§ 5-48.3-7. Adverse actions.
(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 an audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's privilege
to practice within that member state;
(2) Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and
testimony of witnesses as well as the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by
a licensing board in a member state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses
or the production of evidence from another member state shall be enforced in the latter
state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and procedure
of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it. The
issuing authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other
fees required by the service statutes of the state in which the witnesses or evidence
are located; and
(3) Only the home state shall have the power to take adverse action against an audiologist's
or speech-language pathologist's license issued by the home state.
(b) For purposes of taking adverse action, the home state shall give the same priority
and effect to reported conduct received from a member state as it would if the conduct
had occurred within the home state. In so doing, the home state shall apply its own
state laws to determine appropriate action.
(c) The home state shall complete any pending investigations of an audiologist or speech-language
pathologist who changes primary state of residence during the course of the investigations.
The home state shall also have the authority to take appropriate actions and shall
promptly report the conclusions of the investigations to the administrator of the
data system. The administrator of the coordinated licensure information system shall
promptly notify the new home state of any adverse actions.
(d) If otherwise permitted by state law, the member state may recover from the affected
audiologist or speech-language pathologist the costs of investigations and disposition
of cases resulting from any adverse action taken against that audiologist or speech-language
pathologist.
(e) The member state may take adverse action based on the factual findings of the remote
state; provided that, the member state follows the member state's own procedures for
taking the adverse action.
(f) Joint investigations.
(1) In addition to the authority granted to a member state by its respective audiology
or speech-language pathology practice act or other applicable state law, any member
state may participate with other member states in joint investigations of licensees.
(2) Member states shall share any investigative, litigation, or compliance materials in
furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the compact.
(g) If adverse action is taken by the home state against an audiologist's or speech language
pathologist's license, the audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's privilege
to practice in all other member states shall be deactivated until all encumbrances
have been removed from the state license. All home state disciplinary orders that
impose adverse action against an audiologist's or speech language pathologist's license
shall include a statement that the audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's
privilege to practice is deactivated in all member states during the pendency of the
order.
(h) If a member state takes adverse action, it shall promptly notify the administrator
of the data system. The administrator of the data system shall promptly notify the
home state of any adverse actions by remote states.
(i) Nothing in this compact shall override a member state's decision that participation
in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action.