Myth 2: A Nurse who has a license in any compact state but has NOT declared primary residency in a compact state, has a multistate privilege to work in any compact state
Myth 2: A Nurse who has a license in any compact state but has NOT declared primary residency in a compact state, has a multistate privilege to work in any compact state.
Fact: If you hold a license in a compact state/Arizona but do not declare that state as your primary state of residence, the license is a single state license. The nurse must meet the licensure criteria of compact state in order to obtain and retain multistate licensure recognition (MSR) privileges on the license.
Myth 3: Employers may request that a nurse working in a compact state on a privilege obtain a license in the party state “to make sure of he/she is lawfully licensed.”
Fact: The NLC laws explicitly allow a nurse who declares a primary state of residence in a compact state to hold ONE license in the nurse’s primary state of residence and practice on the privilege in all other compact party states. The 24 compact states are not allowed to issue more than one license to anyone who has declared a compact state as their primary state of residence based on the state compact laws.
