APRN Compact

States that have enacted it

• Delaware

  24 Del. C. ch. 19B · Enacted, not in effect

  CHAPTER 19B. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact [Effective upon fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 110, § 2]

  Delaware Code Online · delcode.delaware.gov · checked November 10, 2026

• North Dakota

  N.D.C.C. ch. 43-12.5 · Enacted, not in effect

  CHAPTER 43-12.5 ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT

  North Dakota Century Code · ndlegis.gov · checked November 10, 2026

• South Dakota

  SDCL 36-9D-1 (SL 2024, ch 156) · Enacted, not in effect

  Compact--Advanced practice registered nurse.

  South Dakota Codified Laws · sdlegislature.gov · checked November 10, 2026

• Utah

  Utah Code 58-31d-101 · Enacted, not in effect

  Chapter 31d Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact Section 101 Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact

  Utah Code · le.utah.gov · checked November 10, 2026

States with bills introduced but no enactment we could confirm on the state's own code today are left out.

When it starts

This Compact shall come into limited effect at such time as this Compact has been enacted into law in seven (7) party states for the sole purpose of establishing and convening the Commission to adopt rules relating to its operation.

NCSBN, APRN Compact model text, Article X · checked November 10, 2026

South Dakota is the fourth jurisdiction to enact the APRN Compact, joining Delaware, North Dakota and Utah. The APRN Compact will be implemented when seven states have enacted the legislation.

NCSBN news release · checked November 10, 2026

NCSBN is now reworking the compact itself, so a state that joins later may adopt different text from the four above:

the NCSBN Board of Directors has charged NCSBN staff to work with boards of nursing to redesign the APRN compact.

NCSBN, 2026 APRN Roundtable legislative update (transcript) · checked November 10, 2026