Title 36, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

A. The compact shall take effect on the date that the compact is enacted in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, are limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the commiss…

This compact must be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. 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 States, or…

A. A licensee providing occupational therapy in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and rules of the remote state. B. Nothing in this compact prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state, which is not inconsistent with the comp…

The purpose of the interstate compact on occupational therapy licensure is to facilitate the 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 …

As used in this compact: A. “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 10 U.S.C. chapter 1209 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 1211; B. “Adver…

A. To participate in the compact, a member state must: 1. License occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; 2. Participate fully in the commission’s data system, including using the commission’s unique identifier as defined in rules of the commission; 3. Have a…

A. To exercise the compact privilege under the compact, the licensee must: 1. Hold a license in the home state; 2. Have a United States social security number or national practitioner identification number; 3. Have no encumbrance on any state license; 4. Be eligible for a compact…

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 the primary state of r…

Active duty military personnel, or the spouse of such a service member, shall designate a home state in which 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. Subseq…

A. A home state has exclusive power to take adverse action against an occupational therapist’s or an occupational therapy assistant’s license issued by the home state. B. A remote state has the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: 1. Take adverse acti…

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 may only be…