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Lawmakers consider reciprocity to speed APRN mobility as APRN compact stalls
Summary
Supporters urged the House committee to require the Board of Nursing to begin reciprocal licensure talks with neighboring jurisdictions to ease workforce shortages for advanced practice registered nurses; opponents and some stakeholders said an interstate compact offers stronger disciplinary and controlled-substance frameworks.
Delegate Tom Hutchinson and the Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland pressed the Health and Government Operations Committee to require the Maryland Board of Nursing to explore licensure reciprocity with bordering jurisdictions (Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia) under House Bill 6-02.
Supporters said reciprocity would speed licensure portability, especially for nurses practicing near state borders or providing telehealth across state lines, and would help address workforce shortages while the APRN compact remains unadopted or disputed.
Nut graf: Testimony split along practical vs. structural lines.…
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