§ 33-40-207 — [SECTION 5] Obtaining a new home state license by virtue of compact privilege

Wyoming § 33-40-207

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 33: Professions and Occupations
• Ch. 40: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE
• Art. 2: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT

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(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 primary state of residence by moving between
two member states:
(i) The occupational therapist or occupational
therapy assistant shall file an application for obtaining a new
home state license by virtue of a compact privilege, pay all
applicable fees and notify the current and new home state in
accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission;
(ii) Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a
new home state license by virtue of compact privilege, the new
home state shall verify that the occupational therapist or
occupational therapy assistant meets the pertinent criteria
outlined in W.S. 33-40-206 [section 4] via the data system,
without need for primary source verification except for:
(A) An FBI fingerprint based criminal background
check if not previously performed or updated pursuant to
applicable rules adopted by the commission in accordance with
P.L. 92-544;
(B) Other criminal background checks as required
by the new home state; and
(C) Submission of any requisite jurisprudence
requirements of the new home state.
(iii) The former home state shall convert the former
home state license into a compact privilege once the new home
state has activated the new home state license in accordance
with applicable rules adopted by the commission;
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
compact, if the occupational therapist or occupational therapy
assistant cannot meet the criteria in W.S. 33-40-206 [section
4], the new home state shall apply its requirements for issuing
a new single-state license;
(v) The occupational therapist or the occupational
therapy assistant shall pay all applicable fees to the new home
state in order to be issued a new home state license.
(c) If an occupational therapist or occupational therapy
assistant changes primary state of residence by moving from a
member state to a non-member state, or from a non-member state
to a member state, the state criteria shall apply for issuance
of a single-state license in the new state.
(d) Nothing in this compact shall interfere with a
licensee's ability to hold a single-state license in multiple
states; however, for the purposes of this compact, a licensee
shall have only one home state license.
(e) Nothing in this compact shall affect the requirements
established by a member state for the issuance of a single-state
license.