Wyoming RN licensure 2026: $100 fee, 3–5 weeks

Wyoming licensure at a glance

Apply and check current fees at nursing-online.state.wy.us.

Wyoming renewal and licensing rows checked 2026-09-26 against wsbn.wyo.gov (1, 2).

Wyoming RN license renewal: 2 years, expiring December 31 of even years. Continuing education for Wyoming renewal: none mandatory; 40 contact hours or 400 practice hours (among other options) per 2 years.

Same in all 51: licensing · renewal · discipline · international · CEUs · defence.

Wyoming required CE topics, and free courses for them

Can Wyoming nurses finish CE for free? Wyoming names no required CE topic for RN or LPN renewal, so any accredited free course counts toward what Wyoming asks for.

Wyoming renewal CE: No mandatory CE: per 2 years, 400 practice hours, or 40 contact hours, or other listed options. Topics the Wyoming board names, checked Sep 2026:

• Controlled substance prescribing (APRN prescriptive authority): 3 contact hours · every renewal · APRN. Source
  No free course found for Wyoming's version of this yet.

Every free course, with filters: free CEUs for Wyoming nurses.

Compact status: Compact state

Wyoming issues multistate licenses. With Wyoming as your primary state of residence, one license covers every other NLC state; it follows your residence, not your job. Compact map.

Getting licensed in Wyoming

Endorsing into Wyoming runs through the Wyoming State Board of Nursing at $100, quoted at 3–5 weeks, with no second NCLEX. Because Wyoming participates in the compact, a travel nurse holding a multistate license can start an assignment here without a separate application, which is why Wyoming contracts often list short lead times.

Advanced practice in Wyoming

Whether an NP may prescribe independently in Wyoming is set by the Wyoming State Board of Nursing and moves by legislative session. Check it before accepting an APRN role there.

Practice environment

Staffing ratios: Wyoming has no statutory nurse-to-patient ratio law. Staffing is governed by hospital policy and, where one exists, the collective bargaining agreement — so safe-staffing concerns are raised through the facility's chain of command and its staffing committee rather than through a state standard.

Smallest RN workforce in the country (~5,300 employed); frontier-medicine premiums and full NP practice authority elevate APRN and travel pay.

Licensure in states bordering Wyoming

Montana · South Dakota · Nebraska · Colorado · Utah · Idaho.

Related Wyoming guides

Wyoming RN salary data · travel nursing in Wyoming · compact license map · national licensing guide.