Renewing through the Puerto Rico Board of Nurse Examiners
Renewal applications, fees, and continuing-education requirements are handled by the Puerto Rico Board of Nurse Examiners. These are board-set and change over time, so we point you to the official source rather than list figures that could go stale. See the general compact license renewal guide for how the compact fits in.
The law that governs this in Puerto Rico
Renewing a license issued by Puerto Rico happens under Puerto Rico’s own nurse practice act — the same act that defines what practice means here — administered by the Puerto Rico Board of Nurse Examiners. That act is Ley para Regular la Práctica de la Enfermería en Puerto Rico, 20 L.P.R.A. ch. 9A (board powers at § 204f).
There is no compact statute to cite for Puerto Rico, which is the substantive point rather than a gap in our research: Puerto Rico has not adopted the compact, so the practice act above is the whole of the law that applies to you here.
Finding your expiration date
Nursys QuickConfirm shows your license type, status, and expiration date — the fastest way to confirm when you need to renew and whether you hold a single-state or multistate license.
Renewal and out-of-state practice
A Puerto Rico license renews for Puerto Rico only. If you practice in other states, you either hold each state’s license or a multistate license from a compact home state — and that multistate license renews separately in that home state.
Can renewing in Puerto Rico get you a multistate license?
No — and not because of anything about your application. Puerto Rico has not adopted the compact, so the Puerto Rico Board of Nurse Examiners does not issue multistate licenses to anyone. Renewing keeps your Puerto Rico license valid in Puerto Rico; it cannot upgrade it into something Puerto Rico does not offer. A multistate license only ever comes from your primary state of residence, and only if that state is a compact member.