Nursing License and Renewals Vermont

If you are ready to take a travel nursing assignment in Vermont, the first thing you will need to do is pay a visit to the Vermont Secretary of State - Office of Professional Regulations nursing website to obtain some critical information. Using their online services portal, you can apply, renew, update an application/license, request verification, and more--all online.

To practice nursing in the state as an RN, you must get licensure by endorsement or examination.

According to the Secretary of State, to qualify to be licensed by endorsement, an RN applicant must be licensed or certified in good standing in another jurisdiction in which the standards and qualifications required for regulation in that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to Vermont's and must have worked a minimum of 50 days (400 hours) in the last two years, or 120 days (960 hours) in the last 5 years under that license. Then, you complete your online application and pay the application fee of $150.00.

For licensure by examination, there are a few additional steps: (This process for new nurses who do not hold an active state license.)

• Submit your on-line application and pay the application fee of $60.00.
• Complete the verification of education form that must be submitted by your nursing school.
• Register with Pearson VUE and pay the exam fee to take the NCLEX.