Nurse Licensure Compact Commission Annual Report Now Available
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CHICAGO – The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Commission Annual Report for fiscal year 2024 (FY24), the period from Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2024, is now available on 91论坛’s website. It provides a comprehensive overview of the activities, achievements and financial performance of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (ICNLCA) throughout the report period. It also comprises a snapshot of recent accomplishments and a preview of NLC Commission goals in FY25.
“Now in its 25th year, the NLC continues to assist the nursing profession by streamlining licensure and facilitating nurse mobility,” says NLC Commission Chair Pamela C. Zickafoose, EdD, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNE, FRE. “At the end of fiscal year 2024, the NLC welcomed Connecticut as the 42nd jurisdiction to join the compact. Significant progress with advocacy initiatives was made in Alaska and Massachusetts. We also look forward to the full implementation of the NLC in Pennsylvania, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Connecticut, as well as celebrating additional states enacting the compact.”
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About the ICNLCA
The ICNLCA facilitates cross border nursing practice through the implementation of the nationally recognized, multistate license, the NLC. The ICNLCA enhances nurse mobility and public protection through maintaining uniform licensure standards among party state boards of nursing; promoting cooperation and collaboration between party states, facilitating the exchange of data and information between party states; and educating stakeholders. The ICNLCA is a quasi-governmental and joint public agency of the party states created and established on July 20, 2017. The Executive Committee is the seven-member elected leadership of the ICNLCA.
About the NLC
The NLC allows for RNs and LPN/VNs to have one multistate license, with the ability to practice in person or via telehealth in both their home state and other NLC states. There are 43 jurisdictions that are members of the NLC. Licensing standards are aligned in NLC states, so all nurses applying for a multistate license are required to meet the same standards, which include a federal and state criminal background check that will be conducted for all applicants for multistate licensure.
The NLC also enables nurses to provide telehealth nursing services to patients located across the country without having to obtain additional licenses. In the event of a disaster, nurses from multiple states can easily respond to supply vital services. Additionally, almost every nurse, including primary care nurses, case managers, transport nurses, school and hospice nurses, among many others, needs to routinely cross state boundaries to provide the public with access to nursing services, and a multistate license facilitates this process.