Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

This compact shall be liberally construed in order 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 party state or of the U…

The purpose of the physical therapist licensure compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services. The practice of physical therapy occurs in the state where the patient/client is located at the …

As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (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…

(a) To participate in the compact, a state shall: (1) Participate fully in the commission’s data system, including using the commission’s unique identifier as defined in rules; (2) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensees; (3) Notify th…

(a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: (1) Hold a license in the home state; (2) Have no encumbrance on any state license; (3) Be eligible for a compact privilege in any member state in accordance with subsections …

A licensee who is active duty military or is the spouse of an individual who is active duty military may designate one of the following as the home state: (1) Home of record; (2) Permanent change of station (PCS); or (3) State of current residence if it is different than the PCS …

(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, as long as the home state follows its own procedures for imposing ad…

(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 and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be bro…

(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) Notwithstanding any other provis…