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Synopsis As Introduced Creates the Nurse Licensure Compact Act. Allows for reciprocity of licensure of licensed practical nurses and registered nurses among the states. Provides for administration of the Compact by the Nursing Act Coordinator. Provides that the licensing board shall participate in a Compact Evaluation Initiative designed to evaluate the effectiveness and operability of the Compact. Provides that the Compact does not relieve employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act to make changes relating to the purposes of the Compact.
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act to create the Nurse Licensure Compact Title within the Act. Allows for reciprocity of licensure of licensed practical nurses and registered nurses among the states. Allows the State to recover from the affected nurse the costs of investigations and disposition of cases resulting from adverse actions taken by the State against that nurse. Provides that the Compact does not relieve employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. Makes changes relating to the purposes of the Compact throughout the Act. Effective January 1, 2006.
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