{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/54.1-3040.6.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/54.1-3040.6.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/54.1-3040.6.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/54.1-3040.6.html"}],"law_id":73030,"edition_id":1,"section_id":73030,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.6","catch_line":"Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information","history":"2016, c. 108.","full_text":"A\n\nAll party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure information system of all licensed registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical\/vocational nurses (LPNs\/VNs). This system will include information on the licensure and disciplinary history of each nurse, as submitted by party states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure and enforcement efforts.B\n\nThe Commission, in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated licensure information system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures for the identification, collection, and exchange of information under this Compact.C\n\nAll licensing boards shall promptly report to the coordinated licensure information system any adverse action, any current significant investigative information, denials of applications (with the reasons for such denials), and nurse participation in alternative programs known to the licensing board regardless of whether such participation is deemed nonpublic or confidential under state law.D\n\nCurrent significant investigative information and participation in nonpublic or confidential alternative programs shall be transmitted through the coordinated licensure information system only to party state licensing boards.E\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, all party state licensing boards contributing information to the coordinated licensure information system may designate information that may not be shared with non-party states or disclosed to other entities or individuals without the express permission of the contributing state.F\n\nAny personally identifiable information obtained from the coordinated licensure information system by a party state licensing board shall not be shared with non-party states or disclosed to other entities or individuals except to the extent permitted by the laws of the party state contributing the information.G\n\nAny information contributed to the coordinated licensure information system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the party state contributing that information shall also be expunged from the coordinated licensure information system.H\n\nThe Compact administrator of each party state shall furnish a uniform data set to the Compact administrator of each other party state, which shall include, at a minimum:1\n\nIdentifying information;2\n\nLicensure data;3\n\nInformation related to alternative program participation; and4\n\nOther information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact, as determined by Commission rules.I\n\nThe Compact administrator of a party state shall provide all investigative documents and information requested by another party state.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":262962,"text":"All party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure information system of all licensed registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical\/vocational nurses (LPNs\/VNs). This system will include information on the licensure and disciplinary history of each nurse, as submitted by party states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure and enforcement efforts.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":262963,"text":"The Commission, in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated licensure information system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures for the identification, collection, and exchange of information under this Compact.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":262964,"text":"All licensing boards shall promptly report to the coordinated licensure information system any adverse action, any current significant investigative information, denials of applications (with the reasons for such denials), and nurse participation in alternative programs known to the licensing board regardless of whether such participation is deemed nonpublic or confidential under state law.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":262965,"text":"Current significant investigative information and participation in nonpublic or confidential alternative programs shall be transmitted through the coordinated licensure information system only to party state licensing boards.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":262966,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all party state licensing boards contributing information to the coordinated licensure information system may designate information that may not be shared with non-party states or disclosed to other entities or individuals without the express permission of the contributing state.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":262967,"text":"Any personally identifiable information obtained from the coordinated licensure information system by a party state licensing board shall not be shared with non-party states or disclosed to other entities or individuals except to the extent permitted by the laws of the party state contributing the information.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"6":{"id":262968,"text":"Any information contributed to the coordinated licensure information system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the party state contributing that information shall also be expunged from the coordinated licensure information system.","type":"section","prefixes":["G"],"prefix":"G","entire_prefix":"G","prefix_anchor":"G","level":1,"prior_prefix":"F","next_prefix":"H"},"7":{"id":262969,"text":"The Compact administrator of each party state shall furnish a uniform data set to the Compact administrator of each other party state, which shall include, at a minimum:","type":"section","prefixes":["H"],"prefix":"H","entire_prefix":"H","prefix_anchor":"H","level":1,"prior_prefix":"G","next_prefix":"H1"},"8":{"id":262970,"text":"Identifying information;","type":"section","prefixes":["H","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"H1","prefix_anchor":"H1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"H","next_prefix":"H2"},"9":{"id":262971,"text":"Licensure data;","type":"section","prefixes":["H","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"H2","prefix_anchor":"H2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"H1","next_prefix":"H3"},"10":{"id":262972,"text":"Information related to alternative program participation; and","type":"section","prefixes":["H","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"H3","prefix_anchor":"H3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"H2","next_prefix":"H4"},"11":{"id":262973,"text":"Other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact, as determined by Commission rules.","type":"section","prefixes":["H","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"H4","prefix_anchor":"H4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"H3","next_prefix":"I"},"12":{"id":262974,"text":"The Compact administrator of a party state shall provide all investigative documents and information requested by another party state.","type":"section","prefixes":["I"],"prefix":"I","entire_prefix":"I","prefix_anchor":"I","level":1,"prior_prefix":"H4"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13069,"edition_id":1,"name":"Nurse Licensure Compact","identifier":"6.1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13068,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:13","date_modified":"2026-06-26 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03:43:51","permalink":{"id":241105,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12758,"identifier":"III","token":"54.1\/III","url":"\/54.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12754,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations","identifier":"54.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12754,"identifier":"54.1","token":"54.1","url":"\/54.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60922,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.1","catch_line":"Findings and declaration of purpose","url":"\/54.1-3040.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.1","metadata":false},{"id":69014,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.10","catch_line":"Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment","url":"\/54.1-3040.10\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.10","metadata":false},{"id":83589,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.11","catch_line":"Construction and severability","url":"\/54.1-3040.11\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.11","metadata":false},{"id":62319,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.2","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/54.1-3040.2\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.2","metadata":false},{"id":71901,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.3","catch_line":"General provisions and jurisdiction","url":"\/54.1-3040.3\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.3","metadata":false},{"id":81413,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.4","catch_line":"Applications for licensure in a party state","url":"\/54.1-3040.4\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.4","metadata":false},{"id":68840,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.5","catch_line":"Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards","url":"\/54.1-3040.5\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.5","metadata":false},{"id":73030,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.6","catch_line":"Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information","url":"\/54.1-3040.6\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.6","metadata":false},{"id":61687,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.7","catch_line":"Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators","url":"\/54.1-3040.7\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.7","metadata":false},{"id":54121,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.8","catch_line":"Rulemaking","url":"\/54.1-3040.8\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.8","metadata":false},{"id":55145,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.9","catch_line":"Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement","url":"\/54.1-3040.9\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.9","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":68840,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.5","catch_line":"Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards","url":"\/54.1-3040.5\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.5","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":61687,"structure_id":13069,"section_number":"54.1-3040.7","catch_line":"Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators","url":"\/54.1-3040.7\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.7","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/54.1-3040.6\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0108\">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":242915,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73030,"identifier":"54.1-3040.6","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.6","url":"\/54.1-3040.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3040.6\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/6.1\/54.1-3040.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3040.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> All <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> states shall participate in a coordinated licensure information system of all licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">registered nurses<\/span> (RNs) and licensed practical\/vocational nurses (LPNs\/VNs). This system will include information on the licensure and disciplinary history of each nurse, as submitted by <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure and enforcement efforts. <a id=\"paragraph-262962\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The Commission, in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated licensure information system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures for the identification, collection, and exchange of information under this Compact. <a id=\"paragraph-262963\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> All licensing <span class=\"dictionary\">boards<\/span> shall promptly report to the coordinated licensure information system any adverse action, any current significant investigative information, denials of applications (with the reasons for such denials), and nurse participation in alternative programs known to the licensing <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> regardless of whether such participation is deemed nonpublic or confidential under state <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-262964\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Current significant investigative information and participation in nonpublic or confidential alternative programs shall be transmitted through the coordinated licensure information system only to <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state licensing <span class=\"dictionary\">boards<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-262965\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, all <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state licensing <span class=\"dictionary\">boards<\/span> contributing information to the coordinated licensure information system may designate information that may not be shared with non-<span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> states or disclosed to other entities or individuals without the express permission of the contributing state. <a id=\"paragraph-262966\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"F\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">F.<\/span> Any personally identifiable information obtained from the coordinated licensure information system by a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state licensing <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> shall not be shared with non-<span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> states or disclosed to other entities or individuals except to the extent permitted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state contributing the information. <a id=\"paragraph-262967\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#F\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"G\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">G.<\/span> Any information contributed to the coordinated licensure information system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state contributing that information shall also be expunged from the coordinated licensure information system. <a id=\"paragraph-262968\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#G\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"H\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">H.<\/span> The Compact administrator of each <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state shall furnish a uniform data set to the Compact administrator of each other <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state, which shall include, at a minimum: <a id=\"paragraph-262969\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#H\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"H1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Identifying information; <a id=\"paragraph-262970\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#H1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"H2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Licensure data; <a id=\"paragraph-262971\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#H2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"H3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Information related to alternative program participation; and <a id=\"paragraph-262972\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#H3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"H4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact, as determined by Commission rules. <a id=\"paragraph-262973\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#H4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"I\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">I.<\/span> The Compact administrator of a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state shall provide all investigative documents and information requested by another <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> state. <a id=\"paragraph-262974\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3040.6\/#I\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOORDINATED LICENSURE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION (\u00a7\n54.1-3040.6)\n\nA. All party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure information\nsystem of all licensed registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical\/vocational\nnurses (LPNs\/VNs). This system will include information on the licensure and\ndisciplinary history of each nurse, as submitted by party states, to assist in\nthe coordination of nurse licensure and enforcement efforts.\n\nB. The Commission, in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated\nlicensure information system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures\nfor the identification, collection, and exchange of information under this\nCompact.\n\nC. All licensing boards shall promptly report to the coordinated licensure\ninformation system any adverse action, any current significant investigative\ninformation, denials of applications (with the reasons for such denials), and\nnurse participation in alternative programs known to the licensing board\nregardless of whether such participation is deemed nonpublic or confidential\nunder state law.\n\nD. Current significant investigative information and participation in nonpublic\nor confidential alternative programs shall be transmitted through the\ncoordinated licensure information system only to party state licensing boards.\n\nE. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all party state licensing boards\ncontributing information to the coordinated licensure information system may\ndesignate information that may not be shared with non-party states or disclosed\nto other entities or individuals without the express permission of the\ncontributing state.\n\nF. Any personally identifiable information obtained from the coordinated\nlicensure information system by a party state licensing board shall not be\nshared with non-party states or disclosed to other entities or individuals\nexcept to the extent permitted by the laws of the party state contributing the\ninformation.\n\nG. Any information contributed to the coordinated licensure information system\nthat is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the party state\ncontributing that information shall also be expunged from the coordinated\nlicensure information system.\n\nH. The Compact administrator of each party state shall furnish a uniform data\nset to the Compact administrator of each other party state, which shall include,\nat a minimum:\n\n   1. Identifying information;\n\n   2. Licensure data;\n\n   3. Information related to alternative program participation; and\n\n   4. Other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact,\n   as determined by Commission rules.\n\nI. The Compact administrator of a party state shall provide all investigative\ndocuments and information requested by another party state.\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}}