§ 32 §17503 — State participation in the compact

To participate in the compact, a member state shall meet the requirements of this section.
1.
Recognition of compact privilege.
A member state shall recognize a license issued to an audiologist or speech-language pathologist by a home state to a resident in that state as authorizing an audiologist or speech-language pathologist to practice audiology or speech-language pathology, under a privilege to practice, in each member state.
2.
Home state license.
A member state shall require an applicant to obtain or retain a license in the home state and meet the home state's qualifications for licensure or renewal of licensure, as well as all other applicable state laws.
3.
Audiologist requirements.
A member state must require that to be granted a compact privilege, an audiologist must:
4.
Speech-language pathologist requirements.
A member state must require that to be granted a compact privilege, a speech-language pathologist must:
5.
Consideration of criminal history records.
A member state must implement or utilize procedures for considering the criminal history records of applicants for initial privilege to practice. 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.
Other state information.
Upon application for a privilege to practice, the licensing board in the issuing remote state shall ascertain, through the data system, whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by any other state, whether there are any encumbrances on any license or privilege to practice held by the applicant and whether any adverse action has been taken against any license or privilege to practice held by the applicant.
7.
Privilege to practice.
The privilege to practice is derived from the home state license.
8.
Compliance with practice laws; client location.
An audiologist or speech-language pathologist practicing in a member state must comply with the state practice laws of the state in which the client is located at the time service is provided. The practice of audiology and speech-language pathology must include all audiology and speech-language pathology practice as defined by the state practice laws of the member state in which the client is located. The practice of audiology and speech-language pathology in a member state under a privilege to practice subjects an audiologist or speech-language pathologist to the jurisdiction of the licensing board, the courts and the laws of the member state in which the client is located at the time service is provided.
9.
Nonresidents.
An individual not residing in a member state is able to apply for a member state's single-state license as provided under the laws of that member state. However, the single-state license granted to these individuals may not be recognized as granting the compact privilege in any other member state.
10.
No effect on single-state license authority.
Nothing in this compact affects the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single-state license.
11.
Fee.
A member state may charge a fee for granting a compact privilege.

Legislative History

PL 2023, c. 310, §1 (NEW).