Excelsior and Maryland Licensure

reebokHCFR, MSN, EMT-P, APRN, NP · Jan 26, 2012

you should contact the maryland board of nursing to be sure.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Jan 26, 2012

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the answer is that you can NOT get a license in Maryland:

State Board Requirements - excelsior.edu

The Maryland BON is the best source for info though, especially about the BSN question.

ETA: I thought you may be able to swing compact licensure as a workaround, but I found conflicting info. One page says most likely No...then again, another page hints it might be possible as long as you lived in the other compact state and not MD (otherwise if you moved to MD, you'd need the MD license that you can't get). So once again, ask the MD BON, as their response will be more accurate than mine

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jan 27, 2012

You can work in MD with a compact license -- I lived closed to Maryland and could have worked there with my Virginia multi-state compact license. But unless you can travel back in time and finish EC by 12/31/2007, you won't be eligible for licensure in Maryland under their current rules.

Unfortunately going on to get a BSN does nothing in this case -- it does not change the original source of your RN licensure.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Jan 28, 2012

You can work in MD with a compact license -- I lived closed to Maryland and could have worked there with my Virginia multi-state compact license. But unless you can travel back in time and finish EC by 12/31/2007, you won't be eligible for licensure in Maryland under their current rules.

So basically as long as OP gets a VA (or whatever compact state) license and continues to maintain her license to that state's standards, she could practice in MD under compact even now. She just can't get directly licensed or endorsed (if she lives in a non-compact state) into Maryland.

I'm just curious, and I've never even attended Excelsior :)

shona123 · Jan 28, 2012

i live in Maryland and am registered to take my NCLEX with North Carolina.

i can work in MD with NC compact licence. I contacted NC board of nursing and explained that i live in MD and did excelsior Nursing and would like NC licence. they were okay with that. i also contacted MD board of nursing and told them i did excelsior and "i have" NC compact, could i work in MD with that licence, they were also okay with that.

so do your nclex with a compact state and work in MD then eventually endorse to MD.

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jan 28, 2012

So basically as long as OP gets a VA (or whatever compact state) license and continues to maintain her license to that state's standards, she could practice in MD under compact even now. She just can't get directly licensed or endorsed (if she lives in a non-compact state) into Maryland.

That's the whole point of a compact license, yep. Of course, Virginia has extra hoops (960 hours of RN practice time) for licensure by endorsement for EC grads, so that's not exactly a great option. I finished EC before they implemented that requirement and sat for my NCLEX courtesy of the Virginia BON. But like I said ... I lived in Virginia and worked with a multi-state license, so I could have gone up the road to Maryland and worked there as well.

JROB/RN/LPN · May 30, 2012

But the law says you have to have your compact license in your state of residency. Maryland wont give you a license and neither will another state if you live in maryland. My original license in NJ and I can not get licensed in a compact state because i live in md and graduated from excelsior.

MsPC · May 30, 2012

The compact licensure part only works if you have residency in another compact license state.

Hyperbaric4u · Jun 1, 2012

Hello,I am an Respiratory Therapist (for 21 yrs) and am now going through Excelsior College to get my RN which is an absolute dream for me. I live in Colorado and was wondering if I am going to have any issues getting licensed here because I am going through EC?Please help, now I am nervous!Jody

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jun 1, 2012

Hello,I am an Respiratory Therapist (for 21 yrs) and am now going through Excelsior College to get my RN which is an absolute dream for me. I live in Colorado and was wondering if I am going to have any issues getting licensed here because I am going through EC?Please help, now I am nervous!Jody

Yes, you will have some additional requirements -- a 750 hour preceptorship. There is information on EC's website regarding this -- State Board Requirements - excelsior.edu -- have you actually enrolled already?

Hyperbaric4u · Jun 5, 2012

HI,

Yes, I am enrolled and am studying to take my exam for A&P. I knew about the 750 hour requirement and I actually thought about this for quite a while before actually enrolling. All of the Nurses that I work with really encouraged me to do this, so, I took the leap!!!!