Indiana
- The applying board stated in the sources
- The Indiana State Board of Nursing licenses RNs and LPNs. Its current licensing page calls the route "Initial LPN or RN License by Endorsement/Reciprocity". Licensing information.
- Compact status in these sources
- The board states that the NLC permits one multistate license in the primary state of residence and practice across compact states. Indiana compact eligibility requires Indiana primary residence, and its compact application follows the single-state application. This row carries Indiana's statements only. Licensing information.
- Offices in these sources
- "Indiana State Board of Nursing", "402 West Washington Street, Room W072", "Indianapolis, IN 46204". Rules notice.
- Sources last checked
- Aug 30, 2026
Reproduced from the board's own pages and documents quoted below: potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of eligibility or of which pathway applies to any situation.
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This page assembles Indiana's current endorsement route for an RN or LPN already licensed elsewhere: online filing, separate single-state and compact applications, temporary permits, fingerprints, every stated fee and timeline, and the original sources. Indiana vocabulary is Endorsement/Reciprocity, Temporary Permit, NLC, Multistate License, Primary State of Residence, and MyLicense One. Confirm applicability with the board itself. All amounts are quoted from the sources, not a total calculated for you.
The pathways, as the board describes them
Endorsement. An applicant must hold an active license in at least one U.S. state or territory; an inactive out-of-state license must be renewed before endorsement. Licensing information.
Single-state first, compact second. Indiana says: "The compact application is a separate application from the single state application." It must be filed after the single-state application, and Indiana must be the primary state of residence. Licensing information.
Compact mobility. The board describes one home-state multistate license authorizing practice across compact states. Licensing information.
The published process
Practice while the application is pending. An applicant with an active license elsewhere and a pending Indiana endorsement application may request a temporary permit. It is valid 90 days; the board may approve an extension not exceeding another 90 days, and no more than one permit may issue for the pending application. Licensing information.
Verification of the existing license. The public page requires an active license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. The captured page does not state the precise verification transport or whether every prior jurisdiction must verify; MyLicense screens remain pending.
Fingerprints and the background check. The CBC must be submitted after the license application. Indiana publishes service code 24YB2Y for LPN and 24YF1V for RN and identifies IdentoGo as the fingerprint vendor. CBC page.
The three rows above answer the questions an experienced adviser raises first, from the board's own published documents, or record that a question is not answered in them.
Fees, as stated in the sources
All quoted; none totaled.
Endorsement. "Application Fee of $50.00" and nonrefundable. Licensing information.
Compact and temporary permit. Compact "$25.00 fee" and temporary permit "$10.00 fee". Licensing information.
Background check. "$38.20 per applicant". CBC page.
Timelines, as stated in the sources
All quoted; none calculated.
Temporary permit. Ninety days; a board-approved extension may not exceed ninety days. Licensing information.
CBC result. Federal processing typically takes 72–96 hours after fingerprinting; out-of-state applicants take about 7–10 days, and the agency warns nursing volume may add delay. CBC page.
Permanent endorsement. No overall processing clock appears on the licensing, CBC, or rules-notice pages. What this means for a particular application is for the board to determine.
Change log
Aug 27, 2026 · Page created. Captured three first-party sources. Findings recorded rather than smoothed: (1) Indiana requires an active out-of-state license for endorsement; (2) the $25 compact application is separate and follows the $50 single-state application; (3) the temporary permit costs $10, lasts 90 days, may receive one board-approved extension up to 90 days, and only one permit may issue per pending application; (4) the CBC costs $38.20 and must follow filing; (5) in-state and out-of-state CBC timing differs; (6) the detailed verification transport and permanent-processing clock are absent from the named sources. Capture pending: MyLicense One screens, detailed verification workflow, and Internet Archive captures. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter, reviewed Aug 30, 2026. Corrections on the record in this log: hello@fieldassembly.net.