Section 54-02-10-12 - Other compact requirements - Compact administration1. "Head of the nurse licensing board" as used to define the compact administrator in section 54-02-10-08 means the North Dakota board of nursing. 2. Upon the effective date of this compact, the licensing board of North Dakota will participate with other licensing boards in a compact evaluation initiative, designed to evaluate the effectiveness and operability of this compact. Such compact evaluation initiative will be conducted by the nurse licensure compact administrators. A component of the compact evaluation initiative shall include a remote state identification system through which nurses will designate those remote states in which the nurse is practicing. A nurse's practice information in such identification system will be updated upon issuance and renewal of the nurse's license. The compact evaluation initiative shall continue until the year 2008, after which time a report shall be produced for comment by the participating licensing boards and will be submitted to the North Dakota legislative assembly in the form of a nurse licensure compact evaluation report. 3. To facilitate cross-state enforcement efforts, North Dakota law provides the power to recover from the affected nurse, as authorized by North Dakota Century Code section 43-12.1-13, the assessment of costs or disbursements, or both, resulting from adverse actions taken by this state against that nurse. 4. This compact is designed to facilitate the regulation of nurses and does not relieve employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations. 5. This compact does not supersede existing state labor laws. 6. This compact does not take effect before July 1, 2003. N.D. Admin Code 54-02-10-12
General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-51