The Oregon State Board of Nursing safeguards the public's health and wellbeing by providing guidance for, and regulation of, entry into the profession, nursing education and continuing safe practice.

The Board of Nursing, with the help of its staff, determines licensure and certification requirements; interprets the Oregon Nurse Practice Act; evaluates and approves nursing education programs and nursing assistant training programs; issues licenses and renewals; investigates complaints and takes disciplinary action against nurses and nursing assistants who violate the Oregon Nurse Practice Act; maintains the nursing assistant registry; and, administers nursing assistant competency evaluations.

If you are enrolled in a non-Oregon based APRN or prelicensure program, or precepting a student enrolled in a non-Oregon based program, please review the information page linked below.

A new online auto-verification subscription service is now available. Subscribers to the low-cost service may receive daily, weekly or monthly notifications of the current license status for all nurses and nursing assistants in their employ at one time. The service automatically notifies subscribers when a change occurs to one of the employee's license status, including new disciplinary actions, and when licenses are due to renew.

Click on the link below to subscribe or call 971-673-0658 to arrange a demonstration for your facility.

Due to the current recession and resulting state budget cuts, most state offices and facilities will be closed on the days listed in the link below. State workers affected by the closures will take unpaid furloughs on those days. We apologize for any inconvenience, and we look forward to restoration of a full work schedule for all state agencies when the economy improves.