Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(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 provided in this compact, venue is proper and judicial proce…

(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 commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven (7) member states (…

(a) This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not …

(a) A licensee providing services in a remote state under a multistate authorization to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including laws, regulations, and applicable standards, of the remote state where the client is located at the time care is rendered. (b) Noth…

As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Active military member” means any individual with full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the United States including members of the National Guard and Reserve. (2) …

(a) To be eligible to participate in the compact, a potential member state shall currently meet all of the following criteria: (1) License and regulate the practice of social work at either the clinical, master’s, or bachelor’s category; (2) Require applicants for licensure to gr…

(a) To be eligible for a multistate license under the terms and provisions of the compact, an applicant, regardless of category shall: (1) Hold or be eligible for an active, unencumbered license in the home state; (2) Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the mult…

(a) Upon receipt of an application for multistate license, the home state licensing authority shall determine the applicant’s eligibility for a multistate license in accordance with § 5-39.2-4. (b) If such applicant is eligible pursuant to § 5-39.2-4, the home state licensing aut…

(a) Nothing in this compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be construed to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a member state to enact and enforce laws, regulations, or other rules related to the practice of social work in that state, where those laws, re…

(a) A licensee can hold a multistate license, issued by their home state, in only one member state at any given time. (b) If a licensee changes their home state by moving between two (2) member states: (1) The licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of their multistat…

An active military member or their spouse shall designate a home state where the individual has a multistate license. The individual may retain their home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty.

(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: (1) Take adverse action against a regulated social worker’s multistate authorization to practice only within that member sta…