Nurse Licensure Compact

The Nurse Licensure Compact allows "mutual recognition" of a nursing license between member states in the United States of America. Enacted into law by the participating states, member states allow a nurse that resides in and possesses a current nursing license in a state that is a member of the NLC to practice in any of the other member states without obtaining additional licensure in that state. It applies to both Registered and Practical Nurses and is also referred to as a multi-state license.^[1]

While a nurse's license may be multi-state, permanent relocation to another Compact state requires obtaining licensure in the new state, as their residency has changed. Likewise, a license obtained in a Compact state that is not one's primary state of residence is not mutually recognized by the other NLC members.

Participating States

Map of the member states of the Nurse Licensure Compact shown in red.

Currently there are twenty-four states participating in the Compact.^[1] They are:

• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Idaho
• Iowa
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• Wisconsin

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)". National Council of State Boards of Nursing. 2009-11-30. http://www.ncsbn.org/nlc.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-30. 

External links

• National Council of State Boards of Nursing
• FAQs about the Nursing Licensure Compact at the Texas Board of Nursing

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