For registered nurses moving to Mississippi
How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Mississippi
Is Mississippi a nurse compact state? Yes. Mississippi 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 Mississippi without another license, and a nurse who lives in Mississippi applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Mississippi license from the Mississippi Board of Nursing, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)
The RN application fee is $100 and the criminal background check (CBC) is a separate $75; all fees are non-refundable, and the page states no fee for the Nursys verification.
What the Mississippi 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
- The RN application fee is $100 and the criminal background check (CBC) is a separate $75; all fees are non-refundable, and the page states no fee for the Nursys verification.
- Fingerprints
- A fingerprint-based criminal background check is required.
- License verification
- Verification of the original license is requested through Nursys.com (Nurse License Verification for Endorsement); if the original state is not on Nursys, the original board is contacted.
- Requirements
- A current active license in another state or territory (or eligibility for reinstatement of a compact license when that compact state was the primary residence); the endorsement application and CBC registration; if the nurse has not practiced in the past five years, evidence of continuing basic nursing competencies.
- Renewal
- Licenses run two years and RN licenses renew in even-numbered years; the competency rule cites 20 contact hours of CE within the two years before renewal or reinstatement, for nurses who have not practiced in five years.
- Good to know
- The endorsement application and its fees stay active for one year, and fees are non-refundable.
“Submit the online Endorsement Application and Criminal Background Check (CBC) registration.”
From the Mississippi Board of Nursing's own page, read 9 Nov 2026: msbn.ms.gov (source: Mississippi 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Have your current license verified to the new board, through Nursys where your state takes part in it.
- Complete the background check the board asks for (most ask for fingerprints) and any state exam or course it names.
- 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 Mississippi today
855 registered nurse and 184 LPN jobs are open in Mississippi on this board, read every night from each employer's own job board.
- University of Mississippi Medical Center · 141 RN jobs
- FMOL Health · 107 RN jobs
- Singing River Health System · 90 RN jobs
- CHS (Community Health Systems) · 66 RN jobs
- Healthier Mississippi People · 42 RN jobs
- Hattiesburg Clinic · 37 RN jobs
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Transferring a nursing license to Mississippi: common questions
Is Mississippi a nurse compact state?
Yes. Mississippi 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 Mississippi without another license, and a nurse who lives in Mississippi applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Mississippi license from the Mississippi 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 Mississippi?
If your home state is another compact state and you keep living there, your multistate license already lets you work in Mississippi. If you move to Mississippi, apply to the Mississippi Board of Nursing for its multistate license. If your license is from a state outside the compact, apply to the Mississippi 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 Mississippi?
The same way: the compact covers LPN/VNs too, so a multistate LPN license from a compact home state works in Mississippi; otherwise apply for a license by endorsement to the Mississippi Board of Nursing. Its own page states the LPN fee, which differs from the RN fee above. LPN jobs in Mississippi.
How much do registered nurses make in Mississippi?
Open registered nurse jobs in Mississippi that post an hourly rate pay $35.53–$52.90 an hour in the middle half, median $43.04 (42 jobs from 11 employers on this board today).
Do employers in Mississippi offer relocation assistance?
18 open healthcare jobs in Mississippi 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 Mississippi?
By open jobs on this board today: University of Mississippi Medical Center (141), FMOL Health (107), Singing River Health System (90), CHS (Community Health Systems) (66), Healthier Mississippi People (42), Hattiesburg Clinic (37). Every RN job in Mississippi.
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 Mississippi.
- NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map (nursecompact.com), read 9 Nov 2026, published 9 Nov 2026
- Mississippi Board of Nursing: licensure by endorsement, read 9 Nov 2026; checked again every week for the sentence quoted, published 9 Nov 2026
- 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 Mississippi. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/transfer-nursing-license/mississippi