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How to look up and verify a nursing license in Guam

Verifying a nursing license in Guam (GU) takes two trusted sources: Nursys and the state board. Here is how, and what the result tells you.

How do I verify a nursing license in Guam?

Look the license up on Nursys QuickConfirm, the national verification system, and confirm details with the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners. Guam has only partial compact implementation — it recognizes privilege from visiting nurses but does not issue multistate licenses to its own residents, so a Guam license is single-state — valid in Guam only. Nursys will confirm its status and expiration.

Last reviewed 2026-06-17

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 Guam Board of Nurse Examiners

For anything Nursys does not show — or to confirm official requirements — go to the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners. The board is the authority on Guam licensure; we do not make licensure determinations.

Why no Guam license is multistate yet

Guam has enacted the compact (March 5, 2021) but has not finished implementing it, so the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners has not issued a single multistate license. Every Guam license in existence today is single-state, and verification will not show otherwise. What Guam does do is recognize privilege in the other direction: a nurse holding an active multistate license from their own compact home state may practice here. The two halves of implementation are separate, and Guam has completed only one of them.

What trips people up in Guam: Two things to know. Guam’s material spreads across three domains: the board sits at guamhplo.org, its primary-source search at guamnursing.org, and Nursys carries the free public lookup — one more hop than New Mexico’s two-domain split. And an OFFICIAL verification requires a signed authorization to release information from the licensee, plus a $25 fee. That consent requirement is unique in this cohort: an employer cannot obtain an official Guam verification independently, the nurse has to sign first, so it belongs in the hiring timeline rather than being discovered at the end of it. The board licenses RNs, LPNs, APRNs and CNAs.

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.

What your result means

Nursys and the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners tell you what a license is. They do not tell you what it lets you do in another state — that is a compact question.

Covered by Nursys for participating boards.

2. What does the verification show?

Pick a result and two jurisdictions to see what it means.

This explains what a verification result means for practicing across state lines. It does not verify a license and does not decide eligibility — the board of nursing does both, and this tool points you at the right one.

What usually comes next

Next-step checklist

  • Look the license up on Nursys QuickConfirm (nursys.com).
  • Note whether it reads single-state or multistate.
  • Confirm anything unclear with the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners.
  • Remember a Guam license is valid in Guam only.

Frequently asked questions

Use Nursys QuickConfirm, which shows license status, type, and expiration for Guam, or check directly with the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners. We do not store or look up individual license records.

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