State Board of Nursing (SBON)
What is State Board of Nursing?
- State Boards of Nursing (SBON) is a state governmental agencies that are responsible for the regulation of nursing practice. More than 100 years ago, State Governments established SBONs to protect the public's health and welfare by overseeing and ensuring the safe practice of nursing.
- SBON achieves this mission by outlining the standards for safe nursing care and issuing Licenses to practice Nursing.
- Once a License is issued, the board's job continues by monitoring Licensees' compliance to state laws and taking action against the Licenses of those nurses who have exhibited unsafe nursing practice.
Duties of the State Board of Nursing
Each State determines the specific administrative responsibility and oversight of the SBON. SBON reports to one of the following:
- The Governor of the State
- Both the Governor and a State agency
- A State Agency
- Another State official or organization
Board structures and decision-making powers and authority are also unique for each Board. Individuals who serve on a SBON are appointed to their position. State law dictates the membership of the SBON, which usually includes a mix of:
- Registered nurses
- Licensed practical/vocational nurses
- Advanced practice registered nurses
- Consumers
Board members meet often to oversee SBON activities and take disciplinary action on Nurse Licenses as necessary.
Typical powers and duties of a SBON are:
- Enforcing the Nurse Practice Act and Nurse Licensure
- Accrediting or approving nurse education programs in schools and universities
- Developing practice standards
- Developing policies, administrative rules and regulations
Again, scope and responsibilities vary State-to-State. Therefore, Nurses in the U.S. are responsible for knowing the regulatory requirements for nursing and the nurse practice act in every state that they practice.
Source of information: https://www.ncsbn.org/boards.htm
All Member Board & Associate Member Details
Alabama Board of Nursing
Location: 770 Washington Avenue, RSA Plaza, Ste 250, Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334.293.5200 or 800.656.5318
Fax: 334.293.5201
Website: www.abn.alabama.gov
Contact Person: Peggy Benson, Interim Executive Officer
Alaska Board of Nursing
Location: 550 West Seventh Avenue Suite 1500, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3567
Phone: 907.269.8161
Fax: 907.269.8196
Website: http://commerce.alaska.gov
Contact Person: Nancy Sanders, PhD, RN, Executive Administrator
American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board
Location: LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Pago Pago, AS 96799
Phone: 684.633.1222
Fax: 684.633.1869
Contact Person: Margaret Sesepasara, RN, MS, Executive Secretary
Arizona State Board of Nursing
Location: 4747 North 7th Street, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85014-3655
Phone: 602.771.7800
Fax: 602.771.7888
Website: www.azbn.gov
Contact Person: Joey Ridenour, MN, RN, FAAN, Executive Director
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Location: University Tower Building, 1123 S. University, Suite 800, Little Rock, AR 72204-1619
Phone: 501.686.2700
Fax: 501.686.2714
Website: www.arsbn.arkansas.gov
Contact Person: Sue Tedford, MNSc, APN, RN, Executive Director
California Board of Registered Nursing
Location: 1747 North Market Boulevard, Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95834
Phone: 916.322.3350
Fax: 916.574.8637
Website: www.rn.ca.gov
Contact Person: Louise Bailey, MEd, RN, Executive Officer
California Board Of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
Location: 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 205, Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: 916.263.7800
Fax: 916.263.7859
Website: www.bvnpt.ca.gov
Contact Person: John Brooks, Acting Executive Officer
Colorado Board of Nursing
Location: Division of Professions and Occupations, 1560 Broadway, Suite 1350, Denver, CO
80202
Phone: 303.894.2430
Fax: 303.894.2821
Website: www.dora.state.co.us/nursing/
Contact Person: Georgia Roberts, Esq., Program Director
Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing
Location: Dept. of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 13PHO, Hartford, CT 06134-0328
Phone: 860.509.7624 or 860.509.7603 - for testing candidates only
Fax: 860.509.7553
Website: www.ct.gov/dph/
Contact Person: Kathleen W. Boulware, RN, Public Health Systems Manager, Practitioner
Investigation Unit
Delaware Board of Nursing
Location: 861 Silver Lake Blvd., Cannon Building, Suite 203, Dover, DE 19904
Phone: 302.744.4500
Fax: 302.739.2711
Website: dpr.delaware.gov/boards/nursing/
Contact Person: Vacant
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
Location: 899 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 877.672.2174
Fax: 202.727.8471
Website: doh.dc.gov
Contact Person: Karen Scipio-Skinner MSN, RN, Executive Director
Florida Board of Nursing
Location: 4042 Bald Cypress Way, Room 120, Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: 850.245.4125
Fax: 850.245.4172
Website: www.floridasnursing.gov
Contact Person: Joe Baker, Jr. Executive Director
Georgia Board of Nursing
Location: 237 Coliseum Drive, Macon, GA 31217-3858
Phone: 478.207.2440
Fax: 877.371.5712
Website: http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing/plb/45
Contact Person: Jim Cleghorn, Executive Director
Guam Board of Nurse Examiners
Location: Mangilao, Guam 96913-6304
Phone: 671.735.7407
Fax: 671.735.7413
Website: www.dphss.guam.gov/content/guam-board-nurse-examiners
Contact Person: Marlene Carbullido, RN, Executive Officer
Hawaii Board of Nursing
Location: King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, 3rd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Mailing Address:
PVLD/DCCA
Attn: Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 3469
Honolulu, HI 96801
Phone: 808.586.3000
Fax: 808.586.2686
Website: cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/nursing/
Contact Person: Lee Ann Teshima, Executive Officer
Idaho Board of Nursing
Location: 280 N. 8th Street, Suite 210, Boise, ID 83720
Phone: 208.334.3110
Fax: 208.334.3262
Website: www.ibn.idaho.gov
Contact Person: Sandra Evans, MAEd, RN, Executive Director
Illinois Board of Nursing
Location: James R. Thompson Center, 100 West Randolph Street, Suite 9-300, Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312.814.2715
Fax: 312.814.3145
Website: www.idfpr.com/PROFS/Info/nursing.asp
Contact Person: Michele Bromberg, MSN, APN, Nursing Coordinator
Indiana State Board of Nursing
Location: Professional Licensing Agency, 402 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317.234.2043
Fax: 317.233.4236
Website: www.in.gov/pla/nursing.htm
Contact Person: Exton Cordingley, JD, Board Director
Iowa Board of Nursing
Location: RiverPoint Business Park, 400 S.W. 8th Street, Suite B, Des Moines, IA 50309-4685
Phone: 515.281.3255
Fax: 515.281.4825
Website: nursing.iowa.gov
Contact Person: Kathleen Weinberg, RN, MSN, Executive Director
Kansas State Board of Nursing
Location: Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 1051, Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785.296.4929
Fax: 785.296.3929
Website: www.ksbn.org
Contact Person: Mary Blubaugh, MSN, RN, Executive Administrator
Kentucky Board of Nursing
Location: 312 Whittington Parkway, Suite 300, Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502.429.3300
Fax: 502.429.3311
Website: www.kbn.ky.gov
Contact Person: Paula Schenk, MPH, RN, Executive Director
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Location: 17373 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810
Phone: 225.755.7500
Fax: 225.755.7584
Website: www.lsbn.state.la.us
Contact Person: Karen C. Lyon, PhD, RN, ACNS, NEA, Executive Director
Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners
Location: 131 Airline Drive, Ste/ 301 Metairie, LA 70001
Phone: 504.838.5791
Fax: 504.838.5279
Website: www.lsbpne.com
Contact Person: Lynn Ansardi, RN, Executive Director
Maine State Board of Nursing
Location: 161 Capitol Street, Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207.287.1133
Fax: 207.287.1149
Website: www.maine.gov/boardofnursing/
Contact Person: Kim Esquibel, PhD, MSN, RN, Executive Director
Maryland Board of Nursing
Location: 4140 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone: 410.585.1900
Fax: 410.358.3530
Website: www.mbon.org/main.php
Contact Person: Mary Kay Goetter, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, Executive Director
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
Location: Commonwealth of Massachusetts 239 Causeway Street, Suite 500, 5th floor Boston, MA
02114
Phone: 617.973.0900 or 800.414.0168
Fax: 617.973.0984
Website: www.mass.gov/eohhs
Contact Person: Carol A. Silveira, MS, RN, Staff Contact
Michigan Board of Nursing
Location: Bureau of Health Care Services, 611 W. Ottawa St; PO Box 30670, Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517.335.0918
Fax: 517.241.1431
Website: http://www.michigan.gov
Contact Person: Cheryl Pezon, JD, Manager, Boards and Special Programs Section
Minnesota Board of Nursing
Location: 2829 University Avenue SE, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 612.317.3000
Fax: 612.617.2190
Website: www.nursingboard.state.mn.us
Contact Person: Shirley Brekken, MS, RN, Executive Director
Mississippi Board of Nursing
Location: 713 Pear Orchard Road, 3rd Floor, Ridgeland, MS 39157
Phone: 601.957.6300
Fax: 601.957.6301
Website: www.msbn.ms.gov/Pages/Home.aspx
Contact Person: Lynn Langley, DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CPHQ, Executive Director
Missouri State Board of Nursing
Location: 3605 Missouri Blvd., P.O. Box 656, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0656
Phone: 573.751.0681
Fax: 573.751.0075
Website: www.pr.mo.gov/nursing.asp
Contact Person: Lori Scheidt, MBA-HCM, Executive Director
Montana State Board of Nursing
Location: 301 South Park, Suite 401, P.O. Box 200513, Helena, MT 59620-0513
Phone: 406.841.2300
Fax: 406.841.2340
Website: www.nurse.mt.gov
Contact Person: Cynthia Gustafson, PhD, RN, Executive Director
Nebraska APRN Board
Location: Office of Nursing and Nursing Support, DHHS, Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit,
301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE 68509-4986
Phone: 402.471.6443
Fax: 402.471.1066
Website: www.dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth
Contact Person: Karen Bowen, MS, RN, Executive Director
Nebraska Board Of Nursing
Location: Office of Nursing and Nursing Support, DHHS, Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit,
301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE 68509-4986
Phone: 402.471.4376
Fax: 402.471.1066
Website: www.dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth
Contact Person: Karen Bowen, MS, RN, Executive Director
Nevada State Board of Nursing
Location: 5011 Meadowood Mall Way, Suite 300, Reno, NV 89502
Phone: 775.687.7700
Fax: 775.687.7707
Website: www.nevadanursingboard.org
Contact Person: Debra Scott, MSN, RN, FRE, Executive Director
New Hampshire Board of Nursing
Location: 121 S. Fruit Street, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603.271.2323
Fax: 603.271.6605
Website: www.state.nh.us/nursing
Contact Person: Denise Nies, MSN, RN, BC, Executive Director
New Jersey Board of Nursing
Location: P.O. Box 45010, 124 Halsey Street, 6th Floor, Newark, NJ 07101
Phone: 973.504.6430
Fax: 973.648.3481
Website: www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical/nursing.htm
Contact Person: Joanne Leone, Esq., Acting Executive Director
New Mexico Board of Nursing
Location: 6301 Indian School Road, NE, Suite 710, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: 505.841.8340
Fax: 505.841.8347
Website: www.bon.state.nm.us
Contact Person: Demetrius Chapman, MPH, MSN(R), APRN, Executive Director
New York State Board of Nursing
Location: Education Bldg., 89 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor West Wing, Albany, NY 12234
Phone: 518.474.3817, Ext. 120
Fax: 518.474.3706
Website: www.op.nysed.gov/prof/nurse
Contact Person: Suzanne Sullivan, JD, RN, Executive Secretary
North Carolina Board of Nursing
Location: 4516 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: 919.782.3211
Fax: 919.781.9461
Website: www.ncbon.com
Contact Person: Julia L. George, MSN, RN, FRE, Executive Director
North Dakota Board of Nursing
Location: 919 South 7th Street, Suite 504, Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701.328.9777
Fax: 701.328.9785
Website: www.ndbon.org
Contact Person: Stacey Pfenning, DNP, APRN, FNP, Executive Director
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Board of Nurse Examiners
Location: Navy Hill, Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: 670. 233.2263
Fax: 670.664.4813
Website: www.nmicbne.com
Contact Person: Bertha Camacho, MSN, WHNP-BC, Board Chairperson
Ohio Board of Nursing
Location: 17 South High Street, Suite 400, Columbus, OH 43215-3413
Phone: 614.466.6940
Fax: 614.466.0388
Website: www.nursing.ohio.gov
Contact Person: Betsy J. Houchen, JD, MS, RN, Executive Director
Oklahoma Board of Nursing
Location: 2915 N. Classen Boulevard, Suite 524, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Phone: 405.962.1800
Fax: 405.962.1821
Website: www.ok.gov/nursing
Contact Person: Kimberly Glazier, M.Ed., RN, Executive Director
Oregon State Board of Nursing
Location: 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd, Portland, OR 97224
Phone: 971.673.0685
Fax: 971.673.0684
Website: www.osbn.state.or.us
Contact Person: Ruby Jason, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Executive Director
Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
Location: P.O. Box 2649, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649
Phone: 717.783.7142
Fax: 717.783.0822
Website: www.portal.state.pa.us/portal
Contact Person: Laurette D. Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary/Section ChiefRhode
Rhode Island Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education
Location: 105 Cannon Building, Three Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401.222.5700
Fax: 401.222.3352
Website: www.health.ri.gov/for/nurses/index.php
Contact Person: Margaret L. Clifton, RN-BC, MS, CLNC, Director
South Carolina Board of Nursing
Location: Synergy Business Park, Kingstree Building, 110 Centerview Drive, Suite 202, Columbia,
SC 29210
Phone: 803.896.4550
Fax: 803.896.4515
Website: www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/nursing
Contact Person: Nancy Murphy MS, RN, BC, CPM, Administrator
South Dakota Board of Nursing
Location: 4305 South Louise Ave., Suite 201, Sioux Falls, SD 57106-3115
Phone: 605.362.2760
Fax: 605.362.2768
Website: doh.sd.gov/boards/nursing/
Contact Person: Gloria Damgaard, MS, RN, FRE, Executive Secretary
Tennessee State Board of Nursing
Location: 665 Mainstream Drive, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615.532.5166
Fax: 615.741.7899
Website: health.state.tn.us/Boards/Nursing/index.htm
Contact Person: Elizabeth Lund, MSN, RN, Executive Director
Texas Board of Nursing
Location: 333 Guadalupe, Suite 3-460, Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512.305.7400
Fax: 512.305.7401
Website: bon.state.tx.us
Contact Person: Katherine Thomas, MN, RN, FAAN, Executive Director
Utah State Board of Nursing
Location: Heber M. Wells Bldg., 4th Floor, 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: 801.530.6628
Fax: 801.530.6511
Website: www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/nursing.html
Contact Person: Suzette Farmer, PhD, RN, Bureau Manager
Vermont State Board of Nursing
Location: Office of Professional Regulation, Board of Nursing, 89 Main Street, Floor 3, Montpelier,
Vermont, 05620-3402
Phone: 802.828.2396
Fax: 802.828.2484
Website: www.vtprofessionals.org/opr1/nurses/
Contact Person: Linda Davidson, APRN, Executive Director
Virginia Board of Nursing
Location: Department of Health Professions, Perimeter Center, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300,
Henrico, Virginia 23233
Phone: 804.367.4515
Fax: 804.527.4455
Website: www.dhp.virginia.gov/nursing
Contact Person: Jay Douglas, MSM, RN, CSAC, Executive Director
Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission
Location: Department of Health, Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, Olympia, WA
98504-7864
Phone: 360.236.4700
Fax: 360.236.4738
Website: www.doh.wa.gov
Contact Person: Paula Meyer, MSN, RN, FRE, Executive Director
West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
Location: 101 Dee Drive, Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: 304.558.3596
Fax: 304.558.3666
Website: www.wvrnboard.com
Contact Person: Laura Rhodes, MSN, RN, Executive Director
West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses
Location: 101 Dee Drive, Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: 304.558.3572
Fax: 304.558.4367
Website: www.lpnboard.state.wv.us
Contact Person: Lanette Anderson, JD, MSN, RN, Executive Director
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Location: 1400 E. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608.266.2112
Fax: 608.261.7083
Website:
Contact Person: Dan Williams, Bureau Director – Division of Board Services
Wyoming State Board of Nursing
Location: 130 Hobbs Avenue, Suite B, Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: 307.777.7601
Fax: 307.777.3519
Website: nursing.state.wy.us
Contact Person: Cynthia LaBonde, MN, RN, Executive Director
Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure
Location: #3 Kongens Gade (Government Hill), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802
Phone: 340.776.7397
Fax: 340.777.4003
Website: http://www.thevibnl.org/
Contact Person: Cynthia Stapleton, Interim Executive Director