                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COORDINATED LICENSURE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION (§
54.1-3040.6)

A. 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.

B. 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.

C. 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.

D. 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.

E. 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.

F. 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.

G. 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.

H. 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:

   1. Identifying information;

   2. Licensure data;

   3. Information related to alternative program participation; and

   4. Other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact,
   as determined by Commission rules.

I. The Compact administrator of a party state shall provide all investigative
documents and information requested by another party state.

HISTORY: 2016, c. 108.