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An act relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; creating s. 468.226, F.S.; creating the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; providing purpose and objectives; providing definitions; requiring member states to meet certain requirements to join and participate in the compact; providing criteria that an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant must satisfy to practice under the compact; providing requirements for renewal of an equivalent license in a member state; providing that a licensee may hold a home state license in only one member state at a time; providing requirements and procedures for changing a home state license designation; authorizing an active military member and his or her spouse to be deemed as having a home state license under certain circumstances; requiring member states to report adverse actions taken against the license of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant by other member states; providing that a licensee's compact privilege must be deactivated in all member states for the duration of an encumbrance imposed by the licensee's home state; requiring all home state disciplinary orders imposing adverse actions to include a statement hb909-01-c1 of deactivation of compact privilege; providing for prompt notice to the data system and the licensee's home state when action is taken against a licensee; establishing the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; providing jurisdiction and venue for court proceedings; providing commission membership, duties, and powers; requiring member states to participate in the exchange of specified information; authorizing the commission to adopt rules and bylaws; authorizing the commission to convene in closed, nonpublic meetings under certain circumstances; providing for the development, maintenance, and use of a coordinated database and reporting system; requiring member states to submit specified information to the data system; providing requirements for the information in the data system; providing rulemaking procedures; providing for state enforcement of the compact; providing for the termination of compact membership; providing procedures for the resolution of certain disputes; providing compact amendment procedures; providing construction and severability and binding effect of the compact; amending ss. 456.073, 456.076, 468.205, 468.209, 468.217, and 768.28, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. hb909-01-c1

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Adam Anderson (R)*, 

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Died in Health & Human Services Committee (on 06/16/2025)

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