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Senate approves update to nurse licensure compact to ease interstate practice

Utah State Senate · January 30, 2017
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Summary

Senate passed SB 48 to adopt updates to the nurse licensure compact, allowing greater interstate recognition of nursing licenses and information sharing; sponsor said the bill had been vetted by nursing associations and the state board and it passed 27-0 with two absences.

The Utah Senate approved legislation to revise the Nurse Licensure Compact, updating state law to match a revised interstate compact that allows registered nurses to practice across member states and share licensure and disciplinary information.

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