Nursing Compact States
Compact States Benefits
The Nurse License Compact (NLC) started in 1997 and now comprises 34 participating states, referred to presently as the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). In 2017, new legislation was adopted and now offers 11 uniform requirements allowing nurses to work in any one of these Compact states without having to obtain additional licenses. This provides Registered Nurses with flexibility while saving time, money and paperwork when taking travel assignments in any of the participating states.
Eligibility for Compact Nursing License
You may already be eligible for a Compact Nursing License if you legally reside in an eNLC state and you meet all the licensure requirements. If not, registered nurses can obtain a compact, or multi-state nursing license if they:
- Have Graduated from a board-approved nursing program
- Maintain an active nursing license
- Complete state and federal fingerprint-based criminal backgrounds
- Have passed an NCLEX Nurse Examination
- Meet residency state requirements for licensure
- Maintain a valid US social security number
How You Benefit from the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
Over 50% of the states in the US are members of the eNLC, making travel in a compact state a snap.
As a licensed RN with an eNLC or multi-state license, you will have quick access to travel nursing jobs in other member states. There are currently 34 member states and the network continues to grow. Nurses who live in the original 25 compact states are grandfathered into the new eNLC.
Your Stability recruiter will be happy to talk you through the licensing process. In the end, you’ll have a multi-state nursing license that saves you a great deal of time, money, and paperwork and allows you to do what you love in 34 states!
Explore the Compact States
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
