(a) This compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative
enactment of this compact into law by no less than twenty-six states or December 31, 2018.
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Compact, superseded by this compact, ("prior compact"), shall be deemed to have
withdrawn from said prior compact within six months after the effective datee of this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 thue 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party state has withdrawn from the prior compact.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 sshall not affect the continuing requirement of
the withdrawing or terminated state's licensing board to report adverse actions and
significant investigations occurring prior tio the effective date of such withdrawal or
termination. g
(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 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 parVty states.
(g) Representatives of nonparty 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
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