HB1482 Summary

• Amends Arkansas Code § 17-87-601 to update the Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact, replacing the prior compact with a modernized version effective when 26 states enact it or by December 31, 2018

• Establishes a multistate license system allowing registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses to practice in multiple party states under one home state license, subject to each state's practice laws

• Creates the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators to oversee implementation, administer a coordinated licensure information system, promulgate uniform rules, and enforce compact provisions

• Requires all party states to report adverse actions, investigations, and disciplinary information through a centralized coordinated licensure information system, with restrictions on sharing sensitive investigative data

• Provides authority for each state to take adverse action against a nurse's multistate license privilege within that state while only the home state can impose action against the license itself