PA SB571

Authorizes Pennsylvania to join the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, enabling occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants licensed in one member state to practice in other member states through a "Compact Privilege" without obtaining additional state licenses

Establishes requirements for Compact Privilege eligibility including holding an unencumbered home state license, completing a criminal background check via FBI fingerprinting, meeting jurisprudence requirements of remote states, and paying applicable fees

Creates the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency of member states with authority to promulgate binding rules, maintain a shared data system tracking licensure and disciplinary actions, and oversee compact administration

Preserves state regulatory authority by allowing remote states to take adverse action against a licensee's Compact Privilege, impose fines, and enforce their own practice standards while the home state retains exclusive power over the actual license

Takes effect 60 days after enactment and becomes operative when the Governor executes the compact and at least one other state ratifies it; the compact itself activates nationally when enacted by 10 states