Washington State Nurse License Applications
We process all license applications and renewals for Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Nursing Technicians (NTEC) and Registered Nurses (RN)
Note: We don’t process applications for Nursing Assistants. The Department of Health (DOH) does.
Mailing your Application and Renewal Fee Checks
We encourage you to apply and renew your license online, however there are certain situations where you will be unable to apply online, especially if one of the following scenarios applied to you:
- You have a previously closed application
- You are applying for an ARNP license and hold an active multistate RN in another state (and are not changing PSOR to WA)
- You are reactivating a previously expired license
- You are applying for a military portability license
Please make the checks payable to the Department of Health and mail them to the following address:
Department of Health
PO Box 1099
Olympia, WA 98507-1099
Department of Health
PO Box 1099
Olympia, WA 98507-1099
Manage your license:
- Apply for a license
- Renew or reactivate a license
- Upgrade to a multistate license (MSL)
- Check your application status
- Get information about maintaining your license
- Change or update your personal information related to your license
- Mental Health Resources for Nurses
- (WHPS) Substance Abuse Information
Help and how-tos:
- Verify a license
- Online application instructions
- Online renewal instructions
- Create a SAW Account
- Licensing terms glossary
- Military resources