§ 5-34.3-12. Effective date, withdrawal and amendment. [Expires January 1, 2027]
(a) This compact shall become effective upon passage. All party states to this compact,
that also were parties to the prior nurse licensure compact superseded by this compact
("prior compact�), shall be deemed to have withdrawn from said prior compact within
six (6) months after the effective date of this compact.
(b) Each party state to this compact shall continue to recognize a nurse's multistate
licensure privilege to practice in that party state issued under the prior compact
until such party state has withdrawn from the
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§ 5-34.3-12. Effective date, withdrawal and amendment. [Expires January 1, 2027]
(a) This compact shall become effective upon passage. All party states to this compact,
that also were parties to the prior nurse licensure compact superseded by this compact
("prior compact�), shall be deemed to have withdrawn from said prior compact within
six (6) months after the effective date of this compact.
(b) Each party state to this compact shall continue to recognize a nurse's multistate
licensure privilege to practice in that party state issued under the prior compact
until such party state has withdrawn from the prior compact.
(c) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the
same. A party state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six (6) months after
enactment of the repealing statute.
(d) A party state's withdrawal or termination shall not affect the continuing requirement
of the withdrawing or terminated state's licensing board to report adverse actions
and significant investigations occurring prior to the effective date of such 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 non-party state that is made in accordance with the other provisions 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 unless and until it is enacted
into the laws of all party states.
(g) Representatives of non-party states to this compact shall be invited to participate
in the activities of the commission, on a nonvoting basis, prior to the adoption of
this compact by all states.
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