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 New York State Board of Nursing (Office of the Professions)
For anything Nursys does not show — or to confirm official requirements — go to the New York State Board of Nursing (Office of the Professions). The board is the authority on New York licensure; we do not make licensure determinations.
What a New York license can and cannot be
New York has never issued multistate licenses, so no New York license — however recently issued — carries compact privilege. If a Nursys record for New York appears to show anything other than single-state, treat it as a reason to call the New York State Board of Nursing (Office of the Professions) rather than a reason to rely on it.
New York also publishes its own primary-source lookup: NYSED Office of the Professions verification. Where it and Nursys disagree, the issuing board controls.
What trips people up in New York: The Office of the Professions treats its online search as a primary source for verification. The part that catches people applying INTO New York is that the route depends on whether the state that issued your license participates in Nursys. Where it does, verification travels electronically. Where it does not, New York falls back to a paper instrument — Form 3, the Verification of Other Professional Licensure — which you send to your original licensing authority to complete and return to NYSED. That is a materially slower path, and it is chosen by your ISSUING state, not by you. We are deliberately not reproducing a list of non-participating states here: the lists published by different authorities disagree with each other, and at least one names a state whose own board documents its Nursys service. Check Nursys for your specific state rather than trusting any list, including ours.
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.