BON Where I’m Single State Licensed Wants To Ask Me Questions

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Can a compact license have an affect on a single state license?

Long story short, I have a compact license for RN  Texas, which has allowed me to travel nurse across the country to states like Tennessee, Colorado and Kansas. 

My single state license I hold in Pennsylvania just emailed me and said they need me to call them. I shot an email back stating I am willing to, which the BON investigator replied “we need to talk about what happened in Colorado…."

PA is not even in the nursing compact - How would they even have jurisdiction over anything that happened outside of their state lines anyways? Why wasn’t my compact nursing license in Texas contracting me? 

Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

The wording, they want to talk about what happened in Colorado sounds a bit ominous to say the least. Assuming what happened in Colorado is an investigation or a discipline don't go into that conversation without an attorney. I can only imagine how sticky multi-state licensing issues could get.

Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Does it matter? There is no dividing line if one BON is investigating most likely all will be informed from my understanding.

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