Withdraw from compact; repealing statute; requirements; amendments

Sec. 1. (a) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the compact. A party state's withdrawal does not take effect until six (6) months after enactment of the repealing statute. (b) A party state's withdrawal or termination does not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing or terminated state's licensing board to report adverse actions and significant investigations occurring before the effective date of the withdrawal or termination. (c) This compact does not invalidate or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party state and a nonparty state that is made in accordance with the other provisions of this compact. (d) This compact may be amended by the party states. An amendment to this compact is not effective and binding on the party states until the amendment is enacted into the laws of all party states. (e) Representatives of nonparty states to this compact must be invited to participate in the activities of the commission, on a nonvoting basis, before the adoption of this compact by all states.