Authority and scope
Check the professional and concern
The Board addresses Nurse Practice Act violations involving licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses. Examples include unlicensed practice, fraudulent credentials, and impairment affecting safe practice. Certified nurse aides are listed outside the Secretary of State's licensing jurisdiction. Nursing guidance distinguishes ordinary staffing and policy issues from conduct that also violates the Nurse Practice Act.
Supporting guidance: Nursing mandatory reporting ↗How to submit a licensing complaint ↗
How the official source says to file
- Use the current complaint page's GOALS link to submit a written complaint online.
- Provide your contact information, the nurse's name and license number, a detailed account, and pertinent supporting records. Use the linked license search if needed.
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What this route may not provide
Nursing guidance excludes employment disputes, personality conflicts, tardiness, and similar workplace issues. The licensing boards cannot set fees or settle fee disputes.
Supporting guidance: Nursing reporting guidance ↗How to submit a licensing complaint ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
Boards may decline anonymous complaints. Investigative material is confidential, subject to the stated hearing and agency-sharing exceptions; your identity may become known if you testify.
Supporting guidance: How to submit a licensing complaint ↗
Ask the Board promptly; mandatory reporting also applies to specified reporters.
This guide does not establish a public filing deadline. Georgia separately requires nurses, certain employers, and specified agencies to report qualifying conduct. Ask the Board promptly which reporting rule applies.
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What may happen after filing
The Board acknowledges receipt and reviews jurisdiction. Investigation may follow; outcomes can include closure, a concern letter, consent orders, or discipline. A referral alone does not establish a violation.
Supporting guidance: How to submit a licensing complaint ↗
Prepare a reviewable submission
State the concern you want reviewed, then add a short chronology, best supporting records, factual consequences, and a specific request for review.
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Sources and scope
Some agency-linked forms and destinations could not be read. Source-check dates apply to the material listed below; they do not establish that every linked portal was inspected or a complaint submitted.
How to submit a licensing complaint ↗
Current online filing instructions; contents, anonymity, confidentiality, jurisdiction, and process.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Nursing mandatory reporting ↗
Nurse categories, required reporters, reportable conduct; older postal instruction conflict.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Nursing reporting guidance ↗
Nurse reporting and exclusions for employment and interpersonal disputes.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Source check: September 19, 2026. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.