2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 33 - NURSES
Section 40-33-1305. Purposes; financial support.

(A) The Nurse Licensure Compact is created and entered into by this State with all other states legally joining in the form substantially as set forth in this article.

(B) The purposes of this compact are to:

(1) facilitate the states' responsibility to protect the public's health and safety;

(2) ensure and encourage the cooperation of party states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation;

(3) facilitate the exchange of information between party states in the areas of nurse regulation, investigation, and adverse actions;

(4) promote compliance with the laws governing the practice of nursing in each jurisdiction;

(5) through the mutual recognition of party state licenses, grant all party states the authority to hold nurses accountable for meeting all state practice laws in the states in which their patients are located at the time care is rendered.

(C) All costs associated with the financial support of the compact operation must be borne by the hiring agencies or agents.

HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 87, Section 2.

Editor's Note

2005 Act No. 87, Section 7, provides as follows:

"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to nursing licenses applied for after September 30, 2006."