Nurses licensed in Canada &USA

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Hi,

Does anyone have dual licenses in Canada and the USA and have been disciplined? Can the BON in the USA contact the Canadian BON and report any issues?! 

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Specializes in Surgical/Trauma/Neuroscience/Cardiac ICU.

Hi. I haven't been disciplined but depending on your College of Nurses in Canada, you may need to self-report such incident if reportable. For the College of Nurses of Ontario, a nurse practicing in Ontario - you have 30 days of professional accountability to self-report such act. Also, it comes to renewal time when you need to answer those survey questions if you did this and whatnot. 

I do not think each BON will necessarily report any issue to other BONs. They will find out if you happen to apply for initial license/endorse/fingerprinting/renew your license etc. If the State is registered with NURSYS - they can easily see that your license has imposed restrictions.

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Thank you for the reply! 

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