ARTICLE X. ENTRY INTO FORCE, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT.

13.

(A) THIS COMPACT SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE AND BECOME EFFECTIVE AS
TO ANY STATE WHEN IT HAS BEEN ENACTED INTO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE. ANY
PARTY STATE MAY WITHDRAW FROM THIS COMPACT BY ENACTING A STATUTE
REPEALING THIS COMPACT, BUT NO SUCH WITHDRAWAL MAY TAKE EFFECT UNTIL 6
MONTHS AFTER THE WITHDRAWING STATE HAS GIVEN NOTICE OF THE
WITHDRAWAL TO THE EXECUTIVE HEADS OF ALL OTHER PARTY STATES.

(B) NO WITHDRAWAL MAY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR APPLICABILITY OF
STATE NURSE LICENSING BOARDS REMAINING PARTY TO THIS COMPACT IN
REPORTING AN ADVERSE ACTION THAT OCCURS PRIOR TO THE WITHDRAWAL.

(C) NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS COMPACT MAY BE CONSTRUED TO
INVALIDATE OR PREVENT ANY - NURSE LICENSING AGREEMENT OR OTHER
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN A PARTY STATE AND A NONPARTY STATE THAT
IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT.

(D) THIS COMPACT MAY BE AMENDED BY THE PARTY STATES. NO
AMENDMENT TO THIS COMPACT MAY BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL IT IS ENACTED INTO THE
LAWS OF ALL PARTY STATES.

ARTICLE XI. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY.

14.

(A) THIS COMPACT SHALL BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED SO AS TO EFFECTUATE
THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPACT. 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 THE UNITED
STATES OR OF THE PARTY 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 MAY NOT BE
AFFECTED THEREBY. IF THIS COMPACT IS HELD TO BE CONTRARY TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF A PARTY STATE, THIS COMPACT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE
AND EFFECT AS TO THE REMAINING PARTY STATES, AND TO THE PARTY STATE
AFFECTED AS TO ALL SEVERABLE MATTERS.

(B) IN THE EVENT THAT PARTY STATES FIND A NEED FOR SETTLING
DISPUTES ARISING UNDER THIS COMPACT;

(1) THE PARTY STATES MAY SUBMIT THE ISSUES IN DISPUTE TO AN
ARBITRATION PANEL WHICH SHALL BE COMPRISED OF AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED
BY THE COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR IN THE HOME STATE, AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED
BY THE COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR IN THE REMOTE STATE OR STATES INVOLVED IN
THE DISPUTE, AND AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CHOSEN BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF ALL
OF THE PARTY STATES INVOLVED IN THE DISPUTE; AND