The official board
American Samoa nursing licensure is regulated by the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board. That is where applications, renewals, endorsement, and official forms live. Requirements and fees are board-set and change, so we point you to the official site rather than list figures that could go stale.
Official American Samoa licensure resources
- Verify a license: Nursys QuickConfirm (national) or the board — see our American Samoa verification guide.
- Apply by endorsement: through the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board — see the American Samoa endorsement guide.
- Renew a license: through the board — see the American Samoa renewal guide.
- Compact status: is American Samoa a compact state? See the American Samoa compact status page.
The law that governs this in American Samoa
Licensing a nurse in American Samoa happens under American Samoa’s own nurse practice act — the same act that defines what practice means here — administered by the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board. That act is A.S.C.A. § 31.1002 — Health Services Regulatory Board, created; purpose.
There is no compact statute to cite for American Samoa, which is the substantive point rather than a gap in our research: American Samoa has not adopted the compact, so the practice act above is the whole of the law that applies to you here.
Official vs independent
The American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board and Nursys are the authorities — they make decisions and hold the records. CompactStates.com explains how American Samoa licensure works and gets you to those sources quickly. We never charge for or monetize official board or Nursys links.
What the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board controls
American Samoa is not a compact state, so this board’s authority is largely self-contained: it issues American Samoa licenses, and only American Samoa licenses authorize practice in American Samoa. No nurse practices here on another state’s license, and no American Samoa license carries privilege elsewhere.
Its authority comes from A.S.C.A. § 31.1002 — Health Services Regulatory Board, created; purpose. You can read the law rather than take our word for it.