Reciprocity Instructions
Temporary/Conditional Licensure Now Available: A temporary/conditional license is now available. This license is good for 6 months (180 days). The criminal history background check requirement has been waived for this license. All licensure requirements listed below must be met with exception of the criminal history background check which has been waived for this temporary license. Temporary licenses will be issued immediately upon receipt and review of the required information.
To apply for licensure by reciprocity, you must complete and submit the items listed below. Incomplete application forms will be returned to the sender. Once all required information is received by the Board office and reviewed, and if there is no cause for the application to go before the Board, the license is issued within 2 to 3 business days.
Download Mail-In Form: Application for Licensure by Reciprocity | Online Form
- $80.00 Licensure Fee (Check or money order made out to NDSBRC if applying with paper form.)
- An official verification of your license in all jurisdiction in which you hold and previously held a license(s). You will need to contact each state and request either a letter of verification or the url for their on-line license verifications and have either forwarded to the NDSBRC Office.
- Copy of the law and rules from the jurisdiction in which you are currently licensed which establishes the requirements for obtaining and maintaining a license in that jurisdiction. (Either you or the state licensure body may submit a copy of the law and rules directly to the NDSBRC Office.)
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