                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE DATE, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT (§ 54.1-3040.10)

A. This Compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of
legislative enactment of this Compact into law by no less than twenty-six (26)
states or December 31, 2018. All party 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parties to the prior Nurse Licensure Compact (Prior Compact) superseded by this
Compact shall be deemed to have withdrawn from said Prior Compact within six (6)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.

B. Each party state to this Compact shall continue to recognize a nurse&#8217;s
multistate licensure privilege to practice in that party state issued under the
Prior Compact until such party state has withdrawn from the Prior Compact.

C. Any party state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute
repealing the same. A party state&#8217;s withdrawal shall not take effect until
six (6) months after enactment of the repealing statute.

D. A party state&#8217;s withdrawal or termination shall not affect the
continuing requirement of the withdrawing or terminated state&#8217;s licensing
board to report adverse actions and significant investigations occurring prior
to the effective date of such withdrawal or termination.

E. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent
any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party
state and a non-party state that is made in accordance with the other provisions
of this Compact.

F. This Compact may be amended by the party states. No amendment to this Compact
shall become effective and binding upon the party states unless and until it is
enacted into the laws of all party states.

G. Representatives of non-party 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.

HISTORY: 2016, c. 108.