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 Hawaii Board of Nursing
For anything Nursys does not show — or to confirm official requirements — go to the Hawaii Board of Nursing. The board is the authority on Hawaii licensure; we do not make licensure determinations.
What a Hawaii license can and cannot be
Hawaii has never issued multistate licenses, so no Hawaii license — however recently issued — carries compact privilege. If a Nursys record for Hawaii appears to show anything other than single-state, treat it as a reason to call the Hawaii Board of Nursing rather than a reason to rely on it.
Hawaii also publishes its own primary-source lookup: Hawaii PVL license search (MyPVL). Where it and Nursys disagree, the issuing board controls.
What trips people up in Hawaii: Checking a Hawaii license is free. Sending a verification TO another state’s board carries a fee — and unusually, that fee is fixed in the nurse practice act itself (HRS ch. 457) rather than set by board policy, so it is not something the board can waive on request. Hawaii licenses nurses through the DCCA’s Professional and Vocational Licensing division rather than a standalone board agency.
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.