"Adverse action" means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a state's laws that is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against a nurse, including any of the following actions against the nurse's license or multistate licensure privilege:

1. (1) Revocation.
2. (2) Suspension.
3. (3) Probation.
4. (4) Monitoring of the nurse.
5. (5) Limitation on the nurse's practice.
6. (6) Another encumbrance on licensure affecting the nurse's authorization to practice, including a cease and desist order.

As added by P.L.135-2019, SEC.5.