New Nurse Licensure Compact Members

10/1/2007

Welcome to New Compact States

JOY MEDICAL GROUP WELCOMES COLORADO AND KENTUCKY TO THE COMPACT

The process for creating a nurse licensure compact began in 1996 at the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Delegate Assembly when delegates voted to investigate different mutual recognition models and report the findings.

·                 At the 1997 Delegate Assembly, delegates unanimously agreed to endorse a mutual recognition model of nursing regulation

·                 Strategies for implementation were also developed in 1997. In that same year, the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (NLCA) was established to manage compact implementation and to develop compact rules.

·                 In 1998, the NCSBN Board of Directors approved a policy goal relating to mutual recognition, which included the goal to "remove regulatory barriers to increase access to safe nursing care."

·                 The RN and LPN/FUN Compact began January 1, 2000, when it was passed into law by the first participating states: Maryland, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

Since 1998, the compact has included registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical or vocational nurses (LPN/VNs). (Nurse Licensure Compact Adminstrators, Feb. 2008)

KENTUCKY: 6/1/2007

 COLORADO: 10/1/2007