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 Texas Board of Nursing
For anything Nursys does not show — or to confirm official requirements — go to the Texas Board of Nursing. The board is the authority on Texas licensure; we do not make licensure determinations.
Could a Texas license be multistate?
Only if it was issued or upgraded on or after January 19, 2018 — the date the Texas Board of Nursing began issuing multistate licenses to Texas residents. A license issued before then was single-state when granted, so a nurse holding an older Texas license who has never upgraded will still verify as single-state no matter how long they have been licensed here.
Beyond Nursys, Texas publishes its own primary-source lookup: Texas BON license verification. Where the two disagree, the issuing board controls.
What trips people up in Texas: Texas runs two different things under the word “verification”, and confusing them costs weeks. The online lookup answers “is this license real and current” for an employer, immediately. But board-to-board verification for ENDORSEMENT into another state is a separate paper process — a Verification of Registered/Professional Nurse Licensure form, returned to the board by email — not something the public lookup produces. If another state has asked you for verification of your Texas license, a printout of the online result is unlikely to be what they meant.
The compact statute in Texas: Chapter 304 is the compact itself; the Board’s implementing rules sit in the Texas Administrative Code.
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.