The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 071 : Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
Subchapter 002 : OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 3374)-
§ 3374. Data system [Effective July 1, 2025]
(a) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states.
(b) A member state shall submit a uniform data set to the data system on all individuals to whom this Compact is applicable (utilizing a unique identifier) as required by the rules of the Commission, including:
(1) identifying information;
(2) licensure data;
(3) adverse actions against a license or compact privilege;
(4) nonconfidential information related to alternative program participation;
(5) any denial of application for licensure, and the reason(s) for such denial;
(6) other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact, as determined by the rules of the Commission; and
(7) current significant investigative information.
(c) Current significant investigative information and other investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any member state will only be available to other member states.
(d) The Commission shall promptly notify all member states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or an individual applying for a license. Adverse action information pertaining to a licensee in any member state will be available to any other member state.
(e) Member states contributing information to the data system may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing state.
(f) Any information submitted to the data system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the member state contributing the information shall be removed from the data system. (Added 2023, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2025.)
