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Welcome, everyone.

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I'm Jim Puente.

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I'm the director of the Nurse Licensure Compact.

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And thank you for joining us today.

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Today, our presentation is going to focus on how the
Nurse Licensure Compact and multistate license works

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for both for service people,
as well as for military spouses.

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And, of course, we're saying military,
but when we talk about service people,

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we're also talking about federal nurses as well.

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And so let's go ahead and get started.

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We'll also provide you with the latest information on
compact states legislation,

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as well as those that are going to be implementing the
compact this year.

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So let's get started.

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Okay.

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For those of you that are new to the compact,
we want to provide you with a few definitions here,

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the terms that we use.

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Compact or a multistate license pertains to that one
license that's valid for practice

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in every compact state.

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And we use a short-form MSL oftentimes when talking
about multistate license.

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If you live in a non-compact state,
you'll be familiar with single-state license because

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that's what you hold,
a license that's only valid in one state.

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Of course, even in compact states,
single-state licenses are issued,

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especially to individual who either don't reside in
that compact state or don't meet the requirements

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for a multistate license.

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So you're still able to...you may be issued a single
state license in that situation.

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The home state is the primary state of residence.

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We all have a home state.

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We all have a place that is indicated on our legal
documents that is the state where we reside.

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And that's separate and distinct from owning property,
which is a common misunderstanding of the term primary

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state of residence.

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It is not a requirement to own any type of property to
own a home, etc., in order to be able to say you have a

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home state or a primary state of residence.

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A remote state then is every other state in the compact
other than your home state.

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So, if I am a nurse and I am today located in my home
state, Indiana, and I am practicing in Virginia,

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Virginia is the remote state and
Indiana is my home state.

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So that's how we differentiate those two.

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And then finally the privilege to practice,
which we have the acronym PTP,

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that is the authority that you
have to practice in other states.

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And so, in my example,
I am an Indiana nurse practicing in Virginia and

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exercising my privilege to practice in Virginia.

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That is my authority given to me by the multistate
license to practice in another compact state.

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My privilege to practice, that is what it's called.

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Likewise, if when I am practicing in that other state,
if I were to violate the law and be disciplined,

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my privilege to practice in
Virginia would be disciplined, okay?

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And that would be reported back to my home state.

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So primary state of residence is very important when it
comes to the multistate license.

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Everything surrounds primary state of residence.

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And you have to really understand what that means.

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As I said on the other slide,
it doesn't have to do with owning a home.

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And that's where a lot of people get confused,
especially when we're talking about military and

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military spouses because oftentimes they leave a state
and don't have a house there that they still own.

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Obviously, there never is or was a requirement to own a
home in order to be a nurse or in order to have

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a multistate license.

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And if that was the case,
I think a lot of people wouldn't be able to be a nurse.

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So let's make that clear that we're not talking about
an actual residence.

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We're talking about a status, about the state,
where you have status as a resident, okay?

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And the way you prove that is by your legal documents
that would be evidence to a board of nursing that

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you're a resident of that state.

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And what are some of those pieces of evidence that can
prove that you're a resident of a certain state?

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Well, most commonly,
boards of nursing request to see your

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driver's license, okay?

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So a driver's license is a piece of evidence.

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You may not even own a car,
but you can have a driver's license,

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the same type of thing.

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But this is the legal piece of documentation that
proves the state where you are a resident.

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And that is what's necessary when
you're applying for a multistate license.

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You must have some legal documentation that's going to
show that you're a resident of the state that you

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say you are.

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And you should know things that are common sense,
such as if you're moving to another state, well,

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I need to get a new driver's license, right?

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If you're making a permanent move,
and when you're making that permanent move,

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how are you going to continue to
vote when an election comes up?

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You need to be a registered voter in that new state.

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So all of these are things that change when you decide
to move to another state.

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For example, you're on your vehicle,
you're going to get new tags, new license plates.

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You're going to register your vehicle in that state.

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Again, these are all the things that are expected of us
when we move to another state.

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So when I say that when you apply for a multistate
license that you're going to submit proof,

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we're talking about the correct proof,
the pieces of evidence,

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like a driver's license that is from the correct state
that you actually are a resident of.

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You know, once in a while,
I come across individuals who are not too organized and

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they have a driver's license in one state,
a voter's registration in another state,

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their car's registered in another state,
and everything is a mess.

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You know, we can only have one primary state of
residence and we should have all of our legal

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documentation indicating that one same state, okay?

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Now, because we're talking about military and military
spouses, one document that some states accept for proof

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of residency is a military form.

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I believe it's Military Form 2058,
which shows what is your home state as a service person

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or as a military family.

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And your board of nursing when you're applying for a
multistate license may accept that form as well.

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So keep that in mind.

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The type of proof that a board of nursing accepts is
going to be dependent on that state.

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There is not a rule that says that certain types of
evidence as proof of residency must be accepted

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by each state.

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It is up to each individual state.

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I will tell you that most commonly,
a driver's license is accepted,

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I think just about by every state.

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But as far as beyond that,
other pieces of proof of residency,

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that could vary state by state.

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So keep that in mind.

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So the multistate license is for RNs and LPNs.

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In a couple of states, they call an LPN an LVN,
and that means the same thing.

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Those are the two types of nurses that can get a
multistate license if the nurse lives

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in a compact state.

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I can't stress enough that the very first requirement
to obtain a multistate license is that you are a

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resident of a compact state.

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That is your permanent and
primary state of residency, okay?

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You also have to keep in mind that just like a driver's
license is not a national license,

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yet we can drive across the whole country with a
driver's license, no one ever called it a

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national license, it's issued by your state.

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That is the exact same way the nurse compact works.

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The nurse compact license is a state license,
it's not a national license.

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And even when all 50 states join the compact,
it still will not be a national license,

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even though you'll be able to
practice in all 50 states.

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And that's because it's issued by your state,
it's not issued by the federal government, okay?

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So every state regulates the nurses within that state,
that means if you change your state of residency,

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now you need to get a new license that is issued by
your new state of residency.

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And we're talking about permanent changes of residency,
not temporary moves,

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where you're going to another state for a little while
and then coming back.

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That doesn't require any change in licensure.

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It is only those permanent moves where you have a new
primary state of residency that's going to require that

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you update all of your legal documents,
driver's license, voter's card, etc.,

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and nursing compact license.

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So this is the current map of the compact states.

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We're at our highest point with 39 states.

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As you can see, we're
making progress throughout the country.

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But I do want to give you a current update at this
point because we're at the very beginning of the

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legislative session,
and we are going to see some of the states that

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are gray, the gray states are not in the compact,
but we're going to see a number of them introduce

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legislation to join the compact, okay?

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And generally, we're going to see that happen between
now and April or May.

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And after that, it's going to taper off.

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So if you attend any of our webinars on a monthly
basis, this winter and spring,

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that is when we will be announcing the states that
introduced legislation to join.

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First of all, currently,
there are bills that carried over from last year

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in California and Illinois and Massachusetts.

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And we don't anticipate that the California and
Illinois legislation are going to be successful,

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but there is a possibility in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts has been trying for at least nine years
to join the compact and each year we see them getting

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a little closer.

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There are no guarantees at this point, but certainly,
that decision on joining the compact we anticipate will

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be made by the legislature in Massachusetts,
hopefully in the first half of this year.

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Again, most of those gray states that you see not in
the compact, we will see them introduce a bill to join

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the compact this year.

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They won't all be successful.

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Some of them will be.

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We do anticipate passing the 40 state mark this year,
and that's a big milestone.

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I also want to call your attention to the light blue
states, which have already passed the bill.

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They already enacted the legislation,
but they haven't implemented the compact yet.

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So keep in mind that Vermont is going to implement the
compact on February 1st.

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That's coming up in about a week.

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That means that as of February 1st,
any Vermont resident could apply

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for a multi-state license.

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Now, if you already have a Vermont single state
license, then you're just going to upgrade the

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status to multistate.

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And you'll see that application on their Vermont Board
of Nursing website.

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But that February 1st date also means that any nurse in
any compact state who has a multistate license can

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start practicing in Vermont as of February 1st.

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In other words, Vermont is now included under your
compact license as one of the states you

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can practice in.

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Ohio will implement the compact January 1st, 2023.

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So we have about 11 months to go before Ohio will be
active in the compact.

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And same thing as I just described with Vermont will be
true for Ohio.

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In Pennsylvania, we do not
have an implementation date yet.

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We hope it will be in 2022,
but the process has not begun yet.

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And we are awaiting an implementation date from the
state of Pennsylvania.

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So that is unknown.

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The same, and I don't know if you can see it,
off of the coast of Florida in the Virgin Islands,

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you'll see that that is light blue as well.

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So the Virgin Islands passed the compact last month,
and now the work of implementation will happen in 2022.

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We are hoping that before the end of this year,
the Virgin Islands will be implemented.

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So they are the 39th jurisdiction,
and we're currently working with them to establish

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an implementation date.

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So that is the outlook.

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Before turn over to the next slide,
I do want to address Guam because Guam has

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a partial implementation.

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And what that means is that Guam nurses cannot yet get
a multistate license.

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However, nurses in other compact states that have a
compact license could practice in Guam now

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at this time, okay?

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That's what a partial implementation means.

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They're halfway there.

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Only their own residents can't get a multistate
license, but the gates are open for nurses from other

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states to work in Guam.

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All right.

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So that is the legislative update.

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And hopefully, when we come back in a month from now,
we will see more legislation introduced

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in other states.

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If you want any of the details of what we just talked
about, they are available in a link at the bottom

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of this slide.

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And again, we're going to provide you with these
slides, so you could go right to it.

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Or you could just go to our website, nlc.gov,
and below the map, you'll see this link where it gives

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the different implementation details.

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Okay.

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We said the nurse compact was similar to the driver's
license, and it is in that it's issued in your primary

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state of residence, okay?

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That is the only state you can get a compact license in
the nursing compact.

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If you don't live in a compact state,
you can't get a compact license.

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If you move to another state, a permanent move,
you need to get a new driver's license and you need

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to get a new nurse compact license.

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That's the way it works because each state regulates
you whether as a driver or as a nurse,

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and that is your requirement by law to obtain a new
license in a new state of residency, okay?

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And the license itself is accepted in every compact
state, which is why you can use your state license

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to be a driver in other states across the country.

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And as you know, for the nurse compact license,
you can use it in 39 other states,

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although eventually that will be 50 states and you'll
be able to similar to a driver's license,

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use your home state license anywhere in the country.

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We're on our way to that point.

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Okay.

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So let's get into more of the subject matter.

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And on this slide, we're going to talk specifically
about federal employees who are nurses

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and military nurses.

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Of course, this includes VA and Indian Health Service
nurses who are federal employees.

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And I think everyone understands this.

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So on this slide, we're not talking about spouses who
are non-federal employees,

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we're talking about the actual federal employees or the
military service people who are nurses.

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And the way that that works is that you only need to
have one license from any jurisdiction to practice

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whether in your VA hospital or
on your military base, okay?

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And what that means is you're exempt from getting a
license in that state where you're working

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in your official capacity.

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Now, keep in mind that that exemption from licensure
only pertains to when you're working in your official

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capacity because if you're working as a civilian,
that's another story.

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Then this exemption doesn't apply to you.

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So let me use an example because this has nothing to do
with the compact, but if I'm a nurse working...if I'm

00:20:52.690 --> 00:21:01.620 position:50% align:middle
in the Navy and I'm working on a Naval base in
Virginia, I could have a license from any state, right?

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:05.780 position:50% align:middle
Any state to be able to work in a Naval hospital.

00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:11.160 position:50% align:middle
However, if I'm going to moonlight as a civilian in St.

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Joe's Hospital down the street to make some extra
money, then that doesn't hold true anymore.

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Then I'm going to need a license in that state,
a state-specific license, okay?

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:27.900 position:50% align:middle
So keep that in mind.

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And just because a nurse is federal or military doesn't
mean they automatically are eligible

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for a multistate license.

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Remember what we said on prior slides is that you have
to be a resident of a compact state to get

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a multistate license.

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So even the people in this category must be a resident
of a compact state.

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If I say I'm a...and if you remember the map,
let me use California as an example.

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California is a non-compact state.

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If that's the state that I'm saying as a Naval nurse,
if I'm saying California is my legal state

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of residency, then I can't get a compact license.

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:29.220 position:50% align:middle
You have to be able to have a compact state as your
legal state of residency, okay?

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There's a question that came in from Gina.

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What if you are both an active duty spouse and an
employee of the VA?

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Which is very possible,
you can be a spouse and also be a federal employee.

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So if you're an employee of the federal government,
then you are subject to this federal supremacy, okay?

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So keep in mind that in a married couple,
it's very possible for the husband and wife,

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for both people in the marriage I should say,
to both be federal employees or

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:17.180 position:50% align:middle
military service people.

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That's very possible, in which this applies to you,
federal supremacy applies in that case.

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But also, as we said,
when that military nurse or a VA nurse is working in a

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non-federal role, again, in a civilian facility,
then federal supremacy does not apply.

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Then you need an in-state license.

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Let's move on.

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So now we're talking about spouses who are nurses and,
in particular, spouses who are not military,

00:23:53.450 --> 00:23:59.760 position:50% align:middle
they're not service persons and
they're not VA employees.

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They are civilians, okay?

00:24:03.970 --> 00:24:15.090 position:50% align:middle
Keep in mind that even though the family moves as they
get stationed to some military base in another state,

00:24:15.090 --> 00:24:20.620 position:50% align:middle
that action doesn't force you to change your legal
state of residency.

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:23.010 position:50% align:middle
That is at your discretion.

00:24:23.010 --> 00:24:33.610 position:50% align:middle
And even though that's the case,
the husband and wife don't always have the same

00:24:33.610 --> 00:24:35.460 position:50% align:middle
state of residency.

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So in other words, a husband may have one state as
their state of legal residency and the wife have

00:24:40.710 --> 00:24:41.940 position:50% align:middle
a different state.

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:43.590 position:50% align:middle
I've seen that as well.

00:24:43.590 --> 00:24:51.190 position:50% align:middle
There's nothing that says you have to claim the same or
declare the same state of residency.

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So when it comes to a spouse who's a civilian,
everything is going to be contingent on what that

00:24:59.100 --> 00:25:05.470 position:50% align:middle
spouse says is his or her state of legal residency.

00:25:05.470 --> 00:25:08.840 position:50% align:middle
And that's based on your documentation.

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:15.870 position:50% align:middle
So, as it says here on the slide,
should a nurse have legal residency in a compact state

00:25:15.870 --> 00:25:24.040 position:50% align:middle
and hold a multistate license since you're a resident
of a compact state, and then that family gets stationed

00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:34.680 position:50% align:middle
in another compact state for two or three years,
the nurse can work under his or her home state license

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:39.050 position:50% align:middle
in that other compact state
without obtaining a license.

00:25:39.050 --> 00:25:40.590 position:50% align:middle
Why is that?

00:25:40.590 --> 00:25:50.110 position:50% align:middle
Because they're only stationed in that other state
temporarily, there's an end date to it.

00:25:50.110 --> 00:25:54.640 position:50% align:middle
They're typically stationed in another state
for two or three years.

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And as long as you decide to maintain your home state,
to not make that temporary state your home state,

00:26:03.450 --> 00:26:10.110 position:50% align:middle
then you're able to work in that state under your
current home state license.

00:26:10.110 --> 00:26:21.110 position:50% align:middle
So we're going to give some examples a little bit later
because I know it could sound a little confusing, okay?

00:26:21.110 --> 00:26:27.650 position:50% align:middle
So the idea is that military
spouses benefit from a multistate license.

00:26:27.650 --> 00:26:29.980 position:50% align:middle
Let's look at the example of a travel nurse.

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:33.340 position:50% align:middle
We all understand what a travel nurse is, right?

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:44.580 position:50% align:middle
A travel nurse lives in one state and takes travel
assignments of usually 13 weeks in different states.

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:52.280 position:50% align:middle
If the nurse lives in a compact state and the travel
nurse has a compact license and their travel

00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:59.020 position:50% align:middle
assignments are in compact states,
then for all of those travel assignments that they do

00:26:59.020 --> 00:27:06.590 position:50% align:middle
for 13 weeks, they're able to use their home state
multistate license to practice in all

00:27:06.590 --> 00:27:08.710 position:50% align:middle
of those assignments, right?

00:27:08.710 --> 00:27:13.200 position:50% align:middle
Because after the 13 weeks,
they're coming back to their home state.

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:19.670 position:50% align:middle
They're not making their temporary
state their new home state.

00:27:19.670 --> 00:27:24.690 position:50% align:middle
The whole idea is that
they're there temporarily, all right?

00:27:24.690 --> 00:27:31.890 position:50% align:middle
So that is the benefit and the beauty of the multistate
license, that you don't have to get another license

00:27:31.890 --> 00:27:34.710 position:50% align:middle
when you're in another state temporarily.

00:27:34.710 --> 00:27:43.820 position:50% align:middle
Now let's compare that travel nurse to a military
spouse because they're both very similar.

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:50.260 position:50% align:middle
Instead of 13 weeks,
the military spouse is temporarily in another state

00:27:50.260 --> 00:27:53.580 position:50% align:middle
for two or three years, okay?

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:55.800 position:50% align:middle
And so they're doing the same thing.

00:27:55.800 --> 00:28:04.660 position:50% align:middle
They're maintaining a home state and they're practicing
in a remote state for two or three years under the

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:07.410 position:50% align:middle
license of their home state.

00:28:07.410 --> 00:28:18.110 position:50% align:middle
Now, I will tell you that if the employer is not
familiar with how this works for military spouses,

00:28:18.110 --> 00:28:23.650 position:50% align:middle
I get these emails all the time,
an employer is trying to force me to get a license

00:28:23.650 --> 00:28:27.830 position:50% align:middle
in this state where we're stationed for a few years.

00:28:27.830 --> 00:28:29.670 position:50% align:middle
The employer shouldn't be doing that.

00:28:29.670 --> 00:28:39.770 position:50% align:middle
As long as you're maintaining a home state somewhere in
a compact state, you should not be required to get a

00:28:39.770 --> 00:28:47.520 position:50% align:middle
new license in the state where you're stationed
temporarily working in civilian facility.

00:28:47.520 --> 00:28:50.350 position:50% align:middle
Again, employers may not be familiar.

00:28:50.350 --> 00:28:59.480 position:50% align:middle
And so it has helped some nurses to show them
either...we have a fact sheet on our website,

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:06.150 position:50% align:middle
for example, to show them how this works for military
spouses because that's saving you the trouble

00:29:06.150 --> 00:29:08.930 position:50% align:middle
of getting a new license in a new state.

00:29:08.930 --> 00:29:15.240 position:50% align:middle
That is why this is a benefit of two military spouses.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:21.560 position:50% align:middle
And sometimes the military spouse will tell me,
"But I don't own property in that state anymore because

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:23.530 position:50% align:middle
we're not there for three years.

00:29:23.530 --> 00:29:25.640 position:50% align:middle
We gave up our apartment."

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:28.950 position:50% align:middle
Again, this is not about property.

00:29:28.950 --> 00:29:37.950 position:50% align:middle
It's about a legal document that you have that proves
that you're a resident of that particular state, okay?

00:29:37.950 --> 00:29:46.500 position:50% align:middle
There is no requirement to own property,
but it's a common misconception.

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.000 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:56.300 position:50% align:middle
So let's talk about a couple of the issues or problems
that we see happen in states when a military spouse is

00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:58.880 position:50% align:middle
in another state, all right?

00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:05.130 position:50% align:middle
So here we have a military spouse who has a multistate
license in her home state.

00:30:05.130 --> 00:30:09.060 position:50% align:middle
Let's say her home state is Texas, okay?

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:13.400 position:50% align:middle
And it says she's stationed in
a remote state for three years.

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:22.860 position:50% align:middle
So let's say her husband is the service person and the
spouse is a nurse and they're stationed in Virginia

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:24.940 position:50% align:middle
for three years, okay?

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.600 position:50% align:middle
And she's going to work in St.

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:31.530 position:50% align:middle
Joe's Hospital as an ICU nurse for those three years.

00:30:31.530 --> 00:30:40.770 position:50% align:middle
She should be able to work there under her Texas
multistate license because she's only there temporarily

00:30:40.770 --> 00:30:42.230 position:50% align:middle
for three years.

00:30:42.230 --> 00:30:48.980 position:50% align:middle
She tells her employer I'm only here temporarily for
three years, and then we're moving on to some

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.960 position:50% align:middle
other state, okay?

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:55.340 position:50% align:middle
We're not making Virginia our
new home state, all right?

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:59.130 position:50% align:middle
So in that scenario,
she shouldn't have to get a Virginia license,

00:30:59.130 --> 00:31:02.870 position:50% align:middle
but here are some pitfalls.

00:31:02.870 --> 00:31:09.500 position:50% align:middle
She gets a new driver's license in Virginia because her
Texas driver's license is about to expire.

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.850 position:50% align:middle
That's a mistake.

00:31:10.850 --> 00:31:11.930 position:50% align:middle
Why?

00:31:11.930 --> 00:31:15.790 position:50% align:middle
Because she just said, Texas is my home state.

00:31:15.790 --> 00:31:20.910 position:50% align:middle
When she gets the Virginia driver's license,
she's now changed all that.

00:31:20.910 --> 00:31:27.110 position:50% align:middle
She's now become a Virginia resident because when you
get a new driver's license,

00:31:27.110 --> 00:31:35.440 position:50% align:middle
you're signing on the dotted line that this is now my
primary state of residency permanently, okay?

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:40.820 position:50% align:middle
So she's giving up Texas as
her primary state of residency.

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:42.790 position:50% align:middle
What should she do instead?

00:31:42.790 --> 00:31:49.750 position:50% align:middle
She should be renewing her Texas driver's license
rather than letting it expire.

00:31:49.750 --> 00:31:57.670 position:50% align:middle
And she should either do that before she leaves Texas,
or she should renew it online with the Texas Department

00:31:57.670 --> 00:31:59.500 position:50% align:middle
of Motor Vehicles.

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:06.260 position:50% align:middle
Because the pitfall that's created here by getting a
Virginia driver's license,

00:32:06.260 --> 00:32:08.270 position:50% align:middle
she's now a Virginia resident.

00:32:08.270 --> 00:32:11.450 position:50% align:middle
So what does that mean for her nursing license?

00:32:11.450 --> 00:32:14.420 position:50% align:middle
Now she changed her residency to Virginia.

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:20.460 position:50% align:middle
Now she needs to apply for license by endorsement and
get a Virginia nursing license.

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:25.750 position:50% align:middle
All of that is triggered by a
mistake that was made in Pitfall 1.

00:32:25.750 --> 00:32:33.080 position:50% align:middle
The same thing happens in Pitfall 2 with registering to
vote in the remote state.

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:38.450 position:50% align:middle
So in that same scenario,
this nurse who's a Texas resident with a Texas

00:32:38.450 --> 00:32:47.710 position:50% align:middle
multistate license with her husband stationed three
years in Virginia, and all of a sudden during those

00:32:47.710 --> 00:32:55.340 position:50% align:middle
three years, we have a presidential election and she
wants to vote and registers to vote in Virginia.

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:59.370 position:50% align:middle
She just became a Virginia resident
by the fact of doing that.

00:32:59.370 --> 00:33:04.180 position:50% align:middle
And that's going to trigger her to need to get a
Virginia nursing license as well.

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.910 position:50% align:middle
That can be avoided.

00:33:05.910 --> 00:33:08.840 position:50% align:middle
She's a registered voter in Texas.

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:16.140 position:50% align:middle
She needs to vote in Texas or send in an absentee
ballot as a Texas voter, okay?

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:25.000 position:50% align:middle
Again, these are mistakes that happen that cause
unintentional changes in primary state of residency.

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:33.160 position:50% align:middle
And the third thing she actually decides to become a
permanent resident of Virginia.

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:35.550 position:50% align:middle
And what's the mistake there?

00:33:35.550 --> 00:33:43.670 position:50% align:middle
Let's say they're stationed there for three years,
and her husband is going to retire from the military.

00:33:43.670 --> 00:33:46.740 position:50% align:middle
And they say, you know,
"Virginia's such a beautiful state,

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:48.300 position:50% align:middle
let's just stay here.

00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:51.200 position:50% align:middle
Let's not go back to Texas."

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:56.290 position:50% align:middle
And she says, well, I've been working under this Texas
license for the past three years.

00:33:56.290 --> 00:33:57.210 position:50% align:middle
Yeah.

00:33:57.210 --> 00:34:01.930 position:50% align:middle
But not anymore because you just
decided to become a permanent resident.

00:34:01.930 --> 00:34:06.930 position:50% align:middle
You decided to retire or at least your husband's
retiring from the military.

00:34:06.930 --> 00:34:09.610 position:50% align:middle
And she wants to be able to work in Virginia.

00:34:09.610 --> 00:34:14.110 position:50% align:middle
But now, they've decided to make
that their new home state.

00:34:14.110 --> 00:34:23.230 position:50% align:middle
That decision to become a resident of Virginia triggers
the need for you to get a Virginia nursing license.

00:34:23.230 --> 00:34:27.010 position:50% align:middle
Of course, driver's license and
everything else as well.

00:34:27.010 --> 00:34:35.570 position:50% align:middle
But to get the Virginia nursing license,
which is going to replace the Texas license, okay?

00:34:35.570 --> 00:34:44.560 position:50% align:middle
So hopefully, those pitfalls can be avoided or you can
at least understand the consequences of your actions

00:34:44.560 --> 00:34:49.710 position:50% align:middle
in those three scenarios as a military spouse.

00:34:49.710 --> 00:34:50.300 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:57.400 position:50% align:middle
And aside from those pitfalls,
we have some kind of trivia scenarios here.

00:34:57.400 --> 00:35:01.680 position:50% align:middle
So I'm going to read through it,
but you can read through it as well.

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:03.620 position:50% align:middle
And we have three cases.

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:11.130 position:50% align:middle
In the first case, Jane is a military spouse who's a
nurse, and she's married to Bob who's in the Navy.

00:35:11.130 --> 00:35:16.310 position:50% align:middle
They both claim Texas as
their PSOR for military purposes.

00:35:16.310 --> 00:35:23.350 position:50% align:middle
So in other words, as far as the military's concerned,
Texas is their home state.

00:35:23.350 --> 00:35:28.980 position:50% align:middle
And you need to put that on record with the military
when you're in the military, okay?

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:33.520 position:50% align:middle
Jane has a Texas multistate license
since that's their home state.

00:35:33.520 --> 00:35:41.930 position:50% align:middle
Now they get sent to a military base in South Carolina
and the family moves there for the next three years.

00:35:41.930 --> 00:35:46.110 position:50% align:middle
So in South Carolina,
Jane gets a job at the local

00:35:46.110 --> 00:35:50.180 position:50% align:middle
civilian hospital, meaning non-military.

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:57.530 position:50% align:middle
They are in South Carolina temporarily,
and they do not plan to become

00:35:57.530 --> 00:35:59.910 position:50% align:middle
South Carolina residents.

00:35:59.910 --> 00:36:01.960 position:50% align:middle
Remember, they're Texas residents.

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:04.170 position:50% align:middle
How does this work for Jane?

00:36:04.170 --> 00:36:07.310 position:50% align:middle
How will she work at this civilian job?

00:36:07.310 --> 00:36:09.680 position:50% align:middle
With what license?

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:11.820 position:50% align:middle
What, if anything, should she do?

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:14.890 position:50% align:middle
Please type the answer in the chatbox.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:22.185 position:50% align:middle
Chatbox is at the top.

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:34.630 position:50% align:middle
How's she going to work in
South Carolina as a military spouse?

00:36:34.630 --> 00:36:39.460 position:50% align:middle
So Rachel says, "Jane is going to
work under her Texas multistate license."

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:41.760 position:50% align:middle
Anyone else?

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.300 position:50% align:middle
She uses her Texas license, says Myra.

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:46.420 position:50% align:middle
Anyone else?

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.650 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:36:53.650 --> 00:36:54.430 position:50% align:middle
Very good.

00:36:54.430 --> 00:36:56.280 position:50% align:middle
Those answers are correct.

00:36:56.280 --> 00:37:03.980 position:50% align:middle
She can work in South Carolina under her multistate
from Texas says Patricia McManamy.

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:05.410 position:50% align:middle
All correct.

00:37:05.410 --> 00:37:06.500 position:50% align:middle
Why is that?

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:10.820 position:50% align:middle
It's because she's only there temporarily for three
years and she's the main...

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:15.310 position:50% align:middle
So in other words, this is
just like a travel nurse, okay?

00:37:15.310 --> 00:37:20.010 position:50% align:middle
But instead of 13 weeks, it's three years.

00:37:20.010 --> 00:37:24.780 position:50% align:middle
The learning curve is important for
the nurse and for the employer.

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:29.710 position:50% align:middle
Because if the employer doesn't understand how it
works, what are they going to do?

00:37:29.710 --> 00:37:33.490 position:50% align:middle
They're going to tell the nurse,
you need to get a South Carolina license.

00:37:33.490 --> 00:37:35.660 position:50% align:middle
You're here for three years.

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:42.530 position:50% align:middle
And any of those things that we talked about on the
last slide can trip up the nurse where she can become a

00:37:42.530 --> 00:37:49.810 position:50% align:middle
South Carolina resident if she got a South Carolina
driver's license or anything else.

00:37:49.810 --> 00:37:54.140 position:50% align:middle
So you have to be careful to mean,
if you're saying Texas is my home state,

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:58.230 position:50% align:middle
then you got to maintain Texas
as your home state, okay?

00:37:58.230 --> 00:37:59.380 position:50% align:middle
So that's how it works.

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.860 position:50% align:middle
Good job.

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:03.080 position:50% align:middle
Let's move on to Scenario 2.

00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:10.270 position:50% align:middle
Military spouse, nurse Tonya,
has a Nebraska multistate license.

00:38:10.270 --> 00:38:13.190 position:50% align:middle
So let's read into this a little bit.

00:38:13.190 --> 00:38:21.090 position:50% align:middle
If she was issued a Nebraska multistate license,
she must have declared Nebraska as her legal and

00:38:21.090 --> 00:38:23.520 position:50% align:middle
primary state of residence, right?

00:38:23.520 --> 00:38:28.550 position:50% align:middle
They wouldn't have issued her
a Nebraska license otherwise, okay?

00:38:28.550 --> 00:38:34.120 position:50% align:middle
Now the military has ordered her husband to Iowa,
which is a compact state,

00:38:34.120 --> 00:38:39.380 position:50% align:middle
and the family is going to be
there for the next three years only.

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:48.210 position:50% align:middle
Her husband's home of record with the military is
Nevada, which is a non-compact state.

00:38:48.210 --> 00:38:49.670 position:50% align:middle
So what's she going to do?

00:38:49.670 --> 00:38:54.190 position:50% align:middle
How is she going to be able to work in Iowa?

00:38:54.190 --> 00:38:59.870 position:50% align:middle
What, if any actions,
is she going to need to take to be able

00:38:59.870 --> 00:39:01.470 position:50% align:middle
to work in Iowa?

00:39:01.470 --> 00:39:06.300 position:50% align:middle
It's a little bit of a tricky question,
but you have to use the information that was

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:09.210 position:50% align:middle
provided to you.

00:39:09.210 --> 00:39:11.950 position:50% align:middle
Please put your response in the chat.

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.180 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:28.740 position:50% align:middle
Gina says she's going to use her Nebraska multistate.

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:35.850 position:50% align:middle
Anyone else?

00:39:35.850 --> 00:39:37.630 position:50% align:middle
Kathleen agrees both.

00:39:37.630 --> 00:39:38.540 position:50% align:middle
Correct?

00:39:38.540 --> 00:39:39.840 position:50% align:middle
Exactly.

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:42.330 position:50% align:middle
And Patricia is correct.

00:39:42.330 --> 00:39:49.210 position:50% align:middle
As long as she's maintaining Nebraska as her PSOR,
she can work in Iowa under her

00:39:49.210 --> 00:39:51.490 position:50% align:middle
Nebraska multistate license.

00:39:51.490 --> 00:39:53.800 position:50% align:middle
There's nothing in here that says...

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.960 position:50% align:middle
You're all correct.

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.260 position:50% align:middle
Thank you, Rachel.

00:39:56.260 --> 00:40:03.030 position:50% align:middle
There's nothing in here that says she's changing her
PSOR to Iowa, nothing in here says she's changing

00:40:03.030 --> 00:40:05.980 position:50% align:middle
her PSOR to Nevada, okay?

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:12.970 position:50% align:middle
Remember on an earlier slide,
we said that you're going to come across couples where

00:40:12.970 --> 00:40:19.030 position:50% align:middle
the husband and wife each have a different primary
state of residency for legal purposes.

00:40:19.030 --> 00:40:20.640 position:50% align:middle
That's their choice.

00:40:20.640 --> 00:40:24.540 position:50% align:middle
They can do that if they want, okay?

00:40:24.540 --> 00:40:30.090 position:50% align:middle
So it's not for anyone to say that they have to have
the same legal state of residency.

00:40:30.090 --> 00:40:35.580 position:50% align:middle
That is up to that individual, okay?

00:40:35.580 --> 00:40:44.810 position:50% align:middle
So because we know that she has declared Nebraska as
her primary state of residence when she goes to work

00:40:44.810 --> 00:40:50.670 position:50% align:middle
at a civilian hospital in Iowa,
then she is going to use her Nebraska license.

00:40:50.670 --> 00:40:52.800 position:50% align:middle
Good job.

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:57.800 position:50% align:middle
Last scenario, Sara is an active duty nurse.

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:59.640 position:50% align:middle
So she's a service person.

00:40:59.640 --> 00:41:05.000 position:50% align:middle
And she's in the Air Force in Alaska,
which is not a compact state.

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:12.650 position:50% align:middle
Now Alaska wants her to get trauma training at a major
civilian hospital in Washington State,

00:41:12.650 --> 00:41:15.580 position:50% align:middle
also a non-compact state.

00:41:15.580 --> 00:41:20.680 position:50% align:middle
While she was in Alaska, she had an Alaska license,
which she currently holds.

00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:28.300 position:50% align:middle
But she says, "I'm going to be in Washington State,
why don't I just get a multistate license so I can

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:36.270 position:50% align:middle
save the trouble of having to get a license in every
other state where they send me for training."

00:41:36.270 --> 00:41:40.520 position:50% align:middle
So what, what should she do in this case?

00:41:40.520 --> 00:41:42.967 position:50% align:middle
And what can she not do?

00:41:45.130 --> 00:41:46.177 position:50% align:middle
Excuse me.

00:41:51.190 --> 00:41:53.373 position:50% align:middle
Please put your comments in the chat.

00:41:57.250 --> 00:41:57.770 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:41:57.770 --> 00:42:06.860 position:50% align:middle
Rachel says she must apply for a Washington license
because her home state is not a part of the compact.

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:09.770 position:50% align:middle
Kathleen says she can't get an MSL.

00:42:09.770 --> 00:42:12.500 position:50% align:middle
She needs to get a Washington license.

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.110 position:50% align:middle
Correct.

00:42:13.110 --> 00:42:16.540 position:50% align:middle
You're both right on target.

00:42:16.540 --> 00:42:20.000 position:50% align:middle
So she would love to have a multistate license,
but she can't.

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.920 position:50% align:middle
Why?

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:31.260 position:50% align:middle
Her PSOR, which is Alaska is not a compact state, okay?

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:38.450 position:50% align:middle
And Washington State isn't a compact state either,
so they don't issue compact licenses.

00:42:38.450 --> 00:42:45.660 position:50% align:middle
But she needs the authority to be able to practice in
Washington State and the Alaska license doesn't give

00:42:45.660 --> 00:42:49.370 position:50% align:middle
her that authority because it's Alaska only.

00:42:49.370 --> 00:42:53.700 position:50% align:middle
Therefore, she's going to need to
get a Washington state license.

00:42:53.700 --> 00:42:56.930 position:50% align:middle
And Gina says she should get a
single state license for Washington.

00:42:56.930 --> 00:43:02.600 position:50% align:middle
Exactly right.

00:43:02.600 --> 00:43:08.240 position:50% align:middle
Unless she's an advanced practice nurse,
then you have to endorse RNs since APRNs don't have

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:09.190 position:50% align:middle
a compact anyway.

00:43:09.190 --> 00:43:10.150 position:50% align:middle
Right.

00:43:10.150 --> 00:43:10.470 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:43:10.470 --> 00:43:11.400 position:50% align:middle
Very good.

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:14.770 position:50% align:middle
You all are getting it very well as to how this works.

00:43:14.770 --> 00:43:15.530 position:50% align:middle
All right.

00:43:15.530 --> 00:43:18.850 position:50% align:middle
So let's move forward.

00:43:18.850 --> 00:43:25.860 position:50% align:middle
Many states have joined the compact since the enhanced
compact began, and the enhanced compact began

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:28.260 position:50% align:middle
January 19th, 2018.

00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:33.730 position:50% align:middle
We just passed the fourth
anniversary of the enhanced compact.

00:43:33.730 --> 00:43:42.800 position:50% align:middle
So if you are a nurse in one of those states that have
joined the compact since January of 2018,

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:49.620 position:50% align:middle
and I have them listed here,
how do you go about getting a multistate license?

00:43:49.620 --> 00:43:54.540 position:50% align:middle
Well, you're going to want to go through what's called
the upgrade process.

00:43:54.540 --> 00:44:01.580 position:50% align:middle
And I list these states specifically because when these
states joined the compact,

00:44:01.580 --> 00:44:07.880 position:50% align:middle
you had thousands of nurses in these states who had a
single state license that now want to change

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:09.580 position:50% align:middle
it to multistate.

00:44:09.580 --> 00:44:18.360 position:50% align:middle
So these states had to put in a process for upgrading a
single state license to a multistate license.

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:25.320 position:50% align:middle
So in these states, you will find a specific
application on their website that is called an upgrade

00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:31.590 position:50% align:middle
application or a conversion application,
which means to convert your single state license

00:44:31.590 --> 00:44:33.770 position:50% align:middle
to a multistate license.

00:44:33.770 --> 00:44:39.870 position:50% align:middle
And that is what you'll see moving forward as other
states join the compact as well.

00:44:39.870 --> 00:44:48.070 position:50% align:middle
That based on this new compact that started four years
ago, which has uniform license requirements,

00:44:48.070 --> 00:44:55.970 position:50% align:middle
that you don't automatically get a multistate license
just because your state joined the compact.

00:44:55.970 --> 00:44:59.350 position:50% align:middle
That used to be the case prior to 2018.

00:44:59.350 --> 00:45:05.910 position:50% align:middle
When a state joined the compact,
all nurses in the state automatically were multistate.

00:45:05.910 --> 00:45:09.840 position:50% align:middle
That's not the case anymore.

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:14.300 position:50% align:middle
So when the state does join the compact,
like we talked about Vermont coming

00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:16.210 position:50% align:middle
up next week, right?

00:45:16.210 --> 00:45:23.990 position:50% align:middle
Vermont nurses are going to need to fill out a specific
application to upgrade their single

00:45:23.990 --> 00:45:26.250 position:50% align:middle
state to multistate.

00:45:26.250 --> 00:45:33.710 position:50% align:middle
And that's how this compact works for existing nurses
that have a license in that state already,

00:45:33.710 --> 00:45:37.340 position:50% align:middle
an existing single state license, all right?

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:44.640 position:50% align:middle
So you go to the website in your
state to look for that specific application.

00:45:44.640 --> 00:45:50.130 position:50% align:middle
And each state will charge a
different fee for that upgrade.

00:45:50.130 --> 00:45:55.830 position:50% align:middle
Because the state decides what that fee is,
the compact doesn't decide that fee.

00:45:55.830 --> 00:46:02.070 position:50% align:middle
And I've seen a wide range,
but keep in mind that this should be a one-time fee

00:46:02.070 --> 00:46:03.930 position:50% align:middle
that you pay to upgrade.

00:46:03.930 --> 00:46:12.320 position:50% align:middle
And when you do upgrade it from single to multistate,
that does not change your renewal date.

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:19.450 position:50% align:middle
Your renewal date should stay the same.

00:46:19.450 --> 00:46:20.480 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:25.890 position:50% align:middle
How do you know what license you have?

00:46:25.890 --> 00:46:32.840 position:50% align:middle
It's easy to go to one place, nursecompact.com,
which is the national database for nurses.

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:39.020 position:50% align:middle
So in other words, all 5 million nurses in the country
can be found in this database.

00:46:39.020 --> 00:46:44.630 position:50% align:middle
And you can pull up your own information if you're a
nurse, or if you're an employer,

00:46:44.630 --> 00:46:47.770 position:50% align:middle
you can pull up any nurse's information in here.

00:46:47.770 --> 00:46:51.070 position:50% align:middle
And look on the far right,
the far-right column is going to show you

00:46:51.070 --> 00:46:52.890 position:50% align:middle
the compact status.

00:46:52.890 --> 00:46:58.270 position:50% align:middle
That is going to tell you if
it's multistate or single state, okay?

00:46:58.270 --> 00:47:04.690 position:50% align:middle
And that's what you need to know if you want to
practice in another compact state or if you're

00:47:04.690 --> 00:47:10.760 position:50% align:middle
an employer and you want to know if that nurse has the
authority to practice in your state.

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:13.940 position:50% align:middle
You want to know if they have a multistate license.

00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:18.810 position:50% align:middle
Furthermore, what this website gives you is a map.

00:47:18.810 --> 00:47:23.680 position:50% align:middle
As you see the question at the top,
where can this nurse practice?

00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:29.470 position:50% align:middle
And if you click on View Now,
it's going to show you a map of all of the states where

00:47:29.470 --> 00:47:36.340 position:50% align:middle
the nurse has the authority to practice based on all
the licenses that the nurse has.

00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:42.500 position:50% align:middle
So keep in mind, this one example we're looking at,
Sandra, only has one license and it's a

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:48.730 position:50% align:middle
multistate license, but she may have licenses in many
non-compact states as well.

00:47:48.730 --> 00:47:52.380 position:50% align:middle
And they would all show here on this one screen.

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:57.840 position:50% align:middle
So if you're an employer,
you wouldn't know about all these licenses if you just

00:47:57.840 --> 00:48:01.460 position:50% align:middle
went to the Board of Nursing website to do a lookup.

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:06.110 position:50% align:middle
When you go to the Board of Nursing website,
you only see that one license that that

00:48:06.110 --> 00:48:08.460 position:50% align:middle
one state issued.

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:14.380 position:50% align:middle
Why do you want to see all of the licenses that the
nurse holds or has ever held?

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:19.010 position:50% align:middle
Because there may be discipline attached
to some of those licenses.

00:48:19.010 --> 00:48:24.100 position:50% align:middle
And as an employer, you want to be aware of that as
you're hiring a nurse.

00:48:24.100 --> 00:48:29.880 position:50% align:middle
You want to see the complete picture of this nurse's
history with licensure and discipline,

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:37.580 position:50% align:middle
and you can only get that through nursys.com.

00:48:37.580 --> 00:48:37.930 position:50% align:middle
Okay.

00:48:37.930 --> 00:48:40.970 position:50% align:middle
We're coming to the end here.

00:48:40.970 --> 00:48:47.610 position:50% align:middle
We have a subscription that's available called Tip of
the Week, which if you go to this link on our website,

00:48:47.610 --> 00:48:55.390 position:50% align:middle
you will see the ability to subscribe and it sends to
your inbox one tip every week.

00:48:55.390 --> 00:49:01.005 position:50% align:middle
It could be true or false, multiple-choice,
or some variety of different tips,

00:49:01.005 --> 00:49:08.400 position:50% align:middle
but it's a great way to help you learn about the
compact in one small snippet at a time every week

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:10.680 position:50% align:middle
of the year.

00:49:10.680 --> 00:49:17.800 position:50% align:middle
And you can find us on our website or when you receive
this recording and the slides,

00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:21.130 position:50% align:middle
you'll be able to access it that way too.

00:49:21.130 --> 00:49:21.940 position:50% align:middle
All right.

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:22.780 position:50% align:middle
So we're done.

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:28.840 position:50% align:middle
And this is my email address, nursecompact@ncsbn.org.

00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:31.200 position:50% align:middle
You can always reach us there.

00:49:31.200 --> 00:49:36.730 position:50% align:middle
We try to respond to emails in
the same day or within 24 hours.

00:49:36.730 --> 00:49:43.490 position:50% align:middle
Or you could go to our website, nlc.gov,
where we have a lot of fact sheets but also videos

00:49:43.490 --> 00:49:45.090 position:50% align:middle
on different topics.

00:49:45.090 --> 00:49:52.830 position:50% align:middle
And as we said, there is one specific fact sheet about
military and military spouses, etc.,

00:49:52.830 --> 00:49:55.700 position:50% align:middle
that pertains to federal nurses as well.

00:49:55.700 --> 00:50:04.840 position:50% align:middle
And so that may be helpful especially when someone or
an employer or a nurse don't understand how it works

00:50:04.840 --> 00:50:09.340 position:50% align:middle
for military and military spouses, okay?

00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:10.980 position:50% align:middle
We do have some time left.

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:16.688 position:50% align:middle
It looks like nine minutes left where we can take any
questions you might have, any additional questions.

00:50:23.650 --> 00:50:33.580 position:50% align:middle
If you don't want to type your question in the chat,
you can also unmute yourself and you can just

00:50:33.580 --> 00:50:41.250 position:50% align:middle
speak out loud.

00:50:41.250 --> 00:50:47.020 position:50% align:middle
While we're waiting for any questions,
I want to let you know that we have posted all of our

00:50:47.020 --> 00:50:49.940 position:50% align:middle
2022 webinar dates on our website now.

00:50:49.940 --> 00:50:54.290 position:50% align:middle
So if you haven't seen that, please take a look at it.

00:50:54.290 --> 00:50:58.860 position:50% align:middle
And we have one webinar every
month on a different topic.

00:50:58.860 --> 00:51:04.420 position:50% align:middle
And you're welcome to register for
any of those various topics.

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:11.660 position:50% align:middle
Each month, we will always provide you with the current
information as far as the legislative status of new

00:51:11.660 --> 00:51:15.570 position:50% align:middle
states joining the compact.

00:51:15.570 --> 00:51:22.220 position:50% align:middle
So if you don't have questions today,
please hang on to my email address because it could be

00:51:22.220 --> 00:51:26.890 position:50% align:middle
handy when you do come up with a question in the
future, and we're happy to help you with that.

00:51:26.890 --> 00:51:33.520 position:50% align:middle
I'm not seeing any additional
questions come in the chat.

00:51:33.520 --> 00:51:39.090 position:50% align:middle
So we will go ahead and wrap up the webinar and thank
you once again for joining us.

00:51:39.090 --> 00:51:44.260 position:50% align:middle
And in one week's time,
this recording will be posted on our website

00:51:44.260 --> 00:51:47.040 position:50% align:middle
with the audio, as well as the slides.

00:51:47.040 --> 00:51:48.150 position:50% align:middle
So thank you very much.

00:51:48.150 --> 00:51:49.990 position:50% align:middle
I hope you found this helpful.

00:51:49.990 --> 00:51:51.360 position:50% align:middle
Take care.