SB38 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, the Board of Nursing is responsible for the regulation of the practice of nursing in the state.

This bill would allow the Board of Nursing to enter into the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact as a means of providing uniformity in licensing requirements and interstate practice throughout party states.

This bill would also amend existing law to make technical corrections relating to the multistate licensure of nurses.

Relating to the Board of Nursing; to amend Sections 34-21-1, 34-21-2, 34-21-21, 34-21-22, and 34-21-25, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 34-21-20.01 and Article 7, commencing with Section 34-21-120, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to allow the board to enter into the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact as a means of providing uniformity in licensing requirements and interstate practice throughout party states; and to make technical changes relating to the multistate licensure of nurses.