Compare recorded NLC law status, multistate-license issuance and contract requirements.
Jurisdictions without researched records are marked Unverified.
How to read the table
Law enacted
The state has adopted NLC legislation.
Law in force
The legislation's effective status, including any delayed or conditional implementation.
Issuing multistate licences
The state issues multistate licences, so privilege can be exercised and verified through Nursys.
This is the only one of the three that answers “can I work there.”
Contract on privilege alone
Whether a multistate-licensed nurse can take a 13-week contract without full state licensure.
Also on this page:
NCSBN, the compact secretariat,
and CE, continuing education.
Coverage: 4 of 51 jurisdictions verified against primary sources.
47 not yet checked.
Freshness: all 16 verified facts current · oldest 24 days
(90-day threshold). Checked .
Exceptions worth seeing before the table
No jurisdiction in the verified corpus falls into these categories yet.
4 of 51 checked so far.
Nurse Licensure Compact status for all 51 US jurisdictions. Law enacted, law in force, multistate
issuance, and contract eligibility are four independent axes.
Issuing multistate licencesNo not a member state ncsbn.org
Contract on privilege aloneNo full state licence required rn.ca.gov
Last verified
NCSBN · ncsbn.org · verified
; state Board of Nursing · rn.ca.gov · verified
Sources and quotes for California
NLC law enacted
No
not published
NCSBN names California among the jurisdictions that have yet to join; no compact law is in force.
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Alaska, American Samoa, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Northern Mariana Island and Oregon have yet to join the NLC.
Alaska, American Samoa, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Northern Mariana Island and Oregon have yet to join the NLC.
Alaska, American Samoa, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Northern Mariana Island and Oregon have yet to join the NLC.
No — full state licensure is required regardless of multistate privilege.
Ruled 2026-09-11. California has not joined the NLC, so no privilege path exists; practicing on an out-of-state license alone is unlawful practice under BPC 2795/2796. A California license via
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endorsement (or exam) is required.
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it is unlawful for any person without an active RN license to practice or offer to practice as a registered nurse
Current statutory enactment verified independently of implementation. Enactment signature date/bill were not established from this citation.
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The Nurse Licensure Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
Delayed implementation: This compact becomes effective and binding on the date of legislative enactment of this compact into law by no fewer than 26 states or on December 31, 2018, whichever occurs first.
The statutory latest effective deadline has passed. Exact triggered effective date is not assigned here; implementation remains separately sourced.
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This compact becomes effective and binding on the date of legislative enactment of this compact into law by no fewer than 26 states or on December 31, 2018, whichever occurs first.
NCSBN Date Implemented NLC table establishes operational implementation.
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This is not the enactment or statutory effective date. PDF still displays an old revised-date label although its table includes later implementations; state-specific date is corroborated by current NCSBN/board membership evidence, not the overall count.
Yes — multistate privilege alone is sufficient for a travel contract.
Conditional RN/LPN nursing-license portability only: active multistate authority, compact PSOR and applicable state practice laws.
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Employer onboarding, clinical scope and job credentials remain separate; changing PSOR triggers a new home-state application.
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If a nurse holds a multistate license, they can practice in other NLC states/territories without obtaining additional licenses, while their primary state of residence (PSOR) is in a compact state.
Session-law adoption verified independently from the implementation date; signature date not transcribed into this field.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 SESSION LAW 2017-140 HOUSE BILL 550 AN ACT repealing and replacing north carolina's current nurse licensure compact. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Delayed implementation: This act becomes effective when at least 26 states have enacted the Nurse Licensure Compact set forth in Section 2 of this act or December 31, 2018, whichever is earlier.
Section 3 contains an effective-date trigger and latest date that has passed.
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Exact triggered effective date remains unassigned; current statute is separately checked and operational implementation is independently sourced.
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This act becomes effective when at least 26 states have enacted the Nurse Licensure Compact set forth in Section 2 of this act or December 31, 2018, whichever is earlier.
NCSBN Date Implemented NLC table establishes operational implementation.
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This is not the enactment or statutory effective date. PDF still displays an old revised-date label although its table includes later implementations; state-specific date is corroborated by current NCSBN/board membership evidence, not the overall count.
Yes — multistate privilege alone is sufficient for a travel contract.
Conditional RN/LPN nursing-license portability only: active multistate authority, compact PSOR and applicable state practice laws.
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Employer onboarding, clinical scope and job credentials remain separate; changing PSOR triggers a new home-state application.
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If a nurse holds a multistate license, they can practice in other NLC states/territories without obtaining additional licenses, while their primary state of residence (PSOR) is in a compact state.
Partly supported — BON confirms current membership but names no enactment bill or date. The statute site (statutes.legis.state.tx.us, OC chapter 304) serves a navigation shell with no section text to automated clients, so the session law could not be verified in this pass. See open question tx-enactment-bill.
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Texas remains a compact state
This quote supports part of the value; the rest is corroborated elsewhere in the source.
The available sources do not establish whether multistate privilege is sufficient.
Partly supported — Ruled 2026-09-11. The BON addresses privilege modes (physical, electronic, telephonic) and the NLC FAQ addresses multistate practice generally, but no primary source found in this pass addresses contract duration the way the EMS Commission's 'no time limit' statement does. The 60-day rule governs residence changes, not assignment length. See open question tx-traveler-duration.
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with the privilege to practice in the home state and in other eNLC states physically, electronically, and/or telephonically
This quote supports part of the value; the rest is corroborated elsewhere in the source.