How does the NLC get implemented?
In order for a state to join the NLC, state legislators or regulators must enact the interstate compact into state law or regulation. The NCSBN Delegate Assembly set out to accomplish this beginning in 1997, and drafted an outline called Strategies for Implementation of the Mutual Recognition Model of Nursing Regulation. Does enactment of the NLC affect a state’s current Nurse Practice Act? Enactment of the NLC does not change a state’s Nurse Practice Act in any way. The NLC gives states additional authority in such areas as granting practice privileges, taking actions and sharing information with other NLC states. Does enactment of the NLC affect the individual licensee? The individual RN or LPN/VN residing in an NLC state can practice in all the party states by virtue of the multi-state privilege to practice, unless there is some restriction placed on the license, and thus not granting the multi-state privilege. The individual RN or LPN/VN residing in a non-NLC state will continue to
