Section 300 - IMPLEMENTATION301. IMPLEMENTATION DATE The Compact shall be implemented on January 19, 2018.
302. TRANSITION (1)(a) A nurse who holds a multistate license on the Compact effective date of July 20, 2017, and whose multistate license remains unencumbered on the January 19, 2018, implementation date and who maintains and renews a multistate license is not required to meet the new requirements for a multistate license under the Compact.(b) A nurse who retained a multistate license pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and subsequently incurs a disqualifying event shall have the multistate license revoked or deactivated pursuant to the laws of the home state.(c) A nurse whose multistate license is revoked or deactivated may be eligible for a single state license in accordance with the laws of the party state.(2) A nurse who applies for a multistate license after July 20, 2017, shall be required to meet the requirements of Article III (c) of the Compact.(3) During the transition period, a licensee who holds a single state license in a Compact state that was not a member of the prior Compact and who also holds a multistate license in a party state, may retain the single state license until it lapses, expires or becomes inactive.(4) After the implementation date, party states shall not renew or reinstate a single state license if the nurse has a multistate license in another party state.303. RECOGNITION OF NEW PARTY STATES AFTER JANUARY 19, 2018(1) All party states shall be notified by the Commission within fifteen (15) calendar days when a new party state enacts the Compact.(2) The new party state shall establish an implementation date six (6) months from enactment or as specified in the enabling language and shall notify the Director of the date.(3) Upon implementation, a new state licensee who holds a single state license in a Compact state that was not a member of the prior Compact and holds a multistate license in a party state, may retain the single state license until it lapses, expires or becomes inactive.(4) At least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the implementation date, all other party states shall notify any active single state licensee with an address in the new party state that the licensee may only hold one multistate license in the primary state of residence. The licensee shall be advised to obtain or maintain a multistate license only from the primary state of residence.(5) Each party state shall deactivate a multistate license when a new home state issues a multistate license.Wis. Admin. Code Board of Nursing 300
Adopted by, Register June 2019 No. 762, eff. 7/1/2019