Dual License

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ok this may of been covered some where else but i cannot find it, my emplyoer is in iowa and the have ill, they are now requireing us to be dual license one for each sate, ill is not compat so we have to apply for it who pays for that do we have to pay or does the employer.

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Specializes in NICU.

That is between you and your employer. You can ask them to pay for it, but if they don't, then what? You pay for it.

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Your post is anything but easy to read, but if I understand you correctly, you want to know whether your employer must pay for your license requirements...? Why would they? Do they pay for your licensing now? If they are willing to pay for it, that's great. And if not....it's the cost of doing business with that employer.

Bottom line is WE can't tell you if they will pay....only YOU can ask them and find out, right?

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Your post is anything but easy to read, but if I understand you correctly, you want to know whether your employer must pay for your license requirements...? Why would they? Do they pay for your licensing now? If they are willing to pay for it, that's great. And if not....it's the cost of doing business with that employer.

Bottom line is WE can't tell you if they will pay....only YOU can ask them and find out, right?

My guess is this post is just autocorrect gone haywire. They work in IA but need to have an IL license as well and since IL is not a compact state, they need to get endorsed in that state, now, too.

If this is a new rule, OP, I would see if the job will reimburse you but if they've said they won't, then you will. Talk to HR and see what your options are

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

That's where the human comes in and fixes the problems so that their post is readable.

My guess is this post is just autocorrect gone haywire.
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If you will be delivering care or doing telephonic case management in Illinois, you must have an IL license. That's not your employer's rule, it's the rule of the IL BoN.

Many employers will assist with multi-state licensure if required of their employees ... but many won't. Your call.

(As an aside: 24 Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) States (current)

COMPACT STATES / IMPLEMENTATION DATE

Arizona 7/1/2002

Arkansas 7/1/2000

Colorado 10/1/2007

Delaware 7/1/2000

Idaho 7/1/2001

Iowa 7/1/2000

Kentucky 6/1/2007

Maine 7/1/2001

Maryland 7/1/1999

Mississippi 7/1/2001

Missouri 6/1/2010

Nebraska 1/1/2001

New Hampshire 1/1/2006

New Mexico 1/1/2004

North Carolina 7/1/2000

North Dakota 1/1/2004

Rhode Island 7/1/2008

South Carolina 2/1/2006

South Dakota 1/1/2001

Tennessee 7/1/2003

Texas 1/1/2000

Utah 1/1/2000

Virginia 1/1/2005

Wisconsin 1/1/2000

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Specializes in Oncology.
My guess is this post is just autocorrect gone haywire. They work in IA but need to have an IL license as well and since IL is not a compact state, they need to get endorsed in that state, now, too.

If this is a new rule, OP, I would see if the job will reimburse you but if they've said they won't, then you will. Talk to HR and see what your options are

Thank you for clarification of my post you are right about what I was trying to say, I was at work when I said it so I was typing fast trying to get back to patient care, also I have dyslexia so every so often my writing comes out pretty garbled. But yes this is a new thing they are doing, they are saying the floor nurses have to have dual licenses, we don't have interaction with the ill. Side

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