South Carolina Code 40-33-1320. Applications for licensure in a party state
(1) the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by another state;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-33-1320
- Adverse action: means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against a nurse, including actions against an individual's license or multistate licensure privilege such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, limitation on the licensee's practice, or any other encumbrance on licensure affecting a nurse's authorization to practice, including issuance of a cease and desist action. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Alternative program: means a nondisciplinary monitoring program approved by a licensing board. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Commission: means the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Coordinated licensure information system: means an integrated process for collecting, storing, and sharing information on nurse licensure and enforcement activities related to nurse licensure laws that is administered by a nonprofit organization composed of and controlled by licensing boards. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Encumbrance: means a revocation or suspension of, or any limitation on, the full and unrestricted practice of nursing imposed by a licensing board. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Home state: means the party state which is the nurse's primary state of residence. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Licensing board: means a party state's regulatory body responsible for issuing nurse licenses. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Multistate license: means a license to practice as a registered or a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/VN) issued by a home state licensing board that authorizes the licensed nurse to practice in all party states under a multistate licensure privilege. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Multistate licensure privilege: means a legal authorization associated with a multistate license permitting the practice of nursing as either a registered nurse (RN) or LPN/VN in a remote state. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Nurse: means RN or LPN/VN, as those terms are defined by each party state's practice laws. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Party state: means any state that has adopted this compact. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- Single-state license: means a nurse license issued by a party state that authorizes practice only within the issuing state and does not include a multistate licensure privilege to practice in any other party state. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States and the District of Columbia. See South Carolina Code 40-33-1310
(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.