(a) This compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of this compact into law by not less than 26 states or December 31, 2019. All party states that also participated in the prior Nurse Licensure Compact, which is superseded by this compact, shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Nurse Licensure Compact on the first day of the sixth month after the effective date of this compact.
(b) Each party state shall continue to recognize the multistate licensure privilege of a nurse to practice in that party state issued under the Nurse Licensure Compact until the party state has withdrawn from the Nurse Licensure Compact.
(c) A party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a general law repealing this compact. Withdrawal by a party state may not take effect until six months after the effective date of the repeal.
(d) The withdrawal or termination of a party state shall not affect the continuing requirement of the state licensing board of that state to report adverse actions and significant investigations occurring before the effective date of the withdrawal or termination.
(e) Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party state and a nonparty state that is made in accordance with any other provision of this compact.
(f) This compact may be amended by the party states. No amendment to this compact shall become effective and binding upon the party states until it is enacted by all party states.
(g) Representatives of nonparty states shall be invited to participate in the activities of the commission, on a nonvoting basis, before the adoption of this compact by all states.
Last modified: May 3, 2021