MA H2490

Massachusetts would join the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing physical therapists and physical therapist assistants licensed in one member state to practice in other member states through a "compact privilege" without obtaining additional licenses

Licensed physical therapists must have an unencumbered license, no adverse actions within the previous 2 years, meet jurisprudence requirements, and pay applicable fees to exercise practice privileges in remote states

Creates the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency to administer the compact, with one delegate per member state, an Executive Board of 9 members, and authority to promulgate binding rules

Member states must participate in a coordinated data system for sharing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information, and must implement FBI criminal background checks for license applicants

Active duty military personnel and their spouses may designate their home of record, permanent change of station location, or current residence as their home state for compact purposes