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How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Kansas

Is Kansas a nurse compact state? Yes. Kansas is in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC): a nurse whose home state is a compact state and who holds its multistate license can work in Kansas without another license, and a nurse who lives in Kansas applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Kansas license from the Kansas State Board of Nursing, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)

Yes
Compact state
1,163
RN jobs in Kansas
$46.94
Median posted RN pay

What the Kansas State Board of Nursing asks

Licensure by endorsement for a registered nurse licensed in another state, as the board's own page states it (read 9 Nov 2026).

Fee
$100 for a single-state license by endorsement (K.A.R. 60-4-101); the $125 multistate endorsement fee applies only to applicants whose primary residence is Kansas and who seek a multistate license; the background check fee is $57 per the application form.
Temporary permit
Single-state applicants can ask for a 120-day temporary permit to practice in Kansas only (question 11 of the application form).
Fingerprints
A fingerprint-based criminal background check is required.
License verification
The checklist asks that verification of original licensure be sent to KSBN; the board's fee for verification of licensure is $30 under K.A.R. 60-4-101.
Requirements
Official transcripts, verification of original licensure, fingerprints and the background check fee; for a multistate application, the uniform licensure requirements and a Kansas driver's license; a Credentials Evaluation Report and English proficiency results for those educated outside the U.S.
Renewal
Biennial renewal of a single-state license is $85 (K.A.R. 60-4-101).
Good to know
Applications stay active for six months while documents are pending; after that a new application and fee are required.
“Fingerprints and the background check fee submitted to KSBN?”

From the Kansas State Board of Nursing's own page, read 9 Nov 2026: ksbn.kansas.gov (source: Kansas State Board of Nursing). Fees change: the board's page on the day you apply is the one that counts.

The steps

What every move takes; the board's page above says what it asks in each.

  1. Check whether your home state and the new state are both in the Nurse Licensure Compact: if both are and you keep living in your home state, your multistate license already lets you work there.
  2. If you are moving your home to the new state and it is a compact state, apply for its multistate license; if it is outside the compact, apply to its board of nursing for a license by endorsement.
  3. Have your current license verified to the new board, through Nursys where your state takes part in it.
  4. Complete the background check the board asks for (most ask for fingerprints) and any state exam or course it names.
  5. Pay the board's fee and, where the board offers one, ask for a temporary permit so you can start work while the application is processed.

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Nursing jobs in Kansas today

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Transferring a nursing license to Kansas: common questions

Is Kansas a nurse compact state?

Yes. Kansas is in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC): a nurse whose home state is a compact state and who holds its multistate license can work in Kansas without another license, and a nurse who lives in Kansas applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Kansas license from the Kansas State Board of Nursing, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)

How do I transfer my nursing license to Kansas?

If your home state is another compact state and you keep living there, your multistate license already lets you work in Kansas. If you move to Kansas, apply to the Kansas State Board of Nursing for its multistate license. If your license is from a state outside the compact, apply to the Kansas State Board of Nursing for a license by endorsement ($100 by its own page): have your license verified through Nursys, complete the background check, and pay the fee.

How do I transfer an LPN or LVN license to Kansas?

The same way: the compact covers LPN/VNs too, so a multistate LPN license from a compact home state works in Kansas; otherwise apply for a license by endorsement to the Kansas State Board of Nursing. Its own page states the LPN fee, which differs from the RN fee above. LPN jobs in Kansas.

Can I work in Kansas while my license is processed?

By the Kansas State Board of Nursing's own page: Single-state applicants can ask for a 120-day temporary permit to practice in Kansas only (question 11 of the application form).

How much do registered nurses make in Kansas?

Open registered nurse jobs in Kansas that post an hourly rate pay $40–$49.70 an hour in the middle half, median $46.94 (357 jobs from 38 employers on this board today).

Do employers in Kansas offer relocation assistance?

150 open healthcare jobs in Kansas offer relocation help in their own posting today, each quoting the offer (a set amount, reimbursement or a package); ask for the terms in writing before you accept.

Who is hiring registered nurses in Kansas?

By open jobs on this board today: The University of Kansas Health System (174), AdventHealth (147), Advantis Medical (83), HealthTrust Workforce Solutions (58), TRS Healthcare (58), Stormont Vail Health (56). Every RN job in Kansas.

Sources and method

The compact status is NCSBN's map on the day read. The board's rules are its own page's words, shown only where the page states them; a sentence of it is checked against the page every week, and a change is read again. The jobs and pay are the registered nurse jobs open on this board in Kansas.

  1. NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map (nursecompact.com), read 9 Nov 2026, published 9 Nov 2026
  2. Kansas State Board of Nursing: licensure by endorsement, read 9 Nov 2026; checked again every week for the sentence quoted, published 9 Nov 2026
  3. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs read every night from each employer's own careers site

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Kansas. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/transfer-nursing-license/kansas

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