Bill Sponsor
Kentucky House Bill 213
Session 2022RS
AN ACT relating to occupational therapists.
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Apr 8, 2022
Sponsors
Republican
DJ Johnson
Republican
Kim Banta
Democrat
Al Gentry
Republican
Derek Lewis
Republican
Scott Lewis
Democrat
Ruth Ann Palumbo
Democrat
Buddy Wheatley
First Action
Jan 5, 2022
Latest Action
Apr 8, 2022
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
213
State
Kentucky
Session
2022RS
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Republican
Primary
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319A to include Kentucky in an interstate compact for licensure as an occupational therapist; set the compact's purpose, definitions, and requirements for state participation; allow a practitioner to hold both a home state license and a compact privilege; authorize active duty military personnel or their spouses to retain a home state during active duty; make the home state the only jurisdiction that may impose adverse action against a license; establish the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; require the commission to develop, maintain, and use a licensee data system shared by all member states; grant the commission rulemaking power; designate oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement authority under the compact; fix the effective date of the compact as the date the tenth member state enacts the compact into law; establish the construction, binding effect, and severability of the sections of the compact; amend KRS 319A.140 and 319A.180 to include compact licensure as a means to practice occupational therapy.
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Jan 11, 2022 12:08:58 AM
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May 25, 2022 10:37:50 PM