SB534,2,2 1An Act to repeal 971.16 (1); to renumber and amend 455.03; to amend 16.417
2(1) (e) 4., 48.375 (2) (c), 48.375 (4) (b) 1m., 49.45 (30f), 49.45 (30j) (a) 1., 50.06
3(4), 51.03 (6) (a), 51.15 (2) (c), 146.34 (1) (i), 146.81 (1) (h), 146.997 (1) (d) 10.,
4155.01 (1g) (a), 155.01 (7), 165.77 (1) (a), 244.09 (3) (a), 252.14 (1) (ar) 6., 440.03
5(13) (b) (intro.), 440.03 (13) (c), 440.15, 446.01 (1v) (L), 450.10 (3) (a) 9., chapter
6455 (title), 455.01 (intro.), 455.02 (2m) (intro.), 455.02 (2m) (f), 455.02 (2m) (p),
7455.03 (title), 455.06 (1) (a) and (2), 455.09 (1) (intro.), 455.09 (1) (c), 455.09 (1)
8(d), 455.09 (1) (g), 455.09 (3), 455.11, 457.02 (3), 632.89 (1) (e) 3., 905.04 (1) (e),
9939.615 (6) (e) and 971.17 (7) (c); to repeal and recreate 302.384 (1m); and to
10create 14.89, 440.03 (11m) (c) 2s., subchapter I (title) of chapter 455 [precedes
11455.01], 455.01 (1), 455.01 (2m), 455.01 (3r), 455.01 (9), 455.03 (2), 455.03 (3),
12subchapter II of chapter 455 [precedes 455.50], 455.51 and 990.01 (31m) of the

1statutes; relating to: ratification of the Psychology Interjurisdictional
2Compact.

This bill ratifies and enters Wisconsin into the Psychology Interjurisdictional
Compact (compact), which provides for the ability of a psychologist to practice more
easily in other compact states. Significant provisions of the compact include:

1. The creation of a Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission
(commission), which includes one member or representative of the licensure boards
of each member state. The commission has various powers and duties granted in the
compact, including overseeing the administration of the compact, enforcing the
compact, adopting bylaws, promulgating binding rules for the compact, employing
officers and employees, and establishing and electing an executive board. The
commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state
or impose fees on other parties to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the
commission and its staff.

2. The ability for a psychologist to obtain authority to practice
interjurisdictional telepsychology in another compact state if the psychologist
satisfies certain criteria. “Telepsychology” is defined as the provision of
psychological services using telecommunication technologies. The compact specifies
that a home state, defined as the state where the psychologist is physically located,
maintains authority over the license of any psychologist practicing into a receiving
state, defined as the compact state where the client or patient is physically located,
under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology. The compact
provides that a home state's license authorizes a psychologist to practice in a
receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology if
the compact state satisfies certain requirements, including requiring the
psychologist to hold an active E.Passport, defined as a certificate issued by the
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) that promotes the
standardization in the criteria of interjurisdictional telepsychology practice and
facilitates the process for licensed psychologists to provide telepsychological services
across state lines. A psychologist practicing into a receiving state under the authority
to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology is subject to the receiving state's scope
of practice. The compact further provides that a psychologist may practice in a
receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology
only in the performance of the scope of practice for psychology as assigned by an
appropriate state psychology regulatory authority and under circumstances
specified in the compact. A receiving state may limit or revoke a psychologist's
authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology in the receiving state and
may take any other necessary actions to protect the health and safety of the receiving
state's citizens. If a psychologist's license or authority to practice interjurisdictional
telepsychology is restricted, suspended, or otherwise limited, the psychologist's

E.Passport is revoked and the psychologist may not practice telepsychology in a
compact state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology.

3. The ability for a psychologist to obtain temporary authorization for the
psychologist to provide temporary in-person, face-to-face psychological services in
another compact state for up to 30 days within a calendar year if the psychologist
satisfies certain criteria. The compact provides that a home state's license grants
temporary authorization to practice to a psychologist in a distant state if the compact
state satisfies certain requirements, including requiring the psychologist to hold an
active interjurisdictional practice certificate (IPC), defined as a certificate issued by
the ASPPB that grants temporary authority to practice based on notification to the
state psychology regulatory authority of intention to practice temporarily, and
verification of one's qualifications for such practice. A psychologist practicing into
a distant state, defined as the state where the psychologist is physically present to
provide temporary in-person, face-to-face psychological services, under the
temporary authorization to practice is subject to the distant state's scope of practice.
A psychologist practicing into a distant state under the temporary authorization to
practice is subject to the distant state's authority and law. A distant state may limit
or revoke a psychologist's temporary authorization to practice in the distant state
and may take any other necessary actions to protect the health and safety of the
receiving state's citizens. If a psychologist's license or temporary authorization to
practice is restricted, suspended, or otherwise limited, the psychologist's IPC is
revoked and the psychologist may not practice under the temporary authorization
to practice.

4. The ability of member states to issue subpoenas that are enforceable in other
states.

5. The creation of a coordinated database and reporting system containing
licensure and disciplinary action information on psychologists to whom the compact
is applicable. The compact requires all home state disciplinary orders that impose
adverse actions to be reported to the commission. A member state must submit a
uniform data set to the data system on all individuals to whom this compact is
applicable as required by the rules of the commission.

6. Provisions regarding resolutions of disputes between the commission and
member states and between member and nonmember states, including a process for
termination of a state's membership in the compact if the state defaults on its
obligations under the compact.

Since the compact has already been enacted by the minimum number of states
required for it to become active, the compact becomes effective in this state upon
enactment of the bill. The compact provides that it may be amended upon enactment
of an amendment by all member states. A state may withdraw from the compact by
repealing the statute authorizing the compact, but the compact provides that a
withdrawal does not take effect until six months after the effective date of that
repeal.