and 73-15-23. Repealed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-15-22
repealedRepealed by Laws of 2017, ch. 359, effective from and after July 20, 2017.
§ 73-15-22 . [Laws, 2000, ch. 482, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2001] § 73-15-23 . [Laws, 2000, ch. 482, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2001] Editor’s Notes — Former § 73-15-22 enacted the former Nurse Licensure Compact. For present similar provisions, see § 73-15-201 . Former § 73-15-23 provided that the head of the nurse licensing board under the former Nurse Licensure Compact was the Executive Director of the Mississippi Board of Nursing. For present similar provisions, see § 73-15-202 . Laws of 2017, ch. 359, §§ 5-7 provide: “SECTION 5.
Sections 73-15-22 and 73-15-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, which are the former Nurse Licensure Compact, are repealed. “SECTION 6. The provisions of this act shall not take effect until a substantially similar act is enacted by at least twenty-six (26) states or on December 31, 2018, whichever occurs first, in accordance with Article X of the Nurse Licensure Compact, as enacted by Section 1 of this act [codified as Section 73-15-201].
If twenty-six (26) states enact a substantially similar act before December 31, 2018, the Mississippi Board of Nursing shall notify the House and Senate Legislative Services Offices within five (5) days after the 26th state has enacted the act. “SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017, subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this act.” On July 20, 2017, North Carolina became the 26th member state to sign legislation enacting the compact,
making the effective date of Laws of 2017, Chapter 359, July 20, 2017.
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