90-312.1. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Purpose. (a) The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology with the goal of improving public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services. The practice of audiology and speech-language pathology occurs in the state where the patient/client/student is […]
90-312.10. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Rule making. (a) The Commission shall exercise its rule-making powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) If a majority of […]
90-312.11. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement. (a) Dispute Resolution. – Upon request by a member state, the Commission shall attempt to resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among member states and between member and nonmember states. The Commission shall promulgate a rule providing for […]
90-312.12. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Date of implementation of Compact and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment. (a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be […]
90-312.13. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Construction and severability. This Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state […]
90-312.14. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Binding effect of Compact on other laws. (a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the Compact. (b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the Compact are superseded to the extent […]
90-312.2. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Definitions. (a) As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Active duty military. – Full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty […]
90-312.3. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) State participation in the Compact. (a) A license issued to an audiologist or speech-language pathologist by a home state to a resident in that state shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing an audiologist or speech-language pathologist to practice audiology or speech-language pathology, […]
90-312.4. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Compact privilege. (a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the Compact, the audiologist or speech-language pathologist shall meet all of the following: (1) Hold an active license in the home state. (2) Have no encumbrance on any state license. (3) […]
90-312.5. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Compact privilege to practice telehealth. Member states shall recognize the right of an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, licensed by a home state in accordance with G.S. 90-312.3 and under rules promulgated by the Commission, to practice audiology or speech-language pathology in any member state via […]
90-312.6. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Active duty military personnel or their spouses. Active duty military personnel, or their spouses, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on […]
90-312.7. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Adverse actions. (a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: (1) Take adverse action against an audiologist’s or speech-language pathologist’s privilege to practice within that member […]
90-312.8. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Establishment of the Audiology and the Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission. (a) The Compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission: (1) The Commission is an instrumentality of the Compact states. (2) Venue is […]
90-312.9. (Article has a contingent effective date – see note) Data system. (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) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, […]
