Nursing Licensure Compact-Disciplinary Investigations

See this link to the Ohio Board of Nursing website. Its the Meeting from the March 2008 Board Meeting.

View page 197 under National Council of State Boards of Nursing Focus on Group on Interstate Licensing. http://www.nursing.ohio.gov/PDFS/NextMeeting/M1/1.2.1March08DraftMinutes.pdf

There are still unanswered questions regarding the legal authority for investigations across state lines.

What does this statement say to you?

I have been involved in concurrent State Board of Nursing investigations, where a nurse is being investigated concurrently by two State Boards of Nursing. Its complicated because what happens in one case can and will impact the other case.

Some State Nursing Boards do not readily share investigative materials with other State Nursing Boards, although alot of Boards do "share" information regardless of Compact status.