Enacting the interstate "Nurse Licensure Compact"ARTICLE 1 FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSEStating certain findings relating to the health and safety of the public and regulation of the practice of nursing and the general purpose relating to state responsibility for the licensure and regulation of nurses ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONSDefining certain terms ARTICLE 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND JURISDICTIONProviding for the recognition of licenses to practice registered nursing (RN) or licensed practical nursing (LPN) issued by home states by party states as a multistate licensure privilege to practice; authorizing party states to limit or revoke the multistate licensure privilege to protect the health and safety of the public, specifying certain notice requirements; requiring nurses practicing in party states to comply with practice laws of the state; compact not to affect additional requirements imposed by states for advanced practice registered nursing ARTICLE 4 APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSURE IN A PARTY STATESpecifying procedures for applications for licensure in party states; restricting licensure to one state at a time; authorizing application for licensure in a new home state before a change of residence ARTICLE 5 ADVERSE ACTIONSRequiring the licensing boards of remote states to promptly report actions and significant current investigative information; granting licensing boards of party states the authority to complete pending investigations and take appropriate actions, restricting the power to impose adverse actions against licenses issued to the home state; providing for participation in alternative programs in lieu of licensure action under certain conditions ARTICLE 6 ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES INVESTED IN PARTY STATE NURSE LICENSING BOARDS Granting party state nurse licensing boards the authority to recover costs of investigations and disposition of cases resulting from adverse actions taken against nurses, to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigations requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and for the production of evidence, to issue cease and desist orders to limit or revoke the authority to practice and to promulgate uniform rules and regulations ARTICLE 7 COORDINATED LICENSURE INFORMATION SYSTEMRequiring party states to participate in a cooperative effort to create a coordinated database of licensed registered and practical nurses including information on the licensure and disciplinary history of the nurses to assist in the coordination of licensure and enforcement efforts; requiring the licensing boards of party states to promptly report adverse actions, actions against multistate licensure privileges and current significant investigate information to the system, providing for the protection or expungement of certain information; requiring compact administrator formulation of necessary and proper procedures for the identification, collection and exchange of information ARTICLE 8 COMPACT ADMINISTRATION AND INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATIONDesignating the heads of the nurse licensing boards or designees of the party states as compact administrators, specifying certain powers and duties ARTICLE 9 IMMUNITY Granting immunity from liability for party state officers, employees and agents in good faith performance of duties ARTICLE 10 ENTRY INTO FORCE, WITHDRAWAL AND AMENDMENT Providing for the effectiveness of the compact, for party state withdrawal and for amendmentARTICLE 11 CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITYProviding for liberal construction and severability and for the settlement of disputes; requiring the state board of nursing to establish procedures for exchanging information with party states and for providing information to the coordinated licensure information system (ra)