SB245 Alabama 2020 Session

This bill would establish the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.

This bill would allow interstate practice by licensed audiologists and speech-language therapists among party states.

This bill would authorize regulatory authorities in party states to legally recognize, in a manner consistent with terms of the compact, audiologists and speech-language therapists licensed within those states.

This bill would allow a remote state to hold an audiologist or speech-language therapist with compact privilege to provide services in that state accountable under that state's practice standards.

This bill would provide eligibility requirements for licensed audiologists and speech-language therapists to practice pursuant to the compact.

This bill would provide for a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on licensees.

This bill would provide for investigations and disciplinary actions.

This bill would establish the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission and would provide for membership, powers, and duties.

This bill would also provide for rulemaking authority of the commission, enforcement of the compact, dispute resolution, and withdrawal of party states.

Relating to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology; to provide and adopt the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact to allow interstate practice by licensed audiologists and speech-language therapists among party states; to authorize regulatory authorities in party states to legally recognize, in a manner consistent with terms of the compact, audiologists and speech-language therapists licensed within those states; to authorize regulatory authorities in party states to legally recognize, in a manner consistent with terms of the compact, audiologists and speech-language therapists licensed within those states; to provide eligibility requirements for licensed audiologists and speech-language therapists to practice pursuant to the compact; to provide for a coordinated database and reporting system; to provide for investigations and disciplinary actions; to establish the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission and provide for membership, powers, and duties, including rulemaking authority; and to provide for enforcement of the compact, dispute resolution, and withdrawal of party states.