ND SB2146

North Dakota joins the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants with valid unencumbered licenses in member states to practice in other member states without obtaining additional licenses

Licensees must complete criminal background checks, meet jurisprudence requirements of remote states, pay applicable fees, and report any adverse actions within 30 days to exercise compact privileges

Establishes the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission as an interstate administrative body with one delegate per member state, authorized to adopt binding rules, maintain a coordinated data system, and levy annual assessments on member states

Home states retain exclusive authority to take adverse action against a licensee's home state license, while remote states may remove compact privileges within their jurisdiction for violations of practice standards

Passed unanimously in both chambers (Senate 47-0, House 90-0) and becomes effective when enacted by the tenth member state