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This bill proposes to enact the Nurse Licensure Compact in Massachusetts. The key provisions of the bill include: - Allowing nurses with a multistate license issued by their home state to practice in all party states under a multistate licensure privilege. - Establishing the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators to oversee the implementation and administration of the compact. - Giving licensing boards in party states the authority to take adverse action against a nurse's multistate licensure privilege, with the home state having the power to take final disciplinary action. - Requiring all party states to participate in a coordinated licensure information system to share nurse licensing and disciplinary data. - Specifying the requirements for nurses to obtain and retain a multistate license, including undergoing criminal background checks. - Allowing the Board of Registration in Nursing to recover the costs of investigations and disciplinary actions from nurses. - Authorizing the Board to take disciplinary action against nurses practicing in Massachusetts under a multistate license issued by another state. The bill aims to facilitate the cross-border practice of nursing by creating a multistate licensure system while ensuring coordination and information-sharing among state nursing boards.

Health and Social Services, Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S163