Does Washington State allow travel nurses from out of state to work there without their own state license right now?

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I know that a lot of states have suspended getting their own state licenses because of COVID and are dispensing emergency authorizations to practice there. With Washington State, I'm kind of confused. They have a law called the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioner Act which apparently now lets you work there without having to wait for a WA State license. But it says online you have to register to volunteer as an emergency volunteer first? So confused.

I'm from Texas and have the compact license from my state. Seeing some great postings in Washington state but don't have a license up there.

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Hey I’m currently in Spokane and I applied for a volunteer license along with a regular one. The volunteer emergency one was granted in 24 hours. My hospital was involved in the process. My agency (aya) was involved and made it easy too. I think once you’re hired at a hospital, the hospital puts in an application with the state. 

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On 10/3/2021 at 2:51 AM, CareerChange18 said:

Hey I’m currently in Spokane and I applied for a volunteer license along with a regular one. The volunteer emergency one was granted in 24 hours. My hospital was involved in the process. My agency (aya) was involved and made it easy too. I think once you’re hired at a hospital, the hospital puts in an application with the state. 

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