§30-7F-8. Rulemaking
(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment and shall have the same force and effect as provisions of this compact. (b) Rules or amendments […]
§30-7F-9. Oversight, Dispute Resolution and Enforcement
(a) Oversight (1) Each party state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate this compact’s purposes and intent.
§30-7F-10. Effective Date, Withdrawal and Amendment
(a) This compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of this compact into law by no less than twenty-six states or December 31, 2018. All party states to this compact, that also were parties to the prior Nurse Licensure Compact, superseded by this compact, (“prior compact”), shall […]
§30-7F-11. Construction and Severability
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any party state or of the United States, or if the applicability thereof to […]
§30-7F-3. General Provisions and Jurisdiction
(a) A multistate license to practice registered or licensed practical/vocational nursing issued by a home state to a resident in that state will be recognized by each party state as authorizing a nurse to practice as a registered nurse (RN) or as a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/VN), under a multistate licensure privilege, in each party […]
§30-7F-4. Applications for Licensure in a Party State
(a) Upon application for a multistate license, the licensing board in the issuing party state shall ascertain, through the coordinated licensure information system, whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by any other state, whether there are any encumbrances on any license or multistate licensure privilege held by […]
§30-7F-5. Additional Authorities Invested in Party State Licensing Boards
(a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a licensing board shall have the authority to: (1) Take adverse action against a nurse’s multistate licensure privilege to practice within that party state.
§30-7F-6. Coordinated Licensure Information System and Exchange of Information
(a) All party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure information system of all licensed registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs/VNs). This system will include information on the licensure and disciplinary history of each nurse, as submitted by party states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure and enforcement efforts. (b) The […]
§30-7F-7. Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators
(a) The party states hereby create and establish a joint public entity known as the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. (1) The commission is an instrumentality of the party states.
§30-7F-1. Findings and Declaration of Purpose
(a) The party states find that: (1) The health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of compliance with and the effectiveness of enforcement activities related to state nurse licensure laws;