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  • what-nurse-employers-need-to-know.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    This is based on where the nurse pays federal income tax, votes or holds a current driver’s license. • When a nurse is hired in a remote state for a temporary position or commutes to the remote state from the primary state of residence (usually an adjacent state), employers cannot require the nurse to apply for licensure in the remote state when the nurse has lawfully declared another state as the primary state of residence. • A BON in a remote state cannot issue a single state license to a nurse who holds a multistate license in the nurse’s home state.

  • Legalmemotoemployers2018.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    Article III a. of the Compact provides: “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 state.”

  • Microsoft Word - Att_15_Proposed Revised Legal Memo to Employers_Draft 4

    Site: nursecompact.com

    Article III a. of the Compact provides: “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 state.”

  • 2018MilitaryFactsheetFINAL.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    A nurse working in a remote NLC state in a federal/military facility may practice on a single state license issued by the remote NLC state and is not required to obtain a multistate license from their PSOR. A nurse employed by the federal government holding a multistate license in the PSOR shall not hold an additional single state license in any remote NLC state.

  • military-family-fact-sheet.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    What You Need to Know: Federal/Military Nurses and Spouses Follow us 111 E. Wacker Drive, Ste. 2900, Chicago, IL 60601 nlc.gov | nursecompact@ncsbn.org A nurse working in a remote NLC state in a federal/military facility may practice on a single state license issued by the remote NLC state and is not required to obtain a multistate license from their PSOR. A nurse employed by the federal government holding a multistate license in the PSOR shall not hold an additional single state license in any remote NLC state.

  • Microsoft Word - MINUTES_NLC_Commission_Meeting_ March 10 2025_DRAFT 6

    Site: nursecompact.com

    F. Knight explained that the  licensee owns the report and they  may be able to present it to a  specific BON (such as a new  party  state) with licensee authorization.  The NLC does not require a new  foreign credentials evaluation each  time a licensee moves to a new  state.       14.    Public Open Discussion Forum       There were no questions.        

  • 2018CNOFactsheetFINAL.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    Employers can also view an individualized authorization to practice map which displays the states where a nurse can legally practice. It is recommended that a facility’s employed nurses are registered in e-Notify at www.nursys.com so that the facility will receive automatic updates when a nurse is disciplined or has a license status change for any license the nurse holds.

  • NLC_Final_050415.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    “Multistate license” means a license to practice as a registered or a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/VN) issued by a home state licensing board that authorizes the licensed nurse to practice in all party states under a multistate licensure privilege. i. “Multistate licensure privilege” means a legal authorization associated with a multistate license permitting the practice of nursing as either a registered nurse (RN) or LPN/VN in a remote state. j.

  • nlc_definitions.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    Multistate License: a license to practice as a registered nurse (RN) or a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/VN) issued by a home state licensing board that authorizes the licensed nurse to practice in all compact states under a multistate licensure privilege. Nursys®: the national nurse database that contains the licensure and disciplinary information of all RNs and LPN/VNs as contributed by states.

  • MINUTES_NLC_Commission_Meeting%20Oct%2031%202023_Final.pdf

    Site: nursecompact.com

    Member Updates A. Bradywood announced Washington State Board of Nursing (BON) plans to begin issuing multistate licenses to Washington nurses as of Jan. 2024. The BON will send specific communications to all states upon receiving an estimate of a launch date. 8. Open Discussion Forum L Scheidt (MO) discussed how automated licensure systems may cause a multistate license to change to a single-state when a licensee changes their address online, and the need for states to integrate Nursys API.