HB222 Alabama 2022 Session

This bill would establish the interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact.

This bill would allow the practice of occupational therapy by using telehealth technologies for occupational therapists among compact states.

This bill would authorize state occupational therapy regulatory authorities in compact states, which would include the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy, to legally recognize, in a manner consistent with terms of the compact, occupational therapists within those states.

This bill would provide eligibility requirements for occupational therapists pursuant to the compact.

This bill would provide accommodations for occupational therapists who are active duty military personnel and their spouses.

This bill would provide for a coordinated database for reporting licensure, investigative information, and disciplinary actions.

This bill would establish the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission, and would provide for membership, powers, and duties.

This bill would also provide for rulemaking functions of the commission, oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendment of the compact.

Relating to the practice of occupational therapy; to provide and adopt the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact to allow occupational therapists to practice among compact states in a limited manner; to provide eligibility requirements for occupational therapists to practice pursuant to the compact; to provide for a coordinated licensure information system, joint investigations, and disciplinary actions; to establish the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission and to provide for membership, powers, and rulemaking functions of the commission; and to provide for the oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendment of the compact.