South Carolina § 40-33-1320 - Applications for licensure in a party state.

§ 40-33-1320. Applications for licensure in a party state.

(A) Upon application for a multistate license, the licensing board in the issuing party state shall ascertain, through the coordinated licensure information system, whether:

(1) the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by another state;

(2) there is an encumbrance on a license or multistate licensure privilege held by the applicant;

(3) an adverse action has been taken against a license or multistate licensure privilege held by the applicant; and

(4) the applicant is currently participating in an alternative program.

(B) A nurse may hold a multistate license, issued by the home state, in only one party state at a time.

(C) If a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving between two party states, the nurse must apply for licensure in the new home state, and the multistate license issued by the prior home state will be deactivated in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission, provided:

(1) the nurse may apply for licensure in advance of a change in primary state of residence; and

(2) the new home state may not issue a multistate license until the nurse provides satisfactory evidence of a change in primary state of residence to the new home state and satisfies all applicable requirements to obtain a multistate license from the new home state.

(D) If a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving from a party state to a nonparty state, the multistate license issued by the prior home state will convert to a single-state license, valid only in the former home state.

HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 87, SECTION 2; 2017 Act No. 41 (H.3349), SECTION 1, eff May 10, 2017.

Editor's Note

2005 Act No. 87, SECTION 7, provides as follows:

"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to nursing licenses applied for after September 30, 2006."

Effect of Amendment

2017 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, rewrote the section to reflect changes mandated for membership in the Nurse Licensure Compact. Former section was titled Licensees to only be licensed in home state; change of primary state of residence.