Verify a Massachusetts Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license

liveMA Board of Nursing · profession key aprn

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How Massachusetts Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license verification works

A Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) 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 Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded 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.

Verify a Massachusetts Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license by API

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

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