Title 24, Professions and Occupations

§ 2606C. Adverse actions. (a) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against a license issued by the home state. (b) A home state may take adverse action based on the investigative information of a remote state, so long as the home state follows its own …

§ 2606D. Active military member or their spouses. An active military member or their spouse shall not be required to pay a fee to the Commission for a compact privilege. If a member state chooses to charge a member state fee, it may choose to charge a reduced fee or no fee to an …

§ 2607. Issuance and renewal of licenses; inactive status. (a) The Board shall issue a license to each physical therapist applicant, physical therapist assistant applicant, or athletic trainer applicant who satisfies the requirements for licensure set forth in this chapter and ru…

§ 2607C. Establishment of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission. (a) The Compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Physical Therapy Compact Commission: (1) The Commission is an instrumentality of the Compact states. (2) Venue is proper…

§ 2607D. Adverse actions. (a) A member state in which a licensee is issued a Compact qualifying license shall have the exclusive authority to impose adverse action against the compact qualifying license issued by that member state. (b) A member state may take adverse action based…

§ 2608. Examination. The Board, in its rules and regulations, shall designate the national examinations for licensure as a physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, or athletic trainer.24 Del. C. 1953, § 2608; 50 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 192, § 1; 67 Del. …

§ 2608C. Data system. (a) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. (b) Notwithsta…

§ 2608D. Establishment and operation of the commission. (a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the Athletic Trainer Licensure Compact Commission. The…

§ 2609. Fees. The amount charged for fees imposed under this chapter shall approximate and reasonably reflect costs necessary to defray the expenses of the Board, as well as the proportional expenses incurred by the Division in its service on behalf of the Board. There shall be a…

§ 2609C. Rulemaking. (a) The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) If a majority of the…

§ 2609D. Data system. (a) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system and reporting system containing licensure, compact privileges, adverse action, and the presence of current significant investigative in…

§ 2610. Reciprocity. (a) Upon payment of the appropriate fee and submission and acceptance of a written application on forms provided by the Board, the Board shall grant a license to each applicant who shall present proof of current licensure, in good standing, in another state, …

§ 2610C. Oversight; dispute resolution; enforcement. (a) Oversight. — (1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact’s purposes and …

§ 2610D. Rulemaking. (a) The Compact Commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdic…

§ 2611. Temporary license. (a) Upon submission of a written application on forms provided by the Board, the Board may issue a temporary license to a person who has applied for licensure under this chapter and who, in the judgment of the Board, is eligible to take the examination …

§ 2611C. Date of implementation of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment. (a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become …

§ 2611D. Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement. (a) Oversight. — (1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. (2) Except as otherwise p…

§ 2612. Practice, referral, and consultation. (a) A licensed physical therapist may enter a case for the purpose of consultation, evaluation or treatment of an individual as it relates to the individual’s need for physical therapy services, with or without a referral by a license…

§ 2612C. Construction and severability. This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. 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 consti…

§ 2612D. Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment. (a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state. (1) On or after the effective date of the compact, the Compact Commission shall convene and review …

§ 2613. False representation of professional title. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, or for any business entity, its employees, agents or representatives to use in connection with its name or business activity the words “physical therapy,” “physical therapist,” “physiothe…

§ 2613D. Construction and severability. (a) This compact and the Compact Commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or r…

§ 2614. Use of professional title. (a) Any person who holds a license pursuant to this chapter as a physical therapist may use the word “physical therapist” or the letters “PT” in connection with the person’s name or place of business to denote licensure hereunder. Any person who…

§ 2614D. Consistent effect and conflict with other state laws. (a) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (b) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a member st…

§ 2615. Rules and regulations; authorized services and acts.64 Del. Laws, c. 192, § 1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 97, § 20; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; repealed by 79 Del. Laws, c. 406, § 16, eff. Aug. 12, 2014.;

§ 2616. Grounds for discipline. (a) A person licensed under this chapter performing physical therapy or athletic training services is subject to the disciplinary sanctions set forth in § 2620 of this title if, after a hearing, the Board finds that the licensee has: (1) Practiced …

§ 2617. Fees and revenues.24 Del. C. 1953, § 2616; 53 Del. Laws, c. 108, § 30; 64 Del. Laws, c. 192, § 1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 380, § 3; 73 Del. Laws, c. 125, § 12; repealed by 79 Del. Laws, c. 406 § 18, eff. Aug. 12, 2014.;

§ 2618. Penalties and jurisdiction. (a) Where the Board has determined that a person is engaged in a practice regulated by this chapter without having lawfully obtained a license, or that a person previously licensed under this chapter is engaged in a practice regulated by this c…

§ 2619. Treatment or examination of minors. (a) A parent, guardian or other caretaker, or an adult staff member, shall be present when a person licensed to practice physical therapy or athletic training under this chapter provides treatment to a minor patient involving the inspec…

§ 2620. Disciplinary sanctions. (a) The Board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds that a condition or violation for discipline of a licensee regulated by this chapter has been established under § 2616 of this title: (1) Issue a lette…

§ 2621. Physical therapists eligible for compensation from insurance [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 4]. (a) For purposes of disability insurance, standard health and accident, sickness, and all other such insurance plans, whether or not they are con…

§ 2701. Objectives. The primary objective of the Board of Professional Land Surveyors, to which all other objectives and purposes are secondary, is to protect the general public, specifically those persons who are the direct recipients of services regulated by this chapter, from …

§ 2702. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them under this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) “Board” shall mean the State Board of Professional Land Surveyo…

§ 2703. Board of Professional Land Surveyors; appointments; qualifications; term; vacancies; suspension or removal; unexcused absences; compensation. (a) There is created a State Board of Professional Land Surveyors that shall administer and enforce this chapter. (b) The Board sh…

§ 2704. Organization; meetings; officers; quorum. (a) The Board shall hold regularly scheduled business meetings at least once in each quarter of a calendar year and at such times, as the Chair deems necessary or at the request of a majority of the Board members. (b) The Board sh…

§ 2705. Records. The Division of Professional Regulation shall keep a register of all approved applications for license as a land surveyor and complete records relating to meetings of the Board, examinations, rosters, changes and additions to the Board’s rules and regulations, co…

§ 2706. Powers and duties. (a) The Board of Professional Land Surveyors shall have authority to: (1) Formulate rules and regulations, with appropriate notice to those affected; all rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the procedures specified in the Admin…

§ 2707. License required. (a) No person shall engage in the practice of land surveying or hold himself or herself out to the public in this State as being qualified to practice land surveying or use in connection with that person’s name or otherwise assume or use any title or des…

§ 2708. Qualifications of applicant; report to Attorney General; judicial review. (a) An applicant who is applying for licensure under this chapter shall submit evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the Board, that such person: (1) a. Applying for licensure as a surveyor…

§ 2709. Reciprocity. (a) Upon payment of the appropriate fee and submission and acceptance of a written application on forms provided by the Board, the Board shall grant a license to each applicant who shall present proof of current licensure in good standing in another state, th…

§ 2710. Fees. The amount to be charged for each fee imposed under this chapter shall approximate and reasonably reflect all costs necessary to defray the expenses of the Board, as well as the proportional expenses incurred by the Division in its service on behalf of the Board. Th…

§ 2711. Issuance and renewal of licenses. The Board shall issue a license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter for licensure as a land surveyor and who pays the fee established under § 2710 of this title. Each license shall be renewed biennially, in such m…

§ 2712. Grounds for discipline. (a) A practitioner licensed under this chapter shall be subject to disciplinary actions set forth in § 2714 of this title after a hearing, the Board finds that the land surveyor: (1) Has employed or knowingly cooperated in fraud or material decepti…

§ 2713. Complaints. (a) All complaints shall be received and investigated by the Division of Professional Regulation in accordance with § 8735 of Title 29, and the Division shall be responsible for issuing a final written report at the conclusion of its investigation. (b) When it…

§ 2714. Disciplinary sanctions. (a) The Board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds that 1 or more of the conditions or violations set forth in § 2712 of this chapter applies to a practitioner regulated by this chapter: (1) Issue a let…

§ 2715. Hearing procedures. (a) If a complaint is filed with the Board pursuant to § 8735 of Title 29 alleging violation of § 2714 of this title, the Board shall set a time and place to conduct a hearing on the complaint. Notice of the hearing shall be given and the hearing condu…