§ 5-34.3-6 - Applications for licensure in a party state.
SECTION 5-34.3-6
§ 5-34.3-6 Applications for licensure in aparty state. – (a) Upon application for a license, the licensing board in a party state shallascertain, through the coordinated licensure information system, whether theapplicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by any otherstate, whether there are any restrictions on the multistate licensureprivilege, and whether any other adverse action by any state has been takenagainst the license.
(b) A nurse in a party state shall hold licensure in only oneparty state at a time, issued by the home state.
(c) A nurse who intends to change primary state of residencemay apply for licensure in the new home state in advance of such change.However, new licenses will not be issued by a party state until after a nurseprovides evidence of change in primary state of residence satisfactory to thenew home state's licensing board.
(d) When a nurse changes primary state of residence by;
(1) Moving between two party states, and obtains a licensefrom the new home state, the license from the former home state is no longervalid;
(2) Moving from a non-party state to a party state, andobtains a license from the new home state, the individual state license issuedby the non-party state is not affected and will remain in full force if soprovided by the laws of the non-party state;
(3) Moving from a party state to a non-party state, thelicense issued by the prior home state converts to an individual state license,valid only in the former home state, without the multistate licensure privilegeto practice in other party states.