HB 1157 Summary

• Creates the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing physical therapists and assistants licensed in one member state to practice in other member states under a "compact privilege" without obtaining separate licenses.

• Establishes the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a national administrative body comprising all member states, with powers including rulemaking, data system management, and enforcement of compact provisions.

• Requires member states to implement criminal background checks, use recognized national examinations, maintain complaint investigation mechanisms, and report adverse actions through a shared data system.

• Grants remote states authority to take disciplinary action against practitioners exercising compact privilege and allows licensees to lose privileges for two years following adverse actions or license encumbrances.

• Provides special provisions for active duty military members and their spouses to designate home state based on military assignment, and allows state withdrawal with six months' notice.