In 2012, I got a CNA license that expires the month of my birth on the 28th this year. So, essentially it lasts just over 2 years. Now that I've just gotten my RN license, I was expecting it to go the same way. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that, no, it expires in a few months. I just dug up the legislation related to this, and essentially, they cannot license you for longer than two years at a time. Because Maryland seems to think it would make our lives easier to expire during evenly numbered years if we were born in an evenly number year, I have a brand new nursing license that I need to pay $150 to renew in two months.
Anyway, I'm curious to hear how other states determine initial license expiration vs. renewals.