HB1622 Summary

• Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, allowing nurses to obtain multistate licenses that permit practice in their home state and other compact states.

• Establishes the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators to coordinate implementation, maintain a licensure information system, and establish uniform rules for multistate nursing practice.

• Specifies that nurses must comply with state practice laws where the patient is located and that each state's licensing board retains authority over adverse actions against nurses practicing within its jurisdiction.

• Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing state labor laws and prohibits Illinois from sharing nationwide criminal history records with the Commission or other states.

• Creates multistate licensure requirements including nursing education credentials, NCLEX exam passage, criminal background clearance, and citizenship verification.