Apply for Registration

Apply on paper

Registration Application (PDF) – includes all instructions for completion of application

How to renew

Is your contact information current?

In order to serve you better, we must have your correct mailing address in our system. This is especially important because we mail your courtesy renewal notice and updated credential to the address on file. The U.S. Postal Service does not forward Department of Health mail. If your contact information is not current in our system, please complete and submit the contact information change form. If you have questions, feel free to contact our staff.

How to renew

By mail

As part of your annual renewals process, you are required to take the Nursing Pool Registration Report survey.

The collected aggregated data will be published on the Department of Health website and made readily available to the public in accordance with RCW 45.56 (Public Records Act). Anyone found to not be in compliance with annual reporting requirements may be subject to discipline action under the Uniform Disciplinary Act Chapter 18.130 RCW.

Online

Online renewal is not available for this profession.

In person

Renew in person at our Tumwater location.

Questions?

If you have questions about the renewal process, see our Frequently Asked Questions.

Renewal requirements

Before expiration, nursing pool registrations must be renewed every year on the date of original issuance. They're required to submit the appropriate fee, renewal card and background check compliance affidavit.

Fee Schedule

See fee information below

WAC 246-845-990 – Fees

  • Application - registration - $175
  • Renewal of registration* - $280
  • Registration late renewal penalty - $140
  • Expired registration re-issuance - $60
  • Duplicate license - $10
  • Verification of license - $25

* Please note there is an error in the current rule language stating renewal is due on the licensee's birthday. This was an inadvertent change that doesn't work since this isn't an individual license, so the department will continue to process renewals every year on the date of issuance as the previous rule directed. This error will be corrected in future rule making.

Fees submitted with applications for initial credentialing, examinations, renewal and other fees associated with the licensing and regulation of the profession are nonrefundable, per WAC 246-12-340.

WAC 246-12-350 – Making payments

  • Make checks or money orders payable to the Department of Health.
  • Practitioners should include their credential number on the check, draft or money order.
  • Applicants should include profession for which they are applying on the check, draft or money order.
  • Send check, draft or money order to:
    Department of Health
    Health Systems Quality Assurance
    P.O. Box 1099
    Olympia, WA 98507-1099

Helpful Links to Register as a Nursing Pool

See helpful links below

Registration with the Department of Health will ensure that your Nursing Pool is registered. You may also contact the Department of Licensing to get a business license, the Washington State Patrol to perform criminal background checks and the Internal Revenue Service to get a tax I.D. number.

Process for Approving/Denying Applications

We finish the final review for approval after a credentialing specialist verifies that the application is fully complete and complies with requirements in chapter 18.52C RCW and chapter 246-845 WAC. We complete background checks and make sure applicants have submitted required fees. Credentialing supervisors and lead workers have the authority to approve routine applications. The disciplining authority may conduct further review if the credentialing supervisor can't verify that the applicant meets all requirements. We'll formally notify applicants of a denial. Those applicants may request a hearing to appeal the decision.

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