§ 25-43-3-1 — State participation requirements

Indiana § 25-43-3-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 43: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE
• Ch. 3: State Participation in the Compact

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(a) To participate in the compact, a member
state shall do the following:
(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 mechanism in place for receiving and investigating
complaints about licensees.
(4) Notify the commission, in compliance with the terms of the
compact and rules, of any adverse action or the availability of
investigative information regarding a licensee.
(5) Implement or utilize procedures for considering the criminal
history records of applicants for an initial compact privilege.
These procedures must include the submission of fingerprints or
other biometric based information by applicants for the purpose
of obtaining an applicant's criminal history record information
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the agency
responsible for retaining that state's criminal records.
(6) Within a time frame established by the commission, require a
criminal background check for a licensee seeking/applying for a
compact privilege whose primary state of residence is that
member state, by receiving the results of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation criminal record search, and shall use the results in
making licensure decisions. Communication between a member
state, the commission, and among member states regarding the
verification of eligibility for licensure through the compact shall
not include any information received from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation relating to a federal criminal records check
performed by a member state under Public Law 92-544.
(7) Comply with the rules of the commission.
(8) Utilize only a recognized national examination as a
requirement for licensure pursuant to the rules of the commission.
(9) Have continuing competence/education requirements as a
condition for license renewal.
(b) A member state shall grant the compact privilege to a licensee
holding a valid unencumbered license in another member state in
accordance with the terms of the compact and rules.
(c) Member states may charge a fee for granting a compact
privilege.
(d) A member state shall provide for the state's delegate to attend all
occupational therapy compact commission meetings.
(e) Individuals not residing in a member state shall continue to be
able to apply for a member state's single state license as provided under
the laws of each member state. However, the single state license
granted to these individuals shall not be recognized as granting the
compact privilege in any other member state.
(f) Nothing in this compact shall affect the requirements established
by a member state for the issuance of a single state license.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.21-2023, SEC.1.