A compact license is a privilege granted to any individual who holds a license to practice a skill in one state in other states bound within that compact. Compact licensing has been around for years ...

Pennsylvania on Tuesday became the latest state to join the nurse licensure compact, which is expected to aid efforts by Pennsylvania providers to recruit nurses. The addition of Pennsylvania means 41 ...

Amy Milson estimates she lost up to $15,600 in income while waiting for the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing to approve her license. Milson, a nurse of 32 years, moved with her husband from Missouri to ...

Hoping to ease the nursing shortage, Pennsylvania began allowing nurses who hold a multistate license to begin practicing in the state as of Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of State announced.

The New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee has advanced legislation that would allow the ...

Officials launched the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, which makes it easier for physicians to obtain licenses in multiple states, Medscape reports. 1. The compact allows physicians ...

Credit: Getty Images. Carlos Gutiérrez, EdD, MMS, PA-C interviews PAs on the impact of the PA Compact Licensure and what it means for expanding health care. The recent enactment of the PA Compact ...

In a bid to streamline licensure, this week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the first-ever Licensure ...

The compact will establish a single license allowing social workers with a college degree or clinical license to serve patients across state lines (within each compact state), including through ...

For decades, physicians and nurses who ventured across state lines to practice, particularly in locum tenens roles, have reaped the benefits of medical licensure compacts. Yet, the same courtesy has ...

The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact was implemented in 29 member states Jan. 19 after governors of Colorado and New Mexico signed their legislation enacting the agreement the evening before. The eNLC ...