Section 100 - DEFINITIONS(1) "Commission" means the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators.(2) "Compact" means the Nurse Licensure Compact that became effective on July 20, 2017 and implemented on January 19, 2018.(3) "Convert" means to change a multistate license to a single-state license if a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving from a party state to a non-party state; or to change a single-state license to a multistate license once any disqualifying events are eliminated.(4) "Deactivate" means to change the status of a multistate license or privilege to practice.(5) "Director" means the individual referred to in Article IV of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators Bylaws.(6) "Disqualifying Event" means an incident, which results in a person becoming disqualified or ineligible to retain or renew a multistate license. These include but are not limited to the following: any adverse action resulting in an encumbrance, current participation in an alternative program, a misdemeanor offense related to the practice of nursing (which includes, but is not limited to, an agreed disposition), or a felony offense (which includes, but is not limited to, an agreed disposition).(7) "Independent credentials review agency" means a nongovernmental evaluation agency that verifies and certifies that foreign nurse graduates have graduated from nursing programs that are academically equivalent to nursing programs in the United States.(8) "Licensure" includes the authority to practice nursing granted through the process of examination, endorsement, renewal, reinstatement and/or reactivation.(9) "Prior Compact" means the Nurse Licensure Compact that was in effect until January 19, 2018.(10) "Unencumbered license" means a license that authorizes a nurse to engage in the full and unrestricted practice of nursing.Wis. Admin. Code Board of Nursing 100
Adopted by, Register June 2019 No. 762, eff. 7/1/2019