Licensure follows the patient
The location that matters for telehealth is generally the patient’s, not yours. Sitting in one state and caring for a patient in Connecticut generally means you need authority to practice in Connecticut — via compact privilege or a Connecticut license. See telehealth: patient in another state.
The law that governs this in Connecticut
Caring for a patient located in Connecticut is practice in Connecticut, so it is Connecticut’s own nurse practice act that defines what you may do and the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing that applies it. That act is Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 378 (Nursing).
The compact itself is separate law. Connecticut adopted it at Conn. Public Act 24-83 (House Bill 5058), which is what allows a multistate license issued elsewhere to reach Connecticut at all — the practice act still decides what you may do once it does.
Compact status is not the only consideration
Even where a multistate license reaches Connecticut, your employer and the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing may impose additional requirements, and some roles carry their own rules. Compact status answers one question — it is not a blanket authorization to practice remotely.
APRN telehealth is separate
The compact covers RN and LPN/LVN licenses only. If you work as an APRN, your advanced-practice authority is granted state by state and is not carried by a multistate RN license — a point that catches out a lot of remote NP roles.
Since when has a compact license worked in Connecticut?
Nurses holding another state’s multistate license have been able to practice in Connecticut since October 1, 2025. That is recent enough that employer handbooks, agency briefings, and articles written before then still describe Connecticut as non-compact — so if you are told you need a Connecticut license, check the date on the guidance.