FY2023-19 Supporting Alaska Joining The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Urging The AK Legislature To Pass Legislation Permitting Alaska To Enact The NLC1
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2023-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH SUPPORTING
ALASKA JOINING THE NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (NLC) URGING THE ALASKA
LEGISLATURE TO PASS LEGISLATION IN THE 2023-24 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
PERMITTING ALASKA TO ENACT THE NLC
WHEREAS, Alaska faces a debilitating healthcare workforce shortage that threatens our
healthcare system, economy, and access to care; and
WHEREAS, Alaska will have the highest nurse vacancies in the United States by 2030 with
over 5,000 openings and a 22% shortfall; and
WHEREAS, Alaska already cannot keep up with demand, which requires filling 6,300 job
openings each year, including over 1,400 nurse openings; and
WHEREAS, the average age of a nurse and nurse practitioner in the U.S. is 57 and Alaska is
not graduating enough nursing students to fill this growing need now or in the future; and
WHEREAS, Alaska's slow licensing process is a deterrent for nurses wanting to practice here
with recruits regularly turning down jobs over waiting months for a license; and
WHEREAS, there is an immediate, commonsense solution that the State of Alaska can take to
address these workforce challenges: join the multistate nurse licensure compact (NLC); and
WHEREAS, the NLC is used by 39 states and jurisdictions across the country, allowing qualified
nurses to practice across state lines with a single license; and
WHEREAS, joining the NLC means aligning with a vast majority of the country in following
uniform practice standards that will modernize Alaska's licensing of nurses, taking the process
from months to a matter of days; and
WHEREAS, safe and efficient licensing will directly benefit the health of Alaska's rural and
underserved communities, and support Alaska's military community by allowing military spouse
nurses to work seamlessly upon arrival to Alaska; and
WHEREAS, joining a multistate compact is not an affront to Alaska's sovereignty as Alaska has
been a member of at least 32 multistate compacts across several industries, and Alaska's Board
of Nursing will maintain full control of licensure, discipline, scope of practice, and authority to
suspend unqualified nurses in Alaska; and
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