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

liveNY Board of Nursing · profession key aprn

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

A Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) in New York is licensed by the NY 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: name license_number profession profession_code status date_of_licensure registered_through address_city address_state additional_qualifications additional_licenses school_name school_degree_date certificate_of_authorizations enforcement_actions disciplinary_summary.

Board note: NYSED Office of the Professions public verification API (api.nysed.gov/rosa/V2), key read from the public page at run time; live 2026-11-04 by owner delegation

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 New York Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (NP/CNS) license by API

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

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