Title 5
Businesses and Professions

Chapter 34.3
Nurse Licensure Compact

R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34.3-14

§ 5-34.3-14. Construction and severability. [Expires January 1, 2027]

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any party state thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to all severable matters.

History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 50, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 62, § 2; P.L. 2023, ch. 338, § 1, effective January 1, 2024; P.L. 2023, ch. 397, § 1, effective January 1, 2024.