How to Transfer Your Nursing License to Vermont

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

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

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

By the Vermont State Board of Nursing's own page: A 90-day provisional license can be issued once per applicant when everything is complete except the official verification of licensure or the criminal background check results; it cannot be extended (no fee stated on the page).

By the Vermont State Board of Nursing's own page: The page says to allow a minimum of 5 full business days for first-time applicants; the nursing FAQ says 3-5 business days once requirements are met.

Open registered nurse jobs in Vermont that post an hourly rate pay $42.61–$52.02 an hour in the middle half, median $46.39 (148 jobs from 26 employers on this board today).

Not fixed ratios: Vermont hospital community reports must include nurse staffing information such as skill mix and nursing care hours per patient day. (18 V.S.A. § 9405b(a)(4)) The law's own words are on this page.

49 open healthcare jobs in Vermont 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.

By open jobs on this board today: Advantis Medical (35), Cross Country Healthcare (34), UVM Health (33), ARMStaffing (28), Springfield Hospital (19), TRS Healthcare (19). Every RN job in Vermont.