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How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Utah

Is Utah a nurse compact state? Yes. Utah 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 Utah without another license, and a nurse who lives in Utah applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Utah license from the Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)

Yes
Compact state
279
RN jobs in Utah
$46.53
Median posted RN pay

What the Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives 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 division's fee schedule lists the Registered Nurse application fee at $60.00.
Fingerprints
A fingerprint-based criminal background check is required.
License verification
Licensure by endorsement requires verification of the license through NURSYS.
“Take and pass the NCLEX or qualify for licensure by endorsement”

From the Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives's own page, read 9 Nov 2026: commerce.utah.gov (source: Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives). 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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279 registered nurse and 8 LPN jobs are open in Utah on this board, read every night from each employer's own job board.

Transferring a nursing license to Utah: common questions

Is Utah a nurse compact state?

Yes. Utah 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 Utah without another license, and a nurse who lives in Utah applies for the multistate license there. A nurse from a state outside the compact needs a Utah license from the Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives, by endorsement for a nurse licensed in another state. (NCSBN, read 9 Nov 2026.)

How do I transfer my nursing license to Utah?

If your home state is another compact state and you keep living there, your multistate license already lets you work in Utah. If you move to Utah, apply to the Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives for its multistate license. If your license is from a state outside the compact, apply to the Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives for a license by endorsement ($60 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 Utah?

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

How much do registered nurses make in Utah?

Open registered nurse jobs in Utah that post an hourly rate pay $44.26–$57.38 an hour in the middle half, median $46.53 (130 jobs from 17 employers on this board today).

Do employers in Utah offer relocation assistance?

66 open healthcare jobs in Utah 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 Utah?

By open jobs on this board today: University of Utah Health (71), Intermountain Health (52), CommonSpirit Health (34), HealthTrust Workforce Solutions (28), Advantis Medical (11), LifePoint Health (9). Every RN job in Utah.

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 Utah.

  1. NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map (nursecompact.com), read 9 Nov 2026, published 9 Nov 2026
  2. Utah Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse Midwives: 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 Utah. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/transfer-nursing-license/utah

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