Vermont § 1647e - Additional authority invested in party state licensing boards

§ 1647e. Additional authority invested in party state licensing boards

• (a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a licensing board shall have
  the authority to: (1) Take adverse action against a nurse’s multistate licensure privilege to practice within
  that party state. (A) Only the home state shall have the power to take adverse action against a nurse’s
  license issued by the home state. (B) For purposes of taking adverse action, the home state licensing board shall give the
  same priority and effect to reported conduct received from a remote state as it would
  if such conduct had occurred within the home state. In so doing, the home state shall
  apply its own state laws to determine appropriate action. (2) Issue cease and desist orders or impose an encumbrance on a nurse’s authority to practice
  within that party state. (3) Complete any pending investigations of a nurse who changes primary state of residence
  during the course of such investigations. The licensing board shall also have the
  authority to take appropriate action and shall promptly report the conclusions of
  such investigations to the administrator of the coordinated licensure information
  system. The administrator of the coordinated licensure information system shall promptly
  notify the new home state of any such actions. (4) Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and
  testimony of witnesses as well as the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by
  a licensing board in a party state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or
  the production of evidence from another party state shall be enforced in the latter
  state by any court of competent jurisdiction according to the practice and procedure
  of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it. The
  issuing authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other
  fees required by the service statutes of the state in which the witnesses or evidence
  is located. (5) Obtain and submit, for each nurse licensure applicant, fingerprint or other biometric-based
  information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal background checks,
  receive the results of the Federal Bureau of Investigation record search on criminal
  background checks, and use the results in making licensure decisions. (6) If otherwise permitted by state law, recover from the affected nurse the costs of
  investigations and disposition of cases resulting from any adverse action taken against
  that nurse. (7) Take adverse action based on the factual findings of the remote state, provided that
  the licensing board follows its own procedures for taking such adverse action. (b) If adverse action is taken by the home state against a nurse’s multistate license,
  the nurse’s multistate licensure privilege to practice in all other party states shall
  be deactivated until all encumbrances have been removed from the multistate license.
  All home state disciplinary orders that impose adverse action against a nurse’s multistate
  license shall include a statement that the nurse’s multistate licensure privilege
  is deactivated in all party states during the pendency of the order. (c) Nothing in this Compact shall override a party state’s decision that participation
  in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action. The home state licensing
  board shall deactivate the multistate licensure privilege under the multistate license
  of any nurse for the duration of the nurse’s participation in an alternative program. (Added 2021, No. 64, § 1, eff. Feb. 1, 2022.)