Start with the profession selector in Florida’s MQA search so the record matches the nursing credential you need to check. Include the prefix when entering a license number, and check whether the status filter includes all, practicing or non-practicing statuses.
Florida’s MQA search provides profession, license number, practitioner first and last name, city, county, ZIP code and license-status filters. When using a license number, include the license prefix; the form instructs users to omit spaces, leading zeros and colons. The status filter can include all statuses, practicing statuses or non-practicing statuses. Check which filter is selected when looking for a record.
Interpret the full status label, including Active or Inactive. Florida’s Department of Health defines Clear Active as authorized practice and Clear Inactive as maintaining a license without permission to practice. Conditional Active permits practice only under conditions in the board’s final order; Conditional Inactive does not authorize practice. Delinquent under Chapter 456 means a previously Clear Active or Clear Inactive license was not renewed by its expiration date and does not authorize Florida practice. The glossary separately defines Deactivated for a practitioner who holds a multistate license in another Nurse Licensure Compact jurisdiction; that Florida license cannot be renewed and does not require its own continuing education. These are distinct situations, so read the complete label before using a record to assess permission to work.
Nursys Nurse License Verification is the service for verifying a participating board’s license when applying for endorsement into another state. NCSBN lists a $30 charge per license type for each receiving board of nursing. After the verification process is completed, the verification is available immediately to that endorsing board. This is a different service from Nursys Licensure QuickConfirm, which provides employers and recruiters with free licensure and applicable disciplinary documentation. Nursys also offers free e-Notify services: institutions receive licensure and public disciplinary updates, while enrolled nurses can receive notifications about status, expiration, renewal and public discipline. Choose the endorsement-verification service when the receiving nursing board requires that formal verification; use the public confirmation or monitoring service for its described purpose.
A Florida record marked Deactivated needs a compact-license check. The Board defines this status as a practitioner holding a multistate license in another Nurse Licensure Compact jurisdiction. Its guidance directs you to Nursys to look up that multistate license and says a nurse with a valid multistate license from another compact state is eligible to work in Florida. Do not read the Florida deactivation label alone as the answer to whether that nurse can practice under a compact privilege. If your Florida license appears to have been deactivated incorrectly and Florida is your primary state of residence, email the Board at MQA.Nursing@FlHealth.gov. The Board also explains that a nurse practicing in Florida under another party state’s license does not pay Florida licensing fees or complete Florida continuing education; the issuing state’s requirements apply.
Changing your primary state of residence can change which nursing license you need. When moving from Florida to another compact state, apply for licensure in the new home state; the former multistate license is deactivated when the new home-state multistate license is issued. When moving from Florida to a noncompact state, the former Florida multistate license changes to a single-state license. Notify the Florida Board of your new address and request the single-state status change at MQA.Nursing@FlHealth.gov, and apply to the new state for its license. A nurse practicing in Florida under a valid multistate license from another compact state follows that issuing state’s fees and continuing-education requirements. Confirm the multistate credential in Nursys.
The practitioner holds a multistate license in another Nurse Licensure Compact jurisdiction. The deactivated Florida license cannot be renewed and does not require continuing education.