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GA SB166
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/28/2017
Primary Sponsor
Renee Unterman
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AI Summary
- Georgia enters into the Nurse Licensure Compact, allowing registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses holding a multistate license from their home state to practice in all other party states without obtaining additional licenses
- Multistate license applicants must meet uniform requirements including graduating from an approved nursing program, passing the NCLEX-RN® or NCLEX-PN® exam, submitting fingerprints for FBI criminal background checks, having no felony convictions, and holding a valid Social Security number
- Establishes the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators as a joint public entity to administer the compact, with one administrator per party state, authority to promulgate binding rules, levy annual assessments on party states, and enforce compliance
- The Georgia Board of Nursing is granted authority to issue and renew multistate licenses and to take adverse action against multistate licensure privileges, and the board's executive director serves as Georgia's compact administrator
- The compact applies only to nurses from party states whose licensure requirements the Georgia Board of Nursing determines are substantially equivalent to or more stringent than Georgia's, and becomes effective upon enactment by at least 26 states or by December 31, 2018
Legislative Description
"Nurse Licensure Compact"; Georgia Board of Nursing exercise certain powers with respect to compact; authorize
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
3/27/2018
Full Bill Text
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