Title 43 — Occupations and Professions

The department of health and human services may provide for loan repayment funds to a dentist who has received an education loan. The department of health and human services may not provide funds for the repayment of any loan that is in default at the time of the application. The…

Repealed by S.L. 2017, ch. 292, § 3.

The department of health and human services shall enter a contract with a selected dentist. The contract must provide the department of health and human services agrees to make payments of loan repayment funds to the selected dentist, subject to the dentist meeting the requiremen…

1. The department of health and human services may not provide any loan repayment funds to a dentist under this chapter until the dentist has practiced at least six months on a full-time basis in the city or surrounding areas, or both, the department of health and human services …

The department of health and human services may accept any conditional or unconditional gift, grant, or donation for the purpose of providing funds for the repayment of dentists' educational loans. If any entity desires to provide funds to the department of health and human servi…

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 303, § 6.

Each year the department of health and human services, in consultation with the state board of animal health, shall select qualified applicants to participate in a loan repayment program, as provided for in this chapter. Each applicant must be a veterinarian and must agree to pro…

The department of health and human services may: 1. Determine the eligibility and qualifications of an applicant for loan repayment funds under this chapter; 2. Identify communities that are in need of a veterinarian and establish a priority ranking for participation in the progr…

1. In establishing the criteria regarding eligibility for loan repayment funds under this chapter, the department of health and human services shall consider the applicant's: a. Training in food animal veterinary medicine, ability, willingness to engage in food animal veterinary …

1. In selecting a community with a defined need for the services of a veterinarian, the department of health and human services shall consider: a. The size of the community and give priority: (1) First to rural communities having a population under five thousand; (2) Second to co…

The department of health and human services may provide for loan repayment funds to a veterinarian who has received an education loan. The department of health and human services may not provide funds for the repayment of a loan that is in default at the time of the application. …

1. The department of health and human services shall release a veterinarian from the veterinarian's loan repayment contract without penalty if: a. The veterinarian has completed the service requirements of the contract; b. The veterinarian is unable to complete the service requir…

1. a. Upon completing six months of the first year of service, as required by the contract, the veterinarian is eligible to receive a loan payment in an amount up to fifteen thousand dollars. b. Upon completing a second year of service, as required by the contract, the veterinari…

1. The department of health and human services may accept any conditional or unconditional gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of providing moneys for the repayment of veterinarians' education loans. However, if an entity desires to provide moneys to the department of he…

ARTICLE I - PURPOSE WHEREAS, states license psychologists, in order to protect the public through verification of education, training and experience and ensure accountability for professional practice; and WHEREAS, this compact is intended to regulate the day-to-day practice of t…

1. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of occupational therapy with the goal of improving public access to occupational therapy services. The practice of occupational therapy occurs in the state where the patient is located at the time of the patient …

As used in this compact: 1. "Active duty military" means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve on active duty orders under 10 U.S.C. chapter 1209 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 1211. 2. "Adverse acti…

1. To participate in the compact, a member state shall: a. License occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; b. Participate fully in the commission's data system, including using the commission's unique identifier as defined in rules of the commission; c. Have …

1. To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: a. Hold a license in the home state; b. Have a valid United States social security number or national practitioner identification number; c. Have no encumbrance on any state li…

1. An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant may hold a home state license, which allows for compact privileges in member states, in only one member state at a time. 2. If an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant changes primary state of resid…

Active duty military personnel, or their spouses, 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 designating a hom…

1. A home state has exclusive power to impose adverse action against an occupational therapist's or occupational therapy assistant's license issued by the home state. 2. In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state may: a. Take adverse action against an …

1. The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the occupational therapy compact commission. a. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states. b. Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission must be bro…

1. The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and use of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. 2. A member state shall submit a uniform data…

1. The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. 2. The commission shall adopt rules in order to effe…

1. Oversight. a. 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 intent. The provisions of this compact and the rules adop…

This compact must be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the compact. The provisions of this compact are 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 of the United S…

1. A licensee providing occupational therapy in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the remote state. 2. This compact does not prevent the enforcement of any other law of a member state which is not inconsistent with the co…

The social work licensure compact is entered with all states legally joining the compact, in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I - PURPOSE 1. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers by improving public access to compet…

The dietitian licensure compact is entered with all states legally joining the compact, in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I - PURPOSE 1. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of dietetics with the goal of improving public access to dietetic …

ARTICLE I - PURPOSE 1. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services. 2. The practice of professional counseling occurs in the state where the clien…

As used in this chapter: 1. "Applicant" means an individual who has submitted a completed application, including all documentation and fees necessary for the board to consider licensing the individual. 2. "Application" means the process and all required documentation necessary fo…

1. Unless the board is part of an effective interstate compact, an executed license transfer, existing interstate mobility, or reciprocity agreement with another state, a board shall issue a license to an out-of-state licensee applicant to practice in this state if, upon applicat…

1. A board shall issue a license within ten business days to an individual who submits a complete, unencumbered, routine application. This section does not apply to processing applications through an effective interstate compact or an executed license transfer agreement. Boards s…