Title 25, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 13. 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 constitution of any member state or o…

Sec. 14. (a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (c) All lawful actions of the commission, i…

Sec. 2. As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Active duty military" means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard a…

Sec. 3. (a) A license issued to an audiologist or speech-language pathologist by a home state to a resident in that state shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing an audiologist or speech-language pathologist to practice audiology or speech-language pathology, unde…

Sec. 4. (a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the audiologist or speech-language pathologist shall do the following: (1) Hold an active license in the home state. (2) Have no encumbrance on any state license. (3) Be eligible for a co…

Sec. 5. (a) Member states shall recognize the right of an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, licensed by a home state in accordance with section 3 of this chapter and under rules promulgated by the commission, to practice audiology or speech-language pathology in any mem…

Sec. 6. Active duty military personnel, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent to designatin…

Sec. 7. (a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to do the following: (1) Take adverse action against an audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's privilege to prac…

Sec. 8. (a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission. The following apply to the commission: (1) The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states. (2) Venue is pro…

Sec. 9. (a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated data base and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. (b) Notwithstanding any oth…

Sec. 1. (a) The board shall assist in the rehabilitation of an impaired veterinary health care provider. (b) The board may do the following: (1) Enter into agreements, provide grants, and make other arrangements with statewide nonprofit professional associations, foundations, or …

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, all: (1) information furnished to a nonprofit professional association, foundation, or other entity specifically devoted to the rehabilitation of impaired health care professionals, including interviews, reports, statem…

Sec. 3. Information received by the board from the board designated rehabilitation program for noncompliance by the impaired veterinary health care provider may be used by the board in a disciplinary or criminal proceeding instituted against the impaired veterinary health care pr…

Sec. 4. The board designated rehabilitation program shall: (1) immediately report to the board the name and results of any contact or investigation concerning an impaired veterinary health care provider whom the program believes constitutes a certain, immediate, and impending dan…

Sec. 5. (a) The impaired veterinary health care provider fund is established to provide money for rehabilitation of impaired veterinary health care providers under this chapter. The state board shall administer the fund for the board. (b) Expenses of administering the fund shall …

Sec. 1. A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one (1) member state at a time. As added by P.L.98-2023, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving between two (2) member states, the following conditions must be met: (1) The licensed professional counselor shall file an application for obtaining a new home state license based on a privi…

Sec. 3. If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving from a member state to a nonmember state, or from a nonmember state to a member state, the state criteria shall apply for issuance of a single state license in the new state. As added by P.L…

Sec. 4. Nothing in this compact shall interfere with a licensee's ability to hold a single state license in multiple states. However, for the purposes of this compact, a licensee shall have only one (1) home state license. As added by P.L.98-2023, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. Nothing in this compact shall affect the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single state license. As added by P.L.98-2023, SEC.2.