(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 OP 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 THIS THE COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR IN THE HOME STATE, AN INDIVIDUAL
APPOINTED BY THIS 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

(2) THE DECISION OF A MAJORITY OF THE ARBITRATORS SHALL BE
FINAL AND BINDING.

8-7A-02.

JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE VALIDITY OF DISCIPLINE IN ANOTHER STATE AS SET
FORTH IN ARTICLE V OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE ISSUE OF THE
IDENTITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS DISCIPLINED IN ANOTHER STATE.

8-7A-03.

(A) THIS NURSE MULTISTATE LICENSURE COMPACT MAY NOT NULLIFY ANY
OTHER PROVISION IN THIS TITLE OR ANY OTHER TITLE APPLICABLE TO THE
PRACTICE OF NURSING IN THE STATE.