North Carolina nurses would report credentials and workplace information

Active nurses would register their training, education, work location, and employer with the North Carolina Board of Nursing. The requirement would cover all active nurses licensed by the North Carolina Board of Nursing. The board would maintain a database of their information for its use. Inactive nurses would be exempt. Nurses would update credentials when needed at license renewal and report changes to their work location or employer within 30 business days. These provisions would take effect October 1, 2026. Active nurses would submit their initial information within one calendar year of the bill becoming law.

Approved training programs would send graduate information to the North Carolina Board of Nursing each year. The requirement would cover board-approved programs that train, educate, and credential sexual assault nurse examiners. Reports would cover all graduates. Programs would also report each graduate’s planned or current workplace if known. The reporting provision would take effect October 1, 2026, with reports due October 1 each year.

The state would provide the Department of Health and Human Services with money to help the North Carolina Board of Nursing collect graduate data. The Department of Health and Human Services would receive the money to help the North Carolina Board of Nursing carry out the reporting requirement. The money would support data collection from sexual assault nurse examiner training programs. The funding provision would take effect July 1, 2026.