If a nurse has a multi-state license from another Nurse Licensure Compact party state, may that nurse practice nursing in the State of Mississippi?
If the nurse has ever had a Mississippi compact privilege or license denied, revoked, suspended, surrendered or restricted, and that disciplinary action has not been cleared, the nurse may not practice nursing in Mississippi until such time as the disciplinary action has been cleared. Employers should verify the status of each nurse’s license or privilege to practice pursuant to a license from another compact state with the Mississippi Board of Nursing using the online license status check system which is accessible through the homepage of the Board’s website. The nurse may practice in Mississippi if: • The nurse has a valid multi-state compact license; • The nurse still meets the multi-state licensure requirements of the state that issued the compact multi-state license; • The nurse’s permanent state of residence is still the state that issued the compact multi-state license, and • The nurse has not had a Mississippi compact privilege or license denied, revoked, suspended, surrendered
