1. (a) The party states create and establish a joint public entity known as the interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators.
2. (b) The commission is an instrumentality of the party states.
3. (c) Venue is proper, and judicial proceedings by or against the commission must be brought solely and exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction where the principal office of the commission is located.
4. (d) The commission may waive venue and jurisdictional defenses to the extent the commission adopts or consents to participate in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

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