Last Action | 04/08/22: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 164) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to occupational therapists. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 164
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 196 |
Sponsors | DJ Johnson, K. Banta, A. Gentry, D. Lewis, S. Lewis, R. Palumbo, B. Wheatley |
Summary of Original Version | 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. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Disabilities and the Disabled - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Health and Medical Services - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Licensing - Occupational therapist, interstate compact Occupations and Professions - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Physicians and Practitioners - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Background Checks - Occupational therapist licensing, interstate compact Compacts, Interstate - Occupational therapist licensing |
Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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01/05/22 |
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03/14/22 |
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03/21/22 |
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03/23/22 |
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03/24/22 |
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03/29/22 |
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04/08/22 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions; give the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Occupational Therapy 60 days to review a rule adopted by the interstate commission for the purpose of filing the rule as an emergency administrative regulation; prohibit use of the general fund to finance the interstate commission; add occupational therapy assistants to those who may be licensed by the state board for a compact privilege. |
Index Headings |
Disabilities and the Disabled - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Health and Medical Services - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Licensing - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Occupations and Professions - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Physicians and Practitioners - Occupational therapy interstate compact, applicability to state government Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Interstate occupational therapy compact, commission rules, state adoption Compacts, Interstate - Occupational therapist licensing |
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