When will my PA license officially be compact?

[pamalamadingdong]

Just searching for some advice - I currently have a PA RN license but I need to start applying for jobs around DC as my husband and I are moving to there in a few months!  I really don't know if I should go through the trouble/time/money to get a MD license when I know PA is about to be a compact state but it just seems like it's impossible to know exactly when that will happen.  Would a hospital in MD would hire me with a PA license, knowing it will soon be compact?

thanks so much!

[Epidural, BSN, RN]

Yes, this Pennsylvania NLC situation is quite confusing to me. Washington State passed the Compact about a year ago. Washington also now requires an FBI criminal background check for all NLC applicants. Any Washington State nurse who wants a Compact license can apply for one in about ten days. Yet.........Pennsylvania nurses are still waiting for the FBI to do the same thing for the Pennsylvania Board Of Nursing. It took Washington about nine months to complete this process. Pennsylvania has been working on the same FBI approval for almost three years. For this reason alone, I am quite happy that I don't live in Pennsylvania.