Fact: Employers need to verify that the nurse has an unrestricted licensed in the primary state of residence and has multi state privileges to work in a party state. The compact state boards of nursing do not have “other” paperwork required or need to be notified that the nurse is working on a compact privilege prior to being employed.
Myth 6: I will have to give up my license in the non-compact state when moving and declaring a compact state as my primary state of residence.
Fact: According to compact statute, you are only allowed to have one multistate compact license at a time. This law does not apply to licenses from states not in the compact. Therefore, you may keep any non-compact state licenses when issued a compact state license. There is no limit to the number of licenses you may hold from non-compact states.
Myth 7: I’ll need to re-take the NCLEX, if I apply for a license in a compact state.
