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Al Schmidt: “While the Shapiro administration was able to partially…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health

Published | Video Starts at 18:30

… of State have redefined the definition of the word persistent when working with our federal partners at the Department of Justice and FBI in order to bring about final approval. While the Shapiro administration was able to partially implement the nurse compact in 2013 and the physician compact in 2014, one major hurdle remained to full implementation. Obtaining the US Department of Justice approval for Pennsylvania to receive FBI fingerprint based criminal history record checks for applicants. (18:30–18:43)

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Asserts that partial implementation of nurse and physician compacts occurred in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

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