Nurse Licensure Compact

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This is Article 6.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Nurse Licensure Compact.” It is part of Chapter 30 “Nursing”, which is part of Subtitle III “Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions”, which is part of Title 54.1 “Professions and Occupations”. It contains 11 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 11 sections.

§ 54.1-3040.1	Findings and declaration of purpose
§ 54.1-3040.10	Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment
§ 54.1-3040.11	Construction and severability
§ 54.1-3040.2	Definitions
§ 54.1-3040.3	General provisions and jurisdiction
§ 54.1-3040.4	Applications for licensure in a party state
§ 54.1-3040.5	Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards
§ 54.1-3040.6	Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information
§ 54.1-3040.7	Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators
§ 54.1-3040.8	Rulemaking
§ 54.1-3040.9	Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement