Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, 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 o…

(a) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purpose of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of t…

(a) Oversight. (1) 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 pr…

(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 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 member state or of the …

(a) A licensee providing professional counseling services in a remote state under the privilege to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including scope of practice, of the remote state. (b) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state t…

For purposes of this compact, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (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 pursuant to …

(a) To participate in the compact, a state must currently: (1) License and regulate licensed professional counselors; (2) Require licensees to pass a nationally recognized exam approved by the commission; (3) Require licensees to have a sixty (60) semester-hour, or ninety (90) qu…

(a) To exercise the privilege to practice 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 identifier; (3) Be eligible for a privilege to practic…

(a) A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one member state at a time. (b) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving between two (2) member s…

Active duty military personnel, or their spouse, 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 home…

(a) Member states shall recognize the right of a licensed professional counselor, licensed by a home state in accordance with § 5-39.3-3 and under rules promulgated by the commission, to practice professional counseling in any member state via telehealth under a privilege to prac…

(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 licensed professional counselor’s privilege to practice within that member state, and (2) …

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

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Occupational Therapy Practice Act.”

The applicant shall be required to pass with a grade determined by the board, an examination approved by the board pursuant to § 5-40.1-8(a)(5).

(a) Upon the recommendation of the board, the director shall issue to applicants who have satisfactorily met the licensure requirements of this chapter, a license to practice occupational therapy in this state. The license, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall expire on the …

When an application is submitted to the division of professional regulation for a license to practice occupational therapy in Rhode Island, the applicant shall pay a nonrefundable fee to the general treasurer. A licensee shall submit a biennial renewal fee with a renewal applicat…

(a) The board may deny a license or refuse to renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license or may impose probationary conditions if the licensee has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct that has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of th…

The board shall adopt a seal by which it authenticates its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records, and acts of the board and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning its proceedings, records, and acts signed by the secretary and authenticated by the seal, s…

The proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

If a part of this chapter is held unconstitutional or invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid or unconstitutional part remain in effect. If a part of this chapter is held unconstitutional or invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effe…

This chapter shall take effect July 11, 1984.

In order to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare; to protect the public from incompetent, unscrupulous, and unauthorized persons; to ensure the highest degree of professional conduct on the part of occupational therapists and to ensure the availability of occupational…

All hearings and reviews required under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations authorized by this chapter, shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Rhode Island department of health, entitled, “Rules and…

(a) A licensed occupational therapist shall exercise sound judgment and shall provide adequate care in the performance of duties. A licensed occupational therapist shall be permitted to supervise the following: occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupationa…

(a) “Administrator” means the administrator of the division of professional regulation. (b) “Board” means the board of occupational therapy practice within the division of professional regulation established pursuant to the provisions of § 5-40.1-4. (c) “Chapter” refers to chapte…

(a) There is created within the division of professional regulation in the department of health a board of occupational therapy practice. The board shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the director of the department of health with the approval of the governor. Three (3)…

(a) The board is authorized to recommend to the director of the department of health, for his or her approval, the adoption and revision of any rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter. (b) The b…

(a) Pursuant to this section, no person may practice occupational therapy, or hold himself or herself out as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, or as being able to practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, or as being able …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of: (1) Any person licensed in this state by any other law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he or she is licensed; (2) Any person employed as an oc…

(a) Any applicant seeking licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in this state must: (1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; (2) Be of good moral character; (3) Have successfully completed the academic requirements of an education program in …

(a) Any individual who graduates from an approved occupational therapy school who has filed a completed application for licensure, may upon receiving a receipt from the division, perform as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant under the supervision of an oc…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Physical Therapist Licensure Compact Act.”

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) If a majority of the legislatures of the …

(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 promulgated hereu…

(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 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…