Establishing the occupational therapy licensure compact and the audiology and speech language pathology interstate compact

This bill adopts the interstate occupational therapy licensure compact. The compact establishes a system whereby occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants licensed to practice in one member state may practice in another member state under a compact privilege without applying for a license in that state. The compact imposes certain minimum requirements on the licensure of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants in member states. The compact comes into effect upon adoption by states. The compact creates a commission to administer the operation of the compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the party states. The compact includes provisions relating to the establishment and membership of the commission; powers of the commission; meetings and voting requirements of the commission; commission bylaws and rules; commission committees; commission finances; records of the commission; compacting state compliance; venue for judicial proceedings; qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification; effective dates and amendments to the compact; withdrawal, default, and expulsion; severability and construction; and the binding effect of the compact and other laws.