SB 5460 - DIGEST |
Establishes the interstate nurse licensure compact of 2019. |
Creates and establishes a joint public entity known as the interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators which is an instrumentality of the party states. |
Requires the nursing care quality assurance commission to: (1) Obtain fingerprints from each applicant for a multistate license and submit them through the Washington state patrol to the federal bureau of investigation for criminal background checks; and |
(2) Use the results of the record search in making multistate licensure decisions. |