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http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/
Multi State Compact
Sites:
http://www.ncsbn.org/files/mutual
http://www.aaohn.org
[email protected]
http://www.ohnurses.org
COAOHN's involvement:
Carole Lugar reported that she and Nan Migliozzi
have met with Carol Roe and Jan Lanier of the Ohio Board of Nursing to
discuss the issues around multi-state licensure. They have also met
with Representative Kirk Schering to garner his support for introducing
legislation. Representative Schering's suggestion was to form a task
force to study the issue and allow a forum for discussion by all affected
parties. The Ohio Nurses Association fears if this legislation is
passed, it might become a strikebreaker, allowing Ohio medical providers
and hospitals to hire nurses from other states in the event of strike
action. Carole and Nan will remain actively involved in this issue
and will take the task force suggestion under advisement. There has
already been extensive discussion with other Ohio nursing groups so this
suggestion may be moot. Their thought is that time and effort may be
better spent contacting legislators on the various health committees
to educate them on the issues.
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OAOHN's
involvement:
OAOHN Member Survey
results regarding
Multi-state Nursing Licensure was mailed to 701 members of OAOHN. Of
that, 402 questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 57.4%.
The results
revealed:
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18% of the
respondents hold nursing licenses in more than one state.
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68.1% of members
holding multiple licenses fulfill continuing education requirements
for more than one site.
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36.5% of
respondents provide telephone consultation or case management services
to employees outside the state of Ohio.
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70% of the
respondents anticipated that an occasion to work in more than one
state would/could arise at their worksite.
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99.25% of the
respondents reported that they were supportive of Ohio being a member
of an interstate compact.
The survey results
indicate that a majority of respondents either currently provide nursing
care
in more than one state or anticipate the need to
do so at some point
in their career. A large
majority of respondents support the idea of
Ohio joining an interstate compact that would
result in mutual recognition
of nursing licenses between states.
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