(Feb. 23, 2024) – Nurse Licensure Compact New Rule
Last month, a new Nurse Licensure Compact rule went into effect stating nurses relocating to another compact state have 60 days from the time they move to apply for a new license by endorsement in a new primary state of residence. The new rule (effective beginning Jan. 2, 2024) reads: "402(2) A multistate licensee who changes primary state of residence to another party state shall apply for a multistate license in the new party state within 60 days." FAQs and a brief video about the new rule are available online. Forty-one states have enacted the NLC. For more information, visit https://nursecompact.com/ or email nursecompact@ncsbn.org.
APRN FAQs
The latest edition of the Kansas Nursing Newsletter includes Advanced Practice FAQs. The FAQs include common questions asked of the KSBN regarding advanced practice licensure and practice. Check out the latest edition of the Kansas Nursing Newsletter (p. 5) for the FAQs list.
Nursys eNotify
The Kansas State Board of Nursing encourages nurses to enroll, at no cost, in Nursys eNotify to receive notifications related to license renewals at www.nursys.com. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing created Nursys, the only national database for licensure verification of registered nurses, licensed practical/vocational nurses and advanced practice registered nurses. There is no cost for Nursys e-Notify, which delivers real-time notifications to enrollees' inboxes and includes the following:
- Licensure status changes and expiration updates
- Create and manage multiple license expiration reminders
- Multistate and single-state changes within the Nurse Licensure Compact
- Live and dynamic updates sent securely from participating boards of nursing
- Any publicly available disciplinary action
Health care institutions also may obtain the NCSBN ID for each of your facility's nurses, allowing you to identify your nurses with a unique ID number on electronic health records and various databases for documentation, education, research and training purposes. To learn more, visit nursys.com/e-notify.
--Karen Braman