Mississippi Joins Interstate Dental & Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact

Becomes the second state to adopt a licensure model built to protect public health and preserve board authority This is ...

Lawmakers renew interstate compact to protect physician licenses

With only days to spare, the Michigan Senate has passed a House bill renewing the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, ...
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Whitmer signs bills keeping Michigan in doctor license compact, designating state duck

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill extending Michigan’s participation in an agreement speeding up the process for ...
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Column: Some interstate licensure compacts in health care pose risks

The 2023 Hawaii Legislature tasked stakeholders to examine the NLC proposal as a solution to the Hawaii nursing shortage; however, the root causes of the shortage are multifaceted and will not be ...
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Ohio Considers Creating Interstate Physician Assistants Licensure Compact

Connecting doctors and their patients across state lines has become commonplace, thanks to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which now includes 37 states, the District of Colombia, and Guam.
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Michigan has a deal to avert doctors losing licenses — but it took intricate political dealmaking

The deal to keep 8,000 doctors licensed involves granting a freshman lawmaker a big political win, and awarding a sparsely ...
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100,000 Michiganders won’t lose doctors, lawmakers say, with deal on interstate compact

LANSING, MI – Up to 100,000 Michigan residents will need to find a new physician if the state’s membership in a licensure compact is not continued. More than 8,000 doctors across the state would lose ...
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Commentary: An interstate compact is not the way to fix New York’s nurse shortage

An interstate licensure compact may seem like a quick fix, but joining one could undermine the state’s high professional standards – and may not even solve the labor shortage. The pandemic has exposed ...