License and certification renewals can take 5 to 10 days to be processed​. If a renewal applicant is required to complete a background check as part of the renewal process, additional processing time beyond 10 days is required.

​Effective January 27, 2012:  Please be advised that the disclosure of your Social Security Number is mandatory in order to process your application.  Any license or certificate application(s) received at the Maryland Board of Nursing without a Social Security Number (SSN) WILL NOT be processed.  Applications without these numbers are incomplete.

• Verification of identity with respect to final adverse actions related to your license or certificate (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7e(b))
• Administration of the Child Support Enforcement Program (Md. Family Law Code Ann., § 10-119.3) Administration of the Child Support Enforcement Program (Md. Family Law Code Ann., § 10-119.3)
• Identification by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation of new businesses in Maryland (Md. Health Occ. Code Ann., § 1-210)
  Please understand that if the Board receives your application, but it is incomplete because there is NO Social Security Number, your application WILL NOT be processed and WILL BE returned to you.

You may no longer change your name based on a renewal application. Please disregard the statement within the renewal application that indicates you may change your name simply by filling it in the renewal form. In order to officially change your name in the MBON database, you are required to submit a Name Change Form  and appropriate legal documentation (marriage certificate/abstract, a divorce decree/dissolution showing name change clause (with judge’s signature), or a court record indicating a name change, based on the regulation under COMAR 10.27.01.10D(2)(b))