Whether you’re in Maine or Hawaii, Florida or Alaska, all people deserve the same high-quality healthcare. So, shouldn’t the quality standards for the physicians, nurses and other healthcare ...

FSMB responds to allegations of ‘false and misleading’ statements about interstate telemedicine licensure compact In 2013, the Federation of State Medical Boards developed a framework for an ...

The state’s participation in the compact lapsed in March 2025 due to a sunset provision after previous efforts to remove the clause stalled in the Legislature. The compact is designed to streamline ...

Individual state legislatures and the District of Columbia have traditionally determined the licensure requirements for professionals to practice in their jurisdiction. As a result, there is an ...

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.

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 ...

Momentum builds as Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts consider dental licensure portability ...

The Department of Health and Human Services will give $2.5 million to expand the reach of professional interstate licensure compacts, it announced Tuesday at the Health Resource Services ...

Officials launched the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, which makes it easier for physicians to obtain licenses in multiple states, Medscape reports. 1. The compact allows physicians ...

As an emergency medicine physician and health care administrator, I’ve seen how gaps in access to care ripple across our state’s health system. But nowhere are those gaps more visible, or more ...