Bill Summary: HF2738

• Establishes the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact, allowing audiologists and speech-language pathologists licensed in one member state to practice in other member states under a "compact privilege."

• Creates the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission to oversee interstate licensure, maintain a coordinated database of licensee information, and promulgate uniform rules across member states.

• Authorizes the Minnesota Commissioner of Health to release private or confidential data (except Social Security numbers) to state and federal agencies, law enforcement, and licensing boards to support investigations and enforcement efforts related to audiology and speech-language pathology providers.

• Specifies eligibility requirements for audiologists and speech-language pathologists seeking to practice under the compact, including educational credentials, national examination passage, active unencumbered licenses, and criminal background checks.

• Allows remote states to take disciplinary action against practitioners' compact privileges, while only home states may take adverse action against the underlying license; establishes that practitioners must comply with the laws of the state where the client is located.