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Verify a Massachusetts Registered Nurse license

liveMA Board of Nursing · profession key rn

Live. We query the board directly for every check and the nightly canary is passing.

How Massachusetts Registered Nurse license verification works

A Registered Nurse in Massachusetts is licensed by the MA Board of Nursing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: status issued last_renewed expires license_type actions education associated_licenses city_state.

Board note: BHPL ArcHealth JSON API (healthprofessionlicensing-api.mass.gov); RN/LPN + APRN authorizations (CNP/CNS/PCNS/CRNA/CNM carry the RN number); compliance actions in detail; nightly bulk CSV export also published

What a Registered Nurse license check returns

Field checkPasses when
license_numberEqual to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
nameLast name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
license_typeThe record is a Registered Nurse license, strictly (no near-miss types)
statusThe board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
expiresExpiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
disciplinary_actionsRecorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Nurse Licensure Compact and multistate Registered Nurse licenses

Registered Nurse licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the Nurse Licensure Compact. When the Massachusetts record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.

Verify a Massachusetts Registered Nurse license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "MA", "profession": "rn", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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