HB 1044 Summary

• Amends North Dakota Century Code section 43-12.5-01 to establish the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure Compact, creating uniform standards for APRN licensing across participating states.

• Establishes an Interstate Commission of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact Administrators to adopt uniform licensure requirements, define approved APRN roles and population foci, and oversee compact administration.

• Allows APRNs with multistate licenses issued by their home state to practice across all party states under a multistate licensure privilege in the same role and population focus as licensed in the home state.

• Includes prescriptive authority for noncontrolled prescription drugs with multistate licenses unless the APRN lacked such authority before the compact's adoption; controlled substance prescribing remains subject to individual state requirements.

• Creates coordinated licensure information system for sharing licensing and disciplinary information among party states while protecting privacy and confidentiality of investigative records.