Last Action | signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 093) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to physical therapists. |
Bill Documents |
Current/Final
Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1379 |
Sponsors | M. Prunty, D. Elliott, D. Graham, C. McCoy, K. Moser, R. Palumbo, S. Riggs, D. St. Onge, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish a multistate physical therapy licensure compact; set out compact purpose and definitions; allow state participation in the compact if the state meets the compact criteria; require criminal background checks for licensees and applicants; enable a licensee to exercise a compact privilege if the listed requirements are met; make a licensee practicing in another jurisdiction subject to that jurisdiction's regulatory authority; authorize active duty military personnel and their spouses to designate their home state as the state of the home of record, permanent change of station, or current residence; institute rules for enforcing adverse actions against a licensee under the compact; establish the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency; fix commission membership, meetings, and the executive board; set out commission powers and duties, financing, and immunity and indemnification; approve commission rulemaking authority and data system requirements; initiate the commission's oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement powers; make rules for compact implementation, amendment, and withdrawal; delay the effective date of the compact until the date of its enactment by 10 states; insert a severability clause in the compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to allow an out-of-state physical therapist to practice in Kentucky under a compact privilege; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish procedures for criminal background investigations relating to the physical therapy compact; amend KRS 327.020 to conform. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Health and Medical Services - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Interstate Cooperation - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by Licensing - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Occupations and Professions - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Physicians and Practitioners - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Boards and Commissions - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by |
Proposed Amendments | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
Votes | Vote History |
02/07/17 |
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02/09/17 |
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02/10/17 |
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02/15/17 |
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02/16/17 |
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02/17/17 |
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02/21/17 |
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02/22/17 |
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02/23/17 |
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02/24/17 |
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02/28/17 |
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03/06/17 |
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03/07/17 |
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03/08/17 |
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03/14/17 |
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03/21/17 |
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Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Amend the multistate physical therapy licensure compact to add a section on the compact's applicability to Kentucky state government; authorize the state licensing board to implement the compact; grant the physical therapist board sixty days to review a compact rule to determine if the board wishes to file the rule as an emergency and ordinary administrative regulation; initiate the process for compact withdrawal if the board fails to promulgate an administrative regulation based on a compact rule; invoke the default and dispute resolution process under the compact if there is a finding of deficiency regarding a compact-based administrative regulation; invalidate any compact commission rulemaking outside the scope of the compact or outside its powers under the compact; place any financial obligations resulting from the compact on the physical therapist board and not on the general fund; limit the application of the compact to only those licensees who practice or work under the compact. |
Index Headings |
Health and Medical Services - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Interstate Cooperation - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by Licensing - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Occupations and Professions - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Physicians and Practitioners - Physical therapists, licensure compact to grant a multistate license to Boards and Commissions - Physical therapy board, participation in interstate compact by |
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