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Nursing License Renewals

Nursing License Renewals will open February 1, 2024. The renewal notice will be sent to you via email if you validated your email address or via US Mail otherwise. You do not need to wait until you have your notice in hand to renew, and can recover your user id in the renewal portal once Renewals open.

All nursing licenses in South Carolina expire on April 30th of even years. If your license was originally issued in 2023 and you have a 2024 expiration date, you will renew in 2024 and then your next renewal will be in 2026.

The fees are:

    $75 (LPN & RN)

    $105 (APRN WITHOUT Prescriptive Authority)

    $145 (APRN WITH Prescriptive Authority)

RNs & LPNs:
  1. You can find information about continued competency for renewal on our website. You do not need to send verification of your competency to the Board unless otherwise requested to do so.
  2. The Employer Certification Form is the form that you and your employer need to complete if you choose to use your employment for competency. You are not required to send in the form unless you are audited or otherwise requested to do so by Board staff.
APRNs:

Please review the information listed for your license on our website.

  1. Competency for APRNs WITHOUT Prescriptive Authority is maintenance of their national certification. To update your certification information, please send a copy of your certification to NurseBoard@llr.sc.gov.
  2. APRNs WITH Prescriptive Authority are required to maintain their national certification AND complete 20 hours of pharmacotherapeutics with two of those hours in controlled substances. You can view approved providers. Do not send in the CE certificates unless you are otherwise requested to do so.
  3. To update the physician(s) listed on your license please complete this form (NP, CNS, or CNM) OR this form (CRNA) and send to NurseBoard@llr.sc.gov.

You can view Frequently Asked Questions. Please email NurseRenewal@llr.sc.gov if you have further Renewal questions.

Paper Renewals

You can find the paper renewal forms here:

Mail completed forms to the address listed at the top of the form with a check or money order made out to SC BON. Completed forms with payment must be postmarked no later than April 30, 2024.