HB 602 Summary

• Enacts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC) to allow licensed audiologists and speech-language pathologists from member states to practice in Idaho under a "compact privilege" while maintaining state regulatory authority.

• Establishes a national Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission with representatives from member states to promulgate uniform rules, maintain a coordinated data system, and oversee licensure and disciplinary information sharing.

• Requires applicants for audiology and speech-language pathology licensure to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks from the Idaho State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

• Allows remote states to take adverse action against practitioners' compact privileges and requires home states to complete pending investigations and report findings to the data system.

• Effective date: July 1, 2022, with the compact taking effect when enacted by the tenth member state.