Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the promulgation o…

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 of the Uni…

(a) A licensee providing occupational therapy in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the remote state. (b) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact…

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/client is located at the time of the pati…

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall clearly indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Active duty military” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, …

(a) To participate in the compact, a member state shall: (1) License occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; (2) Participate fully in the commission’s data system including, but not limited to, using the commission’s unique identifier as defined in rules of t…

(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 a valid United States social security number or national practitioner identification number; (3) Have no encumbrance on any stat…

(a) 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. (b) If an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant changes primary state of res…

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…

(a) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against an occupational therapist’s or occupational therapy assistant’s license issued by the home state. (b) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in a…

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the occupational 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…