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: National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) ID - XML Representation

Active as of 2025-10-02

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<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="NCSBNID"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: NamingSystem NCSBNID</b></p><a name="NCSBNID"> </a><a name="hcNCSBNID"> </a><h3>Summary</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td>Defining URL</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/NCSBNID</td></tr><tr><td>Version</td><td>1.0.0</td></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>NCSBNID</td></tr><tr><td>Title</td><td>National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) ID</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>active</td></tr><tr><td>Definition</td><td><div><p>Every licensed nurse is assigned an NCSBN ID. This unique number connects all licenses held by a nurse—regardless of license type and across jurisdictions. It supports efficient license management and verification while protecting personal identifiable information (PII), enabling data sharing between systems without compromising privacy. With one number, a nurse can easily access all licensure information in one place.</p>
<p>Nursys is the only national database for verification of nurse licensure, discipline and practice privileges for RNs, LPN/VNs and APRNs licensed in participating jurisdictions, including all states in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).</p>
<p>For more information, see <a href="https://www.ncsbn.org/nursing-regulation/licensure/license-verification/ncsbn-id.page">https://www.ncsbn.org/nursing-regulation/licensure/license-verification/ncsbn-id.page</a>.</p>
</div></td></tr><tr><td>Publisher</td><td>National Council of State Boards of Nursing</td></tr><tr><td>Copyright</td><td><div><p>No license or other permission is required for this use.</p>
</div></td></tr></table><h3>Identifiers</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Preferred</b></td><td><b>Period</b></td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/NCSBNID</td><td>true</td><td>2025-10-02 --&gt; (ongoing)</td></tr></table></div>
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  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/NCSBNID"/>
  <version value="1.0.0"/>
  <name value="NCSBNID"/>
  <title value="National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) ID"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <kind value="identifier"/>
  <date value="2025-10-02T00:00:00-00:00"/>
  <publisher value="National Council of State Boards of Nursing"/>
  <contact>
    <name
          value="National Council of State Boards of Nursing; PO Box 5300, Scranton, PA 18505"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="phone"/>
      <value value="312-525-3600"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://www.ncsbn.org/index.page"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="National Council of State Boards of Nursing"/>
  <description
               value="Every licensed nurse is assigned an NCSBN ID. This unique number connects all licenses held by a nurse—regardless of license type and across jurisdictions. It supports efficient license management and verification while protecting personal identifiable information (PII), enabling data sharing between systems without compromising privacy. With one number, a nurse can easily access all licensure information in one place.

Nursys is the only national database for verification of nurse licensure, discipline and practice privileges for RNs, LPN/VNs and APRNs licensed in participating jurisdictions, including all states in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).

For more information, see [https://www.ncsbn.org/nursing-regulation/licensure/license-verification/ncsbn-id.page](https://www.ncsbn.org/nursing-regulation/licensure/license-verification/ncsbn-id.page)."/>
  <copyright
             value="No license or other permission is required for this use."/>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/NCSBNID"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
    <period>
      <start value="2025-10-02"/>
    </period>
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>