MA S1506

Massachusetts would join the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants from other member states to practice in Massachusetts under a "compact privilege" without obtaining a separate state license

Licensees must hold an unencumbered license in their home state, have no adverse actions within the previous 2 years, meet jurisprudence requirements, and pay applicable fees to exercise compact privileges in remote states

Creates the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint interstate agency with authority to promulgate binding rules, maintain a coordinated data system for licensure and disciplinary information, and enforce compact provisions

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

Member states retain authority to investigate violations, take adverse actions against compact privileges, and issue subpoenas; the home state maintains exclusive power to impose adverse action against licenses it issues