• Take your required prelicensing education course and obtain your course certificate
  • Prep for your exam (3-5 weeks; includes course time)
    • Already Taken an Approved Course and Still Need Help Passing the Exam?
      Purchase our National Exam Prep Package at least 3 weeks before you next plan to take your exam. Plan to do daily prep and to take the exam immediately after you finish the materials.
  • Make an examination reservation (online) and pay the exam fee at least several days in advance (Exam Provider: Pearson VUE).
  • Take and pass your licensing exam (Pearson VUE test centers)
  • Make a fingerprint reservation (online) (Finger printing service: Live Scan Fingerprints)
  • Get fingerprinted immediately before you apply for your license (Live Scan location in North Carolina)
  • Apply for your license (Online licensing service: NIPR)