NM HB11

Enacts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact allowing licensed audiologists and speech-language pathologists to practice across member states under a "compact privilege" without obtaining separate state licenses

Establishes the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission as a joint public agency to administer the compact, with two delegates from each member state's licensing board plus five at-large members

Requires practitioners to hold an active, unencumbered license in their home state, pass a national examination, complete required education and clinical experience, and have no felony convictions related to their practice

Authorizes telehealth services across member states and provides special provisions for active duty military personnel and their spouses to maintain home state designation during service

Amends the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act to require fingerprint-based state and federal criminal history background checks for initial licensure applicants, effective July 1, 2026