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HB351
HB 351: Nursing Licensure Fees and Multistate Compact Rules
Last scannedSep 12, 2026, 4:46 AM
In one sentence
This bill sets specific fee rules for single-state and multistate nursing licenses, requires training on pain management for certain advanced practice nurses, and directs the Board of Nursing to report if compact standards are lower than state standards.
What it does
- Requires fees for single-state nursing licenses to equal the total regulatory costs for that license type.
- Sets fees for multistate nursing licenses or privileges at half the total regulatory costs.
- Updates rules so the Board of Nursing can create regulations needed for the Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.
- Requires advanced practice registered nurses with federal drug registration numbers to receive training on pain management and opioid use and addiction.
- Requires the board to report to lawmakers if multistate license standards do not meet or exceed single-state standards.
Who it affects
- Nurses holding a single-state license in Alaska
- Nurses holding or seeking a multistate license under the compact
- Advanced practice registered nurses who prescribe medication and hold federal drug registration numbers
- The Board of Nursing
Limits and unknowns
- The bill text does not list specific dollar amounts or dates when new fees will take effect.
- The full details of the reporting requirement regarding multistate standards are cut off at the end of the provided text excerpt.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact
- An agreement between states that allows a nurse licensed in one state to practice in other participating states.
- Regulatory costs
- The money the government spends to oversee an occupation, including department and board expenses.
- Multistate licensure privilege
- Permission for a nurse licensed in another state to practice nursing in Alaska under compact rules.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
NURSING: LICENSURE; MULTISTATE COMPACT An Act relating to the licensure of nursing professionals; relating to a multistate nurse licensure compact; relating to employment of nurses holding a multistate licensure privilege; relating to nurse staffing committees; relating to the ratio of nurses to patients in hospitals; relating to entities regulated by the Department of Health; and providing for an effective date.
Official activity
Bill history
- (H) REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE1689
- (H) L&C, FIN1689
- (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS1689