2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 33 - NURSES
Section 40-33-1320. Licensees to only be licensed in home state; change of primary state of residence.
(A) Upon receiving an application for a license, the licensing board in a party state shall ascertain through the coordinated licensure information system whether the applicant holds or has ever held a license issued by any other state, whether there are any restrictions on the applicant's multi-state licensure privilege, and whether any other adverse action by any state has been taken against the applicant's license.
(B) A licensee in a party state shall hold licensure in only one party state at a time. The license must be issued by the home state.
(C) A licensee who intends to change his or her primary state of residence may apply for licensure in the new home state in advance of the change. However, a new license must not be issued by a party state until after the licensee provides evidence of a change in his or her primary state of residence that is satisfactory to the new home state's licensing board.
(D) When a licensee changes his or her primary state of residence by moving between two party states and obtaining a license from the new home state, the license from the former home state is no longer valid.
(E) When a licensee changes his or her primary state of residence by moving from a nonparty state to a party state and obtains a license from the new home state, the license issued by the nonparty state is not affected and shall remain in full force if authorized under the laws of the nonparty state.
(F) When a licensee changes his or her primary state of residence by moving from a party state to a nonparty state, the license issued by the former home state converts to an individual state license that is valid only in the former home state. The license does not grant the multi-state licensure privilege to practice in other party states.
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."
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