§ 5-34.3-9 - Coordinated licensure information system.
SECTION 5-34.3-9
§ 5-34.3-9 Coordinated licensureinformation system. – (a) All party states shall participate in a cooperative effort to create acoordinated data base of all licensed registered nurses and licensedpractical/vocational nurses. This system will include information on thelicensure and disciplinary history of each nurse, as contributed by partystates, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure and enforcementefforts.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all partystates' licensing boards shall promptly report adverse actions, actions againstmultistate licensure privileges, any current significant investigativeinformation yet to result in adverse action, denials of applications, and thereasons for such denials, to the coordinated licensure information system.
(c) Current significant investigative information shall betransmitted through the coordinated licensure information system only to partystate licensing boards.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all partystates' licensing boards contributing information to the coordinated licensureinformation system may designate information that may not be shared withnon-party states or disclosed to other entities or individuals without theexpress permission of the contributing state.
(e) Any personally identifiable information obtained by aparty state's licensing board from the coordinated licensure information systemmay not be shared with non-party states or disclosed to other entities orindividuals except to the extent permitted by the laws of the party statecontributing the information.
(f) Any information contributed to the coordinated licensureinformation system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws ofthe party state contributing that information, shall also be expunged from thecoordinated licensure information system.
(g) The compact administrators, acting jointly with eachother and in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated licensureinformation system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures for theidentification, collection and exchange of information under this compact.