Address & Name Changes
Contact Information
Log in to your SD Nurse Portal account to change your address or other contact information. Click "Manage profile" located under your name on the left side of your Nurse Portal page: SD Nurse Portal
- South Dakota is a member of the NCL. Holding a multi-state license (MSL) allows a nurse to practice in other member states without obtaining additional licenses in other NLC states. To hold a MSL, a nurse must be a resident in a NLC state.
- Be prepared to provide documentation to support residence in South Dakota, examples: state driver's license, voter registration.
A nurse who holds a multistate license and changes state residence to another NLC member state must apply for a license in the new party state within 60 days!
Name Change
Log in to your SD Nurse Portal account to access the Name Change application, find application under "Other Applications".
- Be prepared to upload a copy of the legal document that makes your name change effective, examples: marriage license, divorce decree; and to submit the $10 fee.
- Upon submitssion, your name will be changed on your license record. You will be mailed a courtesy license renewal card in your new name.
Until your new name is updated in the Verification site, use your former name in relation to your nursing practice and license(s); using any other name is a violation of SD law.