Online Services

The online services provided by KBN are listed below.  Click on the type of service you want to access, and you will either access the appropriate system or be directed to a section providing relevant information.  Please scroll down for specific information about license validation. 

• ADDRESS/EMAIL CHANGE
  Submit a mailing address or email address change here.
  
  
• UNIVERSAL APPLICATIONS — COMING SOON!
  RNs and LPNs can now submit an application electronically (online) for the following methods of licensure:  Examination (initial licensure), Endorsement, or Reinstatement (click on the links for additional information).
  
  
• APPLICATION STATUS
  Click on the link to check on the status of your licensure application.
  
  
• DATA ROSTER DOWNLOAD
  Planning a large mailing?  Data rosters for licensees can be downloaded directly from the KBN website.
  
  
• LICENSE VALIDATION
  See validation options and search information below for RN/LPN licenses, ARNP registrations, provisional licenses, temporary work permits, Nurse Licensure Compact validations, and Kentucky state registered nurse aide or home health aide validations.
  
  
• RENEWAL
  Renewal begins July 1 through midnight October 31.  Click on the link for additional information.
  
  
• RETIRED LICENSE STATUS
  Click on the link for additional information.

For added security measures, we no longer offer the option of entering a social security number when you access the license validation system.  The Basic License Validation is offered FREE OF CHARGE. 

If you select a validation service other than the Basic, an annual subscription fee plus an annual premimum service fee is required.  For enhanced service subscription information, see:

• Level 1: Basic License Validation or
• Level 2: Enhanced License Validation or
• Level 3: Premium License Validation or

• VIEW ALL THREE VALIDATION SERVICE OPTIONS

The following key services are provided with the subscription options:

You may now search the validation system by name (First, Last, or Both to narrow the search), as well as the other validation options listed below.  The name search validation is available for nurses and the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry. 

Please review the validation options below, and then go to the Basic Validation Search page to access the system.  

• Validate ARNP registrations by entering the 4-digit ARNP registration number or by name.
• Validate RN and LPN licenses by entering the 7-digit license number or by name.
• Validate provisional licenses by entering the 8-digit provisional license number or by name.  Questions can be emailed to KBN-cred@ky.gov.
• Validate temporary work permits by entering the 5-digit temporary work permit number or by name.
• Validate state registered nurse aides or home health aides by name.

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With implementation of the NLC, please note that employers need to continue validating the license of a nurse whose primary state of residence is a compact state (other than Kentucky). 

• See Contacts for Nurse Licensure Compact States for validation information. 

KBN can take disciplinary action on a nurse's "privilege to practice." 

• See Discipline on Privilege to Practice for additional information and a list of individuals who have/had disciplinary action on a privilege to practice in Kentucky. 

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The KBN website is considered primary source verification and is actually the preferred method of licensure validation instead of viewing the license card.  Both JCAHO and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of the Inspector General, consider verification through the website as evidence of licensure.  License cards, which are an additional evidence of licensure, generally take 3 to 6 weeks to print.

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Regular system maintenance is performed from 9 p.m. Saturday through 4 a.m. Sunday. If you encounter a break in service during this time period, please try again at another time.

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