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6. Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the compact privilege.
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7. Meet any jurisprudence requirements established by the remote state(s) in
9which the licensee is seeking a compact privilege.
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8. Report to the commission adverse action taken by any nonmember state
11within 30 days from the date the adverse action is taken.
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(b) The compact privilege is valid until the expiration date of the home license.
13The licensee must comply with the requirements of par. (a) to maintain the compact
14privilege in the remote state.
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(c) A licensee providing physical therapy in a remote state under the compact
16privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the remote state.
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(d) A licensee providing physical therapy in a remote state is subject to that
18state's regulatory authority. A remote state may, in accordance with due process and
19that state's laws, remove a licensee's compact privilege in the remote state for a
20specific period of time, impose fines, and/or take any other necessary actions to
21protect the health and safety of its citizens. The licensee is not eligible for a compact
22privilege in any state until the specific time for removal has passed and all fines are
23paid.
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(e) If a home state license is encumbered, the licensee shall lose the compact
25privilege in any remote state until all of the following occur:
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11. The home state license is no longer encumbered.
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2. Two years have elapsed from the date of the adverse action.
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(f) Once an encumbered license in the home state is restored to good standing,
4the licensee must meet the requirements of par. (a) to obtain a compact privilege in
5any remote state.
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(g) If a licensee's compact privilege in any remote state is removed, the
7individual shall lose the compact privilege in any remote state until all of the
8following occur:
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1. The specific period of time for which the compact privilege was removed has
10ended.
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2. All fines have been paid.
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3. Two years have elapsed from the date of the adverse action.
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(h) Once the requirements of par. (g) have been met, the license must meet the
14requirements in par. (a) to obtain a compact privilege in a remote state.
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15(5) Active duty military personnel or their spouses. A licensee who is active
16duty military or is the spouse of an individual who is active duty military may
17designate one of the following as the home state:
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(a) Home of record.
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(b) Permanent change of station (PCS).
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(c) State of current residence if it is different than the PCS state or home of
21record.
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22(6) A
dverse actions. (a) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose
23adverse action against a license issued by the home state.
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1(b) A home state may take adverse action based on the investigative
2information of a remote state, so long as the home state follows its own procedures
3for imposing adverse action.
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(c) Nothing in this compact shall override a member state's decision that
5participation in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action and
6that such participation shall remain nonpublic if required by the member state's
7laws. Member states must require licensees who enter any alternative programs in
8lieu of discipline to agree not to practice in any other member state during the term
9of the alternative program without prior authorization from such other member
10state.
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(d) Any member state may investigate actual or alleged violations of the
12statutes and rules authorizing the practice of physical therapy in any other member
13state in which a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant holds a license or
14compact privilege.
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(e) A remote state shall have the authority to do all of the following:
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1. Take adverse actions as set forth in sub. (4) (d) against a licensee's compact
17privilege in the state.
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2. Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the
19attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of evidence. Subpoenas
20issued by a physical therapy licensing board in a party state for the attendance and
21testimony of witnesses, and/or the production of evidence from another party state,
22shall be enforced in the latter state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according
23to the practice and procedure of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in
24proceedings pending before it. The issuing authority shall pay any witness fees,
1travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state
2where the witnesses and/or evidence are located.
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3. If otherwise permitted by state law, recover from the licensee the costs of
4investigations and disposition of cases resulting from any adverse action taken
5against that licensee.
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(f) Joint investigations:
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1. In addition to the authority granted to a member state by its respective
8physical therapy practice act or other applicable state law, a member state may
9participate with other member states in joint investigations of licensees.