H57 - Enact Physical Therapy Licensure Compact. (SL 2017-28)

Overview: S.L. 2017-28 makes North Carolina a member of the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact. Membership in the compact allows physical therapists who hold licenses in good standing in another Compact state to practice physical therapy in North Carolina. Likewise, physical therapists holding a valid license in North Carolina are able to practice physical therapy in another Compact member state. The Compact became effective April 25, 2017. The act also amends G.S. 93B-15.1 to prohibit occupational licensing boards (OLBs), as defined in G.S. 93B-1, from charging fees as a pre-requisite to issuing licenses to military-trained applicants and spouses of military members who are licensed in good standing in another state.

The provisions of the act pertaining to the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact will become effective October 1, 2017. The provisions of the act pertaining to OLBs became effective July 1, 2017.