§ 3370. Obtaining a new home State license by virtue of Compact privilege
(a) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant may hold a home state
license, which allows for compact privileges in member states, in only one member
state at a time.
(b) If an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant changes primary state
of residence by moving between two member states:
(1) The occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant shall file an application
for obtaining a new home state license by virtue of a compact privilege, pay all applicable
fees, and notify the current and new home state in accordance with applicable rules
adopted by the Commission.
(2) Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue of
compact privilege, the new home state shall verify that the occupational therapist
or occupational therapy assistant meets the pertinent criteria outlined in section 3369 of this title via the data system, without need for primary source verification except for:
(A) an FBI fingerprint based criminal background check if not previously performed or
updated pursuant to applicable rules adopted by the Commission in accordance with
Public Law 92-544;
(B) other criminal background check as required by the new home state; and
(C) submission of any requisite jurisprudence requirements of the new home state.
(3) The former home state shall convert the former home state license into a compact privilege
once the new home state has activated the new home state license in accordance with
applicable rules adopted by the Commission.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Compact, if the occupational therapist
or occupational therapy assistant cannot meet the criteria in section 3369 of this title, the new home state shall apply its requirements for issuing a new single-state license.
(5) The occupational therapist or the occupational therapy assistant shall pay all applicable
fees to the new home state in order to be issued a new home state license.
(c) If an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant changes primary state
of residence by moving from a member state to a nonmember state, or from a nonmember
state to a member state, the state criteria shall apply for issuance of a single-state
license in the new state.
(d) Nothing in this compact shall interfere with a licensee’s ability to hold a single-state
license in multiple states; however, for the purposes of this Compact, a licensee
shall have only one home state license.
(e) Nothing in this Compact shall affect the requirements established by a member state
for the issuance of a single-state license. (Added 2023, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2025.)