Title 32, Title 32

An active military member and that member's spouse may not be required to pay to the commission for a compact privilege the fee otherwise charged by the commission. If a remote state chooses to charge a fee for a compact privilege, the remote state may choose to charge a reduced …

1. Participating state authority. A participating state in which a licensee is licensed shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against the qualifying license issued by that participating state. 2. Adverse action based on remote state findings. A participating state m…

1. Commission established. The participating states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all participating states that have enacted the compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly and is not an i…

1. Data and reporting system. The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation and utilization of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action and the reporting of any significant investigative information on all licensees a…

1. Promulgation. The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer this compact and achieve its purpose. A commission is invalid and has no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rul…

1. Oversight. Oversight of the compact is governed by this subsection. A. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government in each participating state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. [PL 2023,…

1. Effective date. The compact takes effect on the date the compact statute is enacted into law in the 7th participating state. A. On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the states that enacted the compact p…

1. Construction. This compact and the commission's rule-making authority must be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules m…

1. Enforcement. Nothing in this subchapter prevents or inhibits the enforcement of any law of a participating state that is not inconsistent with the compact. 2. Conflict. Any laws, rules or other legal requirements in a participating state in conflict with the compact are supers…

This compact is the Maine enactment of the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The form, format and text of the compact have been changed minimally so as to conform to Maine statutory conventions. The changes are technical in nature, and it is the intent of the Legislature that…

This chapter may be known and cited as "the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."

In order to strengthen access to health care and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing a…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).] 1. Bylaws. "Bylaws" means those bylaws adopted by the interstate commission pursuant to section 18512 for its governance or for directing…

1. Eligibility requirements. A physician may receive an expedited license under the terms and provisions of the compact. 2. Exception. An individual who does not meet the requirements of section 18503, subsection 11 may obtain a license to practice medicine in a member state if t…

1. State of principal license. A physician must designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and t…

1. Application. A physician seeking licensure through the compact must file an application for an expedited license with the member board of the state selected by the physician as the state of principal license. 2. Evaluation. Upon receipt of an application for an expedited licen…

1. Fees. A member state issuing an expedited license authorizing the practice of medicine in that state may impose a fee for a license issued or renewed through the compact. 2. Rules. The interstate commission is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to section 18516 regarding fees …

1. License renewal process. A physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state must complete a renewal process with the interstate commission. The physician is eligible for renewal if the physician: A. Maintains a full and unrestricted license in a state …

1. Database. The interstate commission shall establish a database of all physicians licensed or who have applied for licensure under section 18506. 2. Public action or complaint. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member board shall report to the interstate commission …

1. Joint investigations. In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective medical practice act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate with other member boards in joint investigations of a physician licensed by the member boards. 2. S…

1. Unprofessional conduct. A physician licensed through the compact who is the subject of a disciplinary action taken by a member board is deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct and may be subject to discipline by another member board, in addition to discipline for any …

1. Commission established. The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission is established. 2. Duties. The interstate commission shall administer the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. 3. Powers. The interstate commission is a body corporate and joint agency of the member s…

1. Duties. The interstate commission shall: A. Oversee and maintain the administration of the compact; [PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).] B. Adopt rules pursuant to section 18516, which are binding to the extent and in the manner provided for in the compact; [PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).…

1. Annual assessment. The interstate commission may levy an annual assessment on and collect the assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the interstate commission and its staff. The total assessment must be sufficient to cover the a…

1. Bylaws. The interstate commission shall, by a majority of commissioners present and voting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact within 12 months of the first interstate commission meeting. 2. Officers. …

1. Rules. The interstate commission shall adopt reasonable rules, which are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A, in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact; however, if the interstate commission exercises its r…

1. Enforcement. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. The provisions of the compact and the rules ad…

1. Enforcement. The interstate commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of the compact. 2. Compliance. The interstate commission may, by majority vote of the commissioners, initiate legal action in the United States District…

1. Grounds. The grounds for default under section 18518 include, but are not limited to, failure of a member state to perform such obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by the compact or the rules and bylaws of the interstate commission adopted under the compact. 2. Def…

1. Resolution. The interstate commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes that are subject to the compact and that arise among member states or member boards. 2. Rules. The interstate commission shall adopt rules pursuant to section 18516 pro…

1. Eligibility. Any state is eligible to become a member state of the compact. 2. Effective date. The compact becomes effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no fewer than 7 states. Thereafter, it becomes effective and binding on a state upon e…

1. Repeal. Once effective, the compact continues in force and remains binding upon each member state, except that a member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute that enacted the compact into law. 2. Effective date. Withdrawal from the compact i…

1. Effective date. The compact dissolves effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state that reduces the membership in the compact to one member state. 2. Surplus funds. Upon the dissolution of the compact, the compact becomes null and void and is of no …

1. Liberal construction. The provisions of the compact must be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. 2. Applicability of other compacts. Nothing in the compact may be construed to prohibit the applicability of other interstate compacts of which the states are members.

1. Other law. Nothing in this chapter prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. 2. Conflicts. All laws in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. 3. Actions. All lawful …

In order to strengthen access to medical services, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of medical services, the participating states of the Physician Assistants Licensure Compact, referred to in this chapter as "the compact," have allied in common purpose to develo…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2023, c. 670, §1 (NEW).] 1. Adverse action. "Adverse action" means any administrative, civil, equitable or criminal action permitted by a state's laws that is imp…

1. Participation requirements. To participate in the compact, a state must: A. License physician assistants; [PL 2023, c. 670, §1 (NEW).] B. Participate in the commission's data system; [PL 2023, c. 670, §1 (NEW).] C. Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating comp…

1. Requirements. To exercise the compact privilege, a licensee must: A. Have graduated from a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, or its successor organization, or other programs authorized by com…

Upon a licensee's application for a compact privilege, the licensee shall identify to the commission the participating state from which the licensee is applying, in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission and subject to the following requirements. [PL 2023, c. …

1. Participating state authority. A participating state in which a licensee is licensed has exclusive power to impose an adverse action against the qualifying license issued by that participating state. 2. Remote state authority. In addition to the other powers conferred by state…

1. Commission established. The participating states hereby create and establish a joint government agency and national administrative body known as the Physician Assistants Licensure Compact Commission. A. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly …

1. Data and reporting system. The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation and use of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure information, adverse action information and the reporting of any significant investigative information on…

1. Powers. The commission shall exercise its rule-making powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted under this section. Rules and amendments become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. 2. Promulgation. The commission sha…

1. Oversight. Oversight of the compact is governed by this subsection. A. The executive and judicial branches of state government in each participating state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. [PL 2023, c. 670, §1 (…

1. Effective date. The compact takes effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the 7th participating state. A. On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the states that enacted the …