What Nursys shows
Nursys QuickConfirm reports the license type (single-state or multistate), current status, and expiration for participating boards. It is the fastest way to confirm whether a license carries compact privilege.
Checking with the Arkansas State Board of Nursing
For anything Nursys does not show — or to confirm official requirements — go to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing. The board is the authority on Arkansas licensure; we do not make licensure determinations.
Could an Arkansas license be multistate?
Only if it was issued or upgraded on or after January 19, 2018 — the date the Arkansas State Board of Nursing began issuing multistate licenses to Arkansas residents. A license issued before then was single-state when granted, so a nurse holding an older Arkansas license who has never upgraded will still verify as single-state no matter how long they have been licensed here.
Beyond Nursys, Arkansas publishes its own primary-source lookup: Arkansas State Board of Nursing license lookup. Where the two disagree, the issuing board controls.
What trips people up in Arkansas: Both routes are primary source here — the board’s own 24-hour lookup, and Nursys, which holds data supplied directly by the board. Same dual-authority arrangement as Missouri. Arkansas also licenses a credential most states do not have: the psychiatric technician nurse, alongside RN, APRN, registered nurse practitioner and LPN. As with New Hampshire’s medication nursing assistants, that means Arkansas holds records for titles that simply do not exist elsewhere, so an unfamiliar title on a CV is not automatically a red flag.
RN, LPN/LVN, and APRN
Verification works the same for RN and LPN/VN licenses. APRN authority is separate and verified per state — see APRN and the compact.