2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 33 - NURSES
Section 40-33-1340. Creation of coordinated data base; reporting adverse action; sharing information with nonparty states.

(A) A party state shall participate in a cooperative effort to create a coordinated data base of all licensed registered nurses and licensed practical or vocational nurses. This system must include information on the licensure and disciplinary history of each licensee, as contributed by party states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure and enforcement efforts.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a party state's licensing board shall promptly report to the coordinated licensure information system any adverse action taken against a licensee, action against multi-state licensure privileges, any current significant investigative information yet to result in adverse action, and any denials of applications for licensure and the reasons for the denials.

(C) Current significant investigative information must be transmitted through the coordinated licensure information system only to party state licensing boards.

(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a party state's licensing board, which contributes information to the coordinated licensure information system, may designate information that must not be shared with nonparty states or disclosed to other entities or individuals without the express permission of the contributing party state.

(E) Any personally identifiable information obtained by a party state licensing board from the coordinated licensure information system must not be shared with nonparty states or disclosed to other entities or individuals except to the extent permitted by the laws of the party state contributing the information.

(F) Any information contributed to the coordinated licensure information system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the party state contributing the information must be expunged from the coordinated licensure information system.

(G) The compact administrators, acting jointly and in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated licensure information system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures for the identification, collection, and exchange of information under this compact.

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."