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 Michigan Board of Nursing (LARA)
For anything Nursys does not show — or to confirm official requirements — go to the Michigan Board of Nursing (LARA). The board is the authority on Michigan licensure; we do not make licensure determinations.
What a Michigan license can and cannot be
Michigan has never issued multistate licenses, so no Michigan license — however recently issued — carries compact privilege. If a Nursys record for Michigan appears to show anything other than single-state, treat it as a reason to call the Michigan Board of Nursing (LARA) rather than a reason to rely on it.
Michigan also publishes its own primary-source lookup: Michigan LARA license verification. Where it and Nursys disagree, the issuing board controls.
What trips people up in Michigan: Michigan splits free from certified, and only the free half is open to you. The public MiPLUS search confirms status at no cost and needs no account. A CERTIFIED license verification — the document another board or a credentialing file will want — is a paid order placed from inside a MiPLUS account, which means the licensee has to place it; an employer cannot. Same shape as Pennsylvania, and the same consequence: if you are the nurse, this step is yours and nobody will do it for you. Allow about 24 hours after a renewal before the new expiry shows online, so a license renewed yesterday can read as expired today.
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.