Kansas Board of Nursing position statement on multistate regulation of nurses.
The Kansas State Board of Nursing cannot support multistate licensure under the current interstate compact language. Because each state determines the qualifications for the practice of nursing, the Kansas Attorney General believes the nurse licensure compact in its present form would be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority. Other practical issues of concern are the privacy and confidentiality of shared information, the ability to discipline licenses, the Board's ability to provide the information needed for the operation of the system, and lastly the cost to all licensees.
D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007615:Kansas; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013044:Specialty Boards; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States