Authority and scope
Check the professional and concern
Use this route for complaints about nurses regulated by the Board of Registration in Nursing, including RN and LPN licenses and APRN authorization. The Board lists negligence, practice beyond scope, impairment, fraud, sexual misconduct, and unlicensed or expired-license practice as examples of reportable conduct.
Supporting guidance: File a complaint about a nurse ↗Nursing licenses ↗Board of Registration in Nursing ↗
How the official source says to file
- Use the state's health professional complaint portal. Make a separate complaint for each nurse and provide the nurse's name and license number if known.
- Describe the events with dates and locations; provide your contact information, witness details, and copies of relevant records or correspondence. The portal guidance includes an electronic records release.
- Prepare your attachments before submitting: the bureau says you cannot return to the complaint after submission. If you need a paper form, request one using the contact information on its complaint page.
Supporting guidance: File a complaint about a nurse ↗Health professional and facility complaints ↗
What this route may not provide
The nurse complaint page excludes billing and fee disputes. The broader bureau guidance also distinguishes personality conflicts from conduct that is unprofessional. Complaints about a health care facility use the separate facility complaint route identified by the state.
Supporting guidance: File a complaint about a nurse ↗Health professional and facility complaints ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
Anonymous nurse complaints may be accepted at the Board's discretion when sufficient evidence permits review without the complainant's identity or testimony. A named complaint is not confidential from the nurse: the state says the licensee receives a copy. Anonymous filers cannot receive the bureau's outcome notification.
Supporting guidance: File a complaint about a nurse ↗Health professional and facility complaints ↗
No filing deadline established by this guide; contact the Board promptly.
The reviewed pages do not specify a general nursing complaint filing deadline. Investigation and disciplinary processing can vary substantially; those duration estimates are not deadlines for bringing a complaint.
Supporting guidance: File a complaint about a nurse ↗Health professional and facility complaints ↗
What may happen after filing
Staff screen the complaint for jurisdiction and evidence. Review may include interviews, records, and site visits. A matter can be closed, investigated, dismissed after formal review, or lead to nondisciplinary action or discipline. The bureau prioritizes matters involving potential or immediate patient harm.
Supporting guidance: File a complaint about a nurse ↗Health professional and facility complaints ↗
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.
Read the linked authority and process information ↗
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.
File a complaint about a nurse ↗
Nursing violations, complaint contents, anonymous acceptance, fee exclusions, and investigation. Official page retrieved directly.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Health professional and facility complaints ↗
Portal preparation, paper-form assistance, screening, outcomes, confidentiality from subject, and facility distinction. Official page retrieved directly.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Nursing licenses ↗
Nursing licenses and APRN authorization. Official page retrieved directly.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Board of Registration in Nursing ↗
Board scope and RN/LPN license information. Official page retrieved directly.
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.