AK SB172

Alaska would join the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants licensed in their home state to practice in other member states through a "compact privilege" without obtaining separate licenses

Licensees must hold an unencumbered license in their home state, complete a criminal background check, meet jurisprudence requirements, and pay applicable fees to practice in remote states

The compact establishes the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission, a joint public agency with one delegate per member state, to administer the agreement, maintain a data system of licensee information, and promulgate binding rules

Disciplinary actions taken against a licensee in any member state must be reported to the commission's data system, and an encumbered license results in loss of compact privileges until the license is restored plus a two-year waiting period

The State Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy would implement both this new occupational therapy compact and the existing Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact under AS 08.84