Does the NLC impact how disciplinary cases are handled?
All boards of nursing are mandated by law and committed to providing fair and objective resolution of disciplinary cases. The Nurse Practice Acts of most states (including non-NLC states) currently authorize boards of nursing to take action based upon action in another state. This means that a nurse who has his or her license disciplined in one state is likely to also face action in all other states of licensure. Multiple actions are possible, and likely, under the traditional regulatory scheme of single state licensure. To date, there have been only limited numbers of disciplinary cases that involve two or more states. When two or more states are involved, boards in the NLC rely on the disciplinary determination made by another board just as boards do in non-NLC states.
