                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FORM OF COMPACT; DECLARATION OF PURPOSE (§ 54.1-3485)

A. The General Assembly hereby enacts, and the Commonwealth of Virginia hereby
enters into, the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact with any and all
jurisdictions legally joining therein according to its terms, in the form
substantially as follows.

B. The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical
therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.
The practice of physical therapy occurs in the state where the patient is
located at the time of the patient encounter. The Compact preserves the
regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the
current system of state licensure.
			This Compact is designed to achieve the following objectives:

   1. Increase public access to physical therapy services by providing for the
   mutual recognition of other member state licenses;

   2. Enhance the states&#8217; ability to protect the public&#8217;s health and
   safety;

   3. Encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating multi-state
   physical therapy practice;

   4. Support spouses of relocating military members;

   5. Enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and disciplinary
   information between member states; and

   6. Allow a remote state to hold a provider of services with a compact
   privilege in that state accountable to that state&#8217;s practice standards.

HISTORY: 2019, c. 300.