Lexology February 20, 2018
On January 19, 2018, the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) was implemented in all 29 participating states including Colorado, West Virginia and Kentucky. Illinois[1] and Michigan[2] are among the states with current legislation pending to adopt the eNLC, while Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California and a handful of other states do not yet have pending legislation.
The eNLC allows a nurse practicing in a state that has adopted the compact to practice in other eNLC states without obtaining an additional license. While the eNLC became effective July 20, 2017, the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (the Commission) may now begin issuing multistate licenses and those holding multistate licenses may now start to practice in states that have enacted the...