Wisconsin Administrative Code
Board of Nursing
Chapter N 9 - Nurse Licensure Compact
Appendix - RULES OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION OF NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT ADMINISTRATORS
Section 300 - IMPLEMENTATION
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง 300
Current through August 26, 2024
301. IMPLEMENTATION DATE
The Compact shall be implemented on January 19, 2018.
302. TRANSITION
(1)
(a) A
nurse who holds a multistate license on the Compact effective date of July 20,
2017, and whose multistate license remains unencumbered on the January 19,
2018, implementation date and who maintains and renews a multistate license is
not required to meet the new requirements for a multistate license under the
Compact.
(b) A nurse who retained a
multistate license pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and subsequently
incurs a disqualifying event shall have the multistate license revoked or
deactivated pursuant to the laws of the home state.
(c) A nurse whose multistate license is
revoked or deactivated may be eligible for a single state license in accordance
with the laws of the party state.
(2) A nurse who applies for a multistate
license after July 20, 2017, shall be required to meet the requirements of
Article III (c) of the Compact.
(3)
During the transition period, a licensee who holds a single state license in a
Compact state that was not a member of the prior Compact and who also holds a
multistate license in a party state, may retain the single state license until
it lapses, expires or becomes inactive.
(4) After the implementation date, party
states shall not renew or reinstate a single state license if the nurse has a
multistate license in another party state.
303. RECOGNITION OF NEW PARTY STATES AFTER JANUARY 19, 2018
(1) All party states shall be
notified by the Commission within fifteen (15) calendar days when a new party
state enacts the Compact.
(2) The
new party state shall establish an implementation date six (6) months from
enactment or as specified in the enabling language and shall notify the
Director of the date.
(3) Upon
implementation, a new state licensee who holds a single state license in a
Compact state that was not a member of the prior Compact and holds a multistate
license in a party state, may retain the single state license until it lapses,
expires or becomes inactive.
(4) At
least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the implementation date, all other
party states shall notify any active single state licensee with an address in
the new party state that the licensee may only hold one multistate license in
the primary state of residence. The licensee shall be advised to obtain or
maintain a multistate license only from the primary state of
residence.
(5) Each party state
shall deactivate a multistate license when a new home state issues a multistate
license.
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