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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 108<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242891,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69014,"identifier":"54.1-3040.10","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.10","url":"\/54.1-3040.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3040.10\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3040.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> This Compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of this Compact into law<\/span> by no less than twenty-six (26) states or December 31, 2018. All party<\/span> states to this Compact that also were parties to the prior Nurse Licensure Compact (Prior Compact) superseded by this Compact shall be deemed to have withdrawn from said Prior Compact within six (6) months after the effective date of this Compact. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each party<\/span> state to this Compact shall continue to recognize a nurse’s multistate licensure privilege<\/span> to practice in that party<\/span> state issued under the Prior Compact until such party<\/span> state has withdrawn from the Prior Compact. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any party<\/span> state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute<\/span> repealing the same. A party<\/span> state’s withdrawal shall not take effect until six (6) months after enactment of the repealing statute<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> A party<\/span> state’s withdrawal or termination shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing or terminated state’s licensing board<\/span> to report adverse actions and significant investigations occurring prior to the effective date of such withdrawal or termination. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party<\/span> state and a non-party<\/span> state that is made in accordance with the other provisions of this Compact. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> This Compact may be amended by the party<\/span> states. No amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon the party<\/span> states unless and until it is enacted into the laws<\/span> of all party<\/span> states. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> Representatives of non-party<\/span> states to this Compact shall be invited to participate in the activities of the Commission, on a nonvoting basis, prior to the adoption of this Compact by all states. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECTIVE DATE, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT (\u00a7 54.1-3040.10)\n\nA. This Compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of\nlegislative enactment of this Compact into law by no less than twenty-six (26)\nstates or December 31, 2018. All party states to this Compact that also were\nparties to the prior Nurse Licensure Compact (Prior Compact) superseded by this\nCompact shall be deemed to have withdrawn from said Prior Compact within six (6)\nmonths after the effective date of this Compact.\n\nB. Each party state to this Compact shall continue to recognize a nurse’s\nmultistate licensure privilege to practice in that party state issued under the\nPrior Compact until such party state has withdrawn from the Prior Compact.\n\nC. Any party state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute\nrepealing the same. A party state’s withdrawal shall not take effect until\nsix (6) months after enactment of the repealing statute.\n\nD. A party state’s withdrawal or termination shall not affect the\ncontinuing requirement of the withdrawing or terminated state’s licensing\nboard to report adverse actions and significant investigations occurring prior\nto the effective date of such withdrawal or termination.\n\nE. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent\nany nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party\nstate and a non-party state that is made in accordance with the other provisions\nof this Compact.\n\nF. This Compact may be amended by the party states. No amendment to this Compact\nshall become effective and binding upon the party states unless and until it is\nenacted into the laws of all party states.\n\nG. Representatives of non-party states to this Compact shall be invited to\nparticipate in the activities of the Commission, on a nonvoting basis, prior to\nthe adoption of this Compact by all states.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 108.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}