Boards Of Nursing US
Alabama Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 303900
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: (334) 242-4060
FAX: (334) 242-4360
Executive Director: Judi Crume, RN, MSN Executive Officer
Alaska Board of Nursing
Dept. of Comm. & Econ. Development
Div. of Occupational Licensing
3601 C Street, Suite 722
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: (907) 269-8161
FAX: (907) 269-8156
Executive Director: Dorothy Fulton, RN, MA Executive Director
American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Phone: (684) 633-1222
FAX: (684) 633-1869
Executive Director: Marie Ma'o, RN, MS Director, Nursing Services
Arizona State Board of Nursing
1651 E. Morten Avenue, Suite 150
Phoenix, AZ 85020
Phone: (602) 255-5092
FAX: (602) 255-5130
Executive Director: Joey Ridenour, RN, MN Executive Director
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
University Tower Building
1123 S. University, Suite 800
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: (501) 686-2700
FAX: (501) 686-2714
Executive Director: Faith Fields, RN, MSN Executive Director
California Board of Registered Nursing
P.O. Box 944210
Sacramento, CA 94244
Phone: (916) 322-3350
FAX: (916) 327-4402
1123 S. University, Suite 800
Executive Director: Ruth Ann Terry, RN, MPH Executive Officer
California Board of Vocational Nurse
and Psychiatric Technician Examiners
2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 205
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: (916) 263-7800
FAX: (916) 263-7859
Executive Director: Teresa Bello-Jones, RN, MSN, JD Executive Officer
Colorado Board of Nursing
1560 Broadway, Suite 670
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 894-2430
FAX: (303) 894-2821
Executive Director: Karen Brumley, RN, BSN, MA Program Administrator
Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing
Division of Health Systems Regulation
410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 12HSR
#340308
Hartford, CT 06134
Phone: (860) 509-7624
FAX: (860) 509-7286
Executive Director: Wendy Furniss, RNC, MS Health Services Supervisor, Certification
Delaware Board of Nursing
Cannon Building, Suite 203
Phone: (302) 739-4522
Dover, DE 19903
P.O. Box 1401
FAX: (302) 739-2711
Executive Director: Iva Boardman, RN, MSN Executive Director
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
614 H. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 727-7468
FAX: (202) 727-7662
Executive Director: Barbara Hagans, Contact Person
Florida Board of Nursing
4080 Woodcock Drive, Suite 202
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone: (904) 858-6940
FAX: (904) 858-6964
Executive Director: Marilyn Bloss, RN, RNC, MSN Executive Director
Georgia State Board of Licensed Practical Nurses
166 Pryor Street, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 656-3921
FAX: (404) 651-9532
Executive Director: Patricia Swann, Executive Director
Georgia Board of Nursing
166 Pryor Street, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 656-3943
FAX: (404) 657-7489
Executive Director: Shirley Camp, RN, JD Executive Director
Guam Board of Nurse Examiners
P.O. Box 2816
Agana, GU 96910
Phone: (671) 475-0251
FAX: (671) 477-4733
Executive Director: Teofila Cruz, RN Nurse Examiner Administrator
Hawaii Board of Nursing
Professional and Vocational Licensing Division
P.O. Box 3469
Honolulu, HI 96801
Phone: (808) 586-2695
FAX: (808) 586-2689
Executive Director: Kathleen Yokouchi, Executive Officer
Idaho Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: (208) 334-3110
FAX: (208) 334-3262
Executive Director: Sandra Evans, RN, MA,Ed. Executive Director
Iowa Board of Nursing
State Capitol Complex
1223 East Court Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 281-3255
FAX: (515) 281-4825
Executive Director: Lorinda Inman, RN, MSN Executive Director
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph, Suite 9-300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 814-2715
FAX: (312) 814-3145
Executive Director: Jacqueline Waggoner, RN, MSN Nursing Act Coordinator
Indiana State Board of Nursing
Health Professions Bureau
402 W. Washington Street, Suite 041
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 232-2960
FAX: (317) 233-4236
Executive Director: Laura Langford, RN Executive Director
Kansas State Board of Nursing
Landon State Office Building
900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 551-S
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (913) 296-4929
FAX: (913) 296-3929
Executive Director: Patsy Johnson, RN, MN Executive Administrator
Kentucky Board of Nursing
312 Whittington Parkway, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: (502) 329-7006
FAX: (502) 329-7011
Executive Director: Sharon Weisenbeck, RN, MS Executive Director
Louisiana State Board of Practical
Nurse Examiners
3421 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 203
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: (504) 838-5791
FAX: (504) 838-5279
Executive Director: Terry DeMarcay, RN, BS, M.S. Executive Director
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
3510 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 501
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: (504) 838-5332
FAX: (504) 838-5349
Executive Director: Barbara Morvant, RN, MN Executive Director
Maine State Board of Nursing
158 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 287-1133
FAX: (207) 287-1149
Executive Director: Jean Caron, RN, MS Executive Director
Maryland Board of Nursing
4140 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone: (410) 764-5124
FAX: (410) 358-3530
Executive Director: Donna Dorsey, RN, MS Executive Director
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
Leverett Saltonstall Building
100 Cambridge Street, Room 1519
Boston, MA 02202
Phone: (617) 727-
FAX: (617) 727-2197
Executive Director: Theresa Bonanno, Executive Director
State of Michigan CIS/Office of Health Services
Ottawa Towers North
611 W. Ottawa, 4th Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 373-9102
FAX: (517) 373-2179
Executive Director: Brenda Rogers, Assistant Administrator
Minnesota Board of Nursing
2829 University Avenue SE
Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 617-2270
FAX: (612) 617-2190
Executive Director: Joyce Schowalter, Executive Director
Mississippi Board of Nursing
239 N. Lamar Street, Suite 401
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 359-6170
FAX: (601) 359-6185
Executive Director: Marcia Rachel, RN, PhD. Executive Director
Missouri State Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 656
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-0681
FAX: (573) 751-0075
Executive Director: Florence Stillman, RN, MSN Executive Director
Montana State Board of Nursing
301 S Park Ave, 4th Floor
PO Box 200513
Helena, MT 59620-0513
Phone: (406)841-2300
FAX: (406)841-2305
Executive Director: Cynthia Gustafson, RN, PhD
Dept. of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure
Credentialing Div.- Nursing/Nursing Support Section
P.O. Box 94986
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-4376
FAX: (402) 471-3577
Executive Director: Charlene Kelly, RN, PhD. Section Administrator
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Nevada State Board of Nursing
1755 East Plumb Lane
Suite 260
Reno, NV 89502
Phone: (702) 786-2778
FAX: (702) 322-6993
Executive Director: Kathy Apple, RN, MS Executive Director
New Hampshire Board of Nursing
Health & Welfare Building
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2323
FAX: (603) 271-6605
Executive Director: Doris Nuttelman, RN, EdD. Executive Director
New Jersey Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 45010
Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: (201) 504-6586
FAX: (201) 648-3481
Executive Director: Patricia Lynch-Polansky, Executive Director
New Mexico Board of Nursing
4206 Louisiana Boulevard, NE
Suite A
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: (505) 841-8340
FAX: (505) 841-8347
Executive Director: Nancy Twigg, RN, MSN Executive Director
New York State Board of Nursing
State Education Department
Cultural Education Center, Room 3023
Albany, NY 12230
Phone: (518) 474-3845
FAX: (518) 473-0578
Executive Director: Milene Sower, RN, PhD Executive Secretary
Commonwealth Board of Nurse Examiners
Public Health Center
Saipan, MP 96950
P.O. Box 1458
Phone: (670) 234-8950
FAX: (670) 234-8930
Executive Director: Elizabeth Torres-Untalan, RN Chairperson
North Carolina Board of Nursing
3724 National Drive
Raleigh, NC 27602
Phone: (919) 782-3211
FAX: (919) 781-9461
Executive Director: Polly Johnson, RN, MSN Executive Director
North Dakota Board of Nursing
919 South 7th Street, Suite 504
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: (701) 328-9777
FAX: (701) 328-9785
Executive Director: Ida Rigley, RN, MS Executive Director
Ohio Board of Nursing
77 South High Street, 17th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-3947
FAX: (614) 466-0388
Executive Director: Dorothy Fiorino, RN, MS Executive Director
Oklahoma Board of Nursing
2915 N. Classen Boulevard, Suite 524
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Phone: (405) 525-2076
FAX: (405) 521-6089
Executive Director: Sulinda Moffett, RN, MSN Executive Director
Oregon State Board of Nursing
800 NE Oregon Street, Box 25
Suite 465
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: (503) 731-4745
FAX: (503) 731-4755
Executive Director: Joan Bouchard, RN, MN Executive Director
Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone: (717) 783-
FAX: (717) 783-0822
Executive Director: Miriam Limo, RN, MS, MSN Executive Secretary
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Board of Nurse Examiners
Santurce, PR 00908
Call Box 10200
Phone: (787) 725-8161
FAX: (787) 725-7903
Executive Director: Beverly Davila, Executive Director
Rhode Island Board of Nurse
Registration and Nursing Education
Cannon Health Building
Three Capitol Hill, Room 104
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 277-2827
FAX: (401) 277-1272
Executive Director: Carol Lietar, Executive Officer
South Carolina State Board of Nursing
110 Centerview Drive
Suite 202
Columbia, SC 29210
Phone: (803) 896-4550
FAX: (803) 896-4525
Executive Director: Barbara Kellogg, MN, RN Program Nurse Consultant
South Dakota Board of Nursing
3307 South Lincoln Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Phone: (605) 367-5940
FAX: (605) 367-5945
Executive Director: Diana Vander Woude, RN, MS Executive Secretary
Tennessee State Board of Nursing
426 Fifth Avenue North
1st Floor - Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37247
Phone: (615) 532-5166
FAX: (615) 741-7899
Executive Director: Elizabeth Lund, RN, MSN Executive Director
Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
P.O. Box 430
Austin, TX 78767
Phone: (512) 305-7400
FAX: (512) 305-7401
Executive Director: Katherine Thomas, RN, MN Executive Director
Texas Board of Vocational
Nurse Examiners
William P. Hobby Building, Tower 3
333 Guadalupe Street, Suite 3-400
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 305-8100
FAX: (512) 305-8101
Executive Director: Marjorie Bronk, RN, MSHP Executive Director
Utah State Board of Nursing
Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
Salt Lake City, UT 84145
Phone: (801) 530-6628
FAX: (801) 530-6511
Executive Director: Laura Poe, RN, MS Executive Administrator
>Vermont State Board of Nursing
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609
Phone: (802) 828-2396
FAX: (802) 828-2484
Executive Director: Anita Ristau, RN, MS Executive Director
Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure
Veterans Drive Station
St. Thomas, VI 00803
Phone: (340) 776-7397
FAX: (340) 777-4003
Executive Director: Winifred Garfield, RN, CRNA Executive Secretary
Virginia Board of Nursing
6606 W. Broad Street, 4th Floor
Richmond, VA 23230
Phone: (804) 662-9909
FAX: (804) 662-9943
Executive Director: Nancy Durrett, RN, MSN Executive Director
Washington State Nursing Care Quality
Assurance Commission
Department of Health
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone: (360) 753-2686
FAX: (360) 586-2165
Executive Director: Patty Hayes, RN, MN Executive Director
West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Practical Nurses
101 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: (304) 558-3572
FAX: (304) 558-4367
Executive Director: Nancy Wilson, Executive Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing
1400 E. Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53708
Phone: (608) 266-2112
FAX: (608) 267-0644
Executive Director: Thomas Neumann, RN, MSN Administrative Officer
Wyoming State Board of Nursing
2020 Carey Avenue, Suite 110
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7601
FAX: (307) 777-3519
Executive Director: Toma Nisbet, RN, MS, BSN, CS Executive Director