ohio Board of Nursing, to draft rules in collaboration with stakeholders, assess and justify any adverse impact on the business community, and provide opportunity for those persons affected by the rules to provide input.
At this time, the Board welcomes further comment on the following rules that have been forwarded to Ohio’s Common Sense Initiative Office (CSI) for review: The Board proposes to amend, or file no changes to rules, following the five-year rule review for Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapters:

• Chapters 4723-2, Licensing for Active Duty Military and Veterans
• Chapter 4723-16, Hearings
• Chapter 4723-17, Intravenous Therapy Courses for Licensed Practical Nurses
• Chapter 4723-25, Nurse Education Grant Program
• Chapter 4723-26, Community Health Workers.

The Board further proposes to otherwise amend individual rules: 4723-1-03, 4723-5-04, 4723-5-10, 4723-5-11, 4723-5-21, 4723-6-01, 4723-6-02, 4723-6-03, 4723-7-05, 4723-7-06, 4723-8-08, 4723-9-10, 4723-9-13, 4723-20-01, 4723-20-03, 4723-20-07.
Below, please find links to the rules submitted to CSI, along with the completed CSI Business Impact Analysis filings for the rules.
If you wish to provide written comment to the Board on any of the proposed rules, please send your comments to the attention of the Ohio Board of Nursing at: rules@nursing.ohio.gov and also copy CSI on your e-mail at: csipubliccomments@governor.ohio.gov. Please send your comments by September 18, 2019.
If you have questions, please contact the Board’s Chief Legal Counsel Holly Fischer at: rules@nursing.ohio.gov or hfischer@nursing.ohio.gov.
Five Year Review Rules Package
Five Year Review Rules Package Business Impact Analysis
Technical Change Rules Package
Technical Change Rules Package Business Impact Analysis

RNs and APRNs: RENEW NOW

Click here for renewal information.
Continuing Education FAQs-RN, LPNs, DTs, CHW, and Medication Aides
Continuing Education FAQs-APRNs

Check The Status of Your License Application

To check the status of a license application you submitted, log onto your Dashboard, click “Options” and then “Review Status.” If you need assistance accessing your Dashboard, please contact the Ohio eLicense Customer Service Help Desk at (614) 466-3947 Option #1 Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. For other questions, please click on the following link click here, and email the appropriate Board program.

Take Charge Ohio - Safe Pain Medication & Pain Management Practices

Take Charge Ohio is an initiative to help use pain medication safely to minimize the risk of drug misuse, dependency and addiction by offering prescribers and healthcare professionals resources and tools to educate patients on safe medication and pain management practices. Click on http://www.takechargeohio.org/

RNs and APRNs: RENEW NOW

Click here for renewal information.
Continuing Education FAQs-RN, LPNs, DTs, CHW, and Medication Aides
Continuing Education FAQs-APRNs

Media Inquiries

For media inquiries, please call (614) 466-3947; or (614) 466-6940. You may also send an email toBoard@nursing.ohio.gov.

State of Ohio eLicense System Transaction Fee

When passing the state’s budget bill on June 30, 2017, the Ohio legislature authorized by law a $3.50 transaction charge for all users of the state’s Ohio eLicense system. It was a state initiative passed as part of the budget bill. The Ohio eLicense system is an enterprise system managed by the state for 19 boards and commissions. All professionals of the boards and commissions who use the Ohio eLicense are being charged the fee.
Beginning Thursday, July 20, 2017, after 6:00 pm, an Ohio eLicense transaction fee of $3.50 will be added to your online cart at the time of checkout when you apply for a license/certificate or renew.
Since APRN licensure is separate from the RN license by law, APRNs will be charged a $3.50 transaction fee for each license (RN and APRN).
Nursing licensure fees have not been increased since 2004. The Ohio eLicense system allows the state to process professional license applications saving time and money.
We appreciate your understanding of the costs associated with the state being able to maintain a secure Ohio eLicense system for license information.

FOR ALL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING NEW GRADUATES

• All license and certificate applications must be submitted online. CLICK here for more information.
• We recommend using Google Chrome.
• Graduates must use the correct Nursing School Code. CLICK here to find your correct school code.
  
• You must register to create a new user account when you apply for a license or certificate for the first time.
  
  • If you never applied for a license or certificate in Ohio for nursing or with any other board, CLICK “I Don’t Have a License” to create a new user account.
    
  • If you have applied previously or currently hold a license in Ohio with nursing or any other board, CLICK “I Have a License” when creating a new user account. You will also need your Security Code. See below for instructions to obtain your Security Code.
    
• INSTRUCTIONS
  

  Click Here for INSTRUCTIONS to Create a New Account & Obtaining your Security Code
  Download and review the instructions before starting. Obtaining you Security Code this way will only work if you have previously applied for, or already have a license or certificate with the Board and have acces to the same email address you used previously with us.

Click Here to Manage Licenses

Placing Your License or Certificate on Inactive Status

If you do not intend to practice or work in Ohio, you may request your license or certificate be placed on inactive status by submitting an inactivation request to the Board. This applies to RNs, LPNs, APRNs, dialysis technicians, community health workers, or medication aides.

If your license or certificate is inactive, remember that you do not hold a current, valid license or certificate and you cannot work as a RN, LPN, APRN, dialysis technician, community health worker, or medication aide as long as the license or certificate is inactive.

Submit a service request, as follows, through Ohio eLicense and it will automatically be processed:

• Go to eLicense.ohio.gov
• Log into your account
• Scroll to the panel displaying your license type and number
• Click the “Options” link on the appropriate license panel
• Click the “Special Request” link
• Select “License Inactivation” from the drop-down box
• Complete the information and click “Submit” and it will be inactivated automatically

For other questions, email licensure@nursing.ohio.gov and include a brief description of the issue, your first and last names, telephone number, email address, and license number, if you have it.

Board Of Nursing License Verification California

Board Of Nursing License Verification Ohio

Verify Ohio Licenses and Certificates

The Joint Commission and the NCQA consider on-line status information as fulfilling the primary source requirement for verification of licensure in compliance with their respective credentialing standards. Employers, please remind your nursing staff to update their mailing address with the board when you receive an employee address update.

Complaint Forms

Send complaints to: complaints@nursing.ohio.gov, fax to (614) 995-3685, or mail forms to:
Ohio Board of Nursing
17 South High Street
Suite 660
Columbus OH 43215
ATTN: Complaints.
Guide to the Board's Complaint and Investigation Process
Complaint Form(for Email Submission)
(PDF) Version(for FAX or Postal Submission)

Board Of Nursing License Verification Ny

Supplemental Information Form for Employers(for Email Submission)
(PDF) Version(for FAX or Postal Submission)