HB 173 — An Act relating to occupational therapist licensure; relating to occupational therapy assistant licensure; relating to an occupational therapist licensure compact; relating to an executive administrator for the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board; relating to physical therapist licensure; relating to physical therapist assistant licensure; relating to audiologist licensure; relating to speech-language pathologist licensure; and relating to national criminal history record checks.

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AS 08.84.030(a) is amended to read:

(a) To be eligible for licensure by the board as a physical therapist or physical Enrolled HB 173 -2- therapistassistant, an applicant,unless agraduate ofaforeignschool ofphysicaltherapy located outside the United States, shall (1) have graduated from a professional physical therapy education program thatincludes supervised field work and is accredited byanational accreditation agency approved by the board;

(2) pass, to the satisfaction of the board, an examination prepared by a national testing service approved by the board to determine the applicant's fitness for practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, or be entitled to licensure without examination as provided in AS 08.84.060;

(3) meet qualifications for licensure established in regulations adopted by the board under AS 08.84.010(b);

and (4) have been fingerprinted and have provided the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check;

the fingerprints and fees shall be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400;

criminal justice information and criminal history record information obtained under this paragraph may be used by the board only for the purpose of determining an applicant's qualifications and fitness for the license or a compact privilege under AS 08.84.188.

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AS 08.84.040 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

(b) A licensee applying for a compact privilege under AS 08.84.189 shall submit, along with the application, the applicant's fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under AS 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check.

The board shall forward the fingerprints and fees to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under AS 12.62.400.

Criminal justice information and criminal history record information obtained under this subsection may be used by the board only for the purpose of determining an applicant's qualifications and fitness for the compact privilege.

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AS 08.84 is amended by adding a new section to read:

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08.84.095.

Scope of practice for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.

(a) An occupational therapist may provide occupational therapy to a person whose ability or opportunity to participate in activities of daily living, play, leisure, or an occupation is or may be limited or restricted because the person has or is at risk of having an injury, disorder, impairment, or disability that limits or restricts the person's ability to engage in an occupation or other goal-oriented task or activity.

The therapist may evaluate, analyze, and diagnose the cause of the limitation orrestriction andintervenewith occupational therapy todecrease oreliminate the cause, help the person recover from or adjust to the limitation or restriction, and restore the person's ability to engage in an occupation or other goal-oriented task or activity.

(b) An occupational therapist may initiate and provide occupational therapy, including therapy under (c) of this section, without a referral from another provider of health care services.

(c) The services an occupational therapist may provide to a person include (1) treating a person's pain;

(2) habilitating, rehabilitating, and working with a person to adjust physical, neuromusculoskeletal, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory-perceptive, visual, or other aspects of performance in a variety of contexts to improve or maintain the person's ability to engage in an occupation or other goal-oriented task or activity, regardless of the person's ability-related needs;

(3) evaluating and treating a person to promote, enhance, or restore the person's ability to safely perform activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living and safely engage in sleep, rest, education, work, play, leisure, health management, and social participation;

(4) administering, evaluating, and interpreting tests and measurements of a person's bodily functions and structures;

(5) establishing, remediating, preventing, or compensating for a barrier to a person's performance skills;

in this paragraph, a barrier to a person's performance skills may include the person's bodily structures and functions, habits, routines, roles, environmental and personal factors, and physical, neuromusculoskeletal, cognitive, Enrolled HB 173 -4- psychosocial, sensory perception, communication, interaction, and pain management skills;

(6) managing a person's ability to eat, feed themselves, or swallow to improve or maintain eating and feeding performance;

(7) designing, fabricating, applying, or fitting assistive technology or an adaptive or orthotic device;

(8) training a person to (A) use assistive technology or an adaptive, orthotic, or prosthetic device;

and (B) manage the person's seating and positioning;

(9) adapting environments and assessing, recommending, and training a person on the techniques the person may use to enhance the person's functional and community mobility;

(10) preventing pain and dysfunction, restoring function, or reversing or arresting the progression of a pathology;

(11) applying an adjunctive intervention or therapeutic procedure to prepare for or use with occupation-based activities;

in this paragraph, "adjunctive intervention or therapeutic procedure" includes a thermal, mechanical, electrophysical, or instrument-assisted treatment modality, wound care, and manual therapy;

and (12) promoting aperson's good physical andmental health and wellness, regardless of the person's ability-related needs.

(d) An occupational therapist may allow an occupational therapy assistant to assist with or administer occupational therapy that the occupational therapy assistant is professionally competent to assist with or administer, including assessing a patient in an evaluation delegated to the occupational therapy assistant and preparing reports on the assessment for the occupational therapist.

The occupational therapist shall supervise the occupational therapy assistant when acting under this subsection.

(e) In this section, "health" means a person's physical or mental health.

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(b) A person may not provide services that the person describes as occupational therapy without being licensed under this chapter unless the person is -5- Enrolled HB 173 (1) a student in an accredited occupational therapy program or in a supervised field work program;

and (C) the person does not represent to (i) be an occupational therapist or occupational therapy HB 173 -2- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A assistant;

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Article 3A.4A.

Enrolled HB 173 -6- The Practice of Occupational Therapy occurs in the State where the patient/client is located at thethetime timeofthe of the patient/client encounter.

TheTheCompact Compact preserves thetheregulatory regulatory authority ofofStates States to protect publicpublichealth health and safety throughthroughthe the current system ofofState State licensure.

DEFINITIONS As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following HB0173a -3- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A definitions shall apply:

-7- Enrolled HB 173 (D) "Compact Privilege" means the authorization, which is equivalent to a license, granted by a Remote State to allow a Licensee from another Member State to practice as an Occupational Therapist or practice as an Occupational Therapy Assistant in the Remote State under its laws and rules.

(H) "Encumbered"EncumberedLicense"meansalicenseinwhichanAdverseActionrestricts License" means a license in which an Adverse Action HB 173 -4- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A restricts the Practice of Occupational Therapy by the Licensee or said Adverse Action has been reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).

(M) "Jurisprudence Requirement" means the assessment of an individual's knowledge of the laws and rules governing the Practice of Occupational Therapy in a Enrolled HB 173 -8- State.

(R) "Occupational Therapy," "Occupational Therapy Practice," and the "Practice of Occupational Therapy" mean the care and services provided by an OccupationalOccupationalTherapistoranOccupationalTherapyAssistantassetforthintheMember Therapist or an Occupational Therapy Assistant as set forth in the Member State's statutes and regulations.

(T) "Occupational Therapy Licensing Board" or "Licensing Board" means the agency of a State that is authorized to license and regulate Occupational Therapists HB0173a -5- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A and Occupational Therapy Assistants.

(X) "State""Single-State License" means anyan state,Occupational commonwealth,Therapist district, or territoryOccupational ofTherapy theAssistant Unitedlicense Statesissued ofby Americaa Member State that regulatesauthorizes practice only within the Practiceissuing ofState Occupationaland Therapy.does not include a Compact Privilege in any other Member State.

(Y)-9- "Single-StateEnrolled License"HB means173 an(Y) Occupational"State" Therapistmeans orany Occupationalstate, Therapycommonwealth, Assistantdistrict, licenseor issuedterritory byof athe MemberUnited StateStates thatof authorizesAmerica practicethat onlyregulates within the issuingPractice Stateof andOccupational doesTherapy. not include a Compact Privilege in any other Member State.

HB 173 -6- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (5) Implement or utilize procedures for considering the criminal history records of applicants for an initial Compact Privilege.

(b) Communication between a Member State, the Commission and among Member States regarding the verification of eligibility for licensure through the Compact shall not include any information received from the Enrolled HB 173 -10- Federal Bureau of Investigation relating to a federal criminal records check performed by a Member State under Public Law 92-544.

(D) A Member State shall provide for the State's delegate totteto andattend all Occupational Therapy Compact Commission meetings.

However, the Single-State License granted to these individuals shall HB0173a -7- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A not be recognized as granting the Compact Privilege in any other Member State.

(4) Be eligible for a Compact Privilege in any Member State in accordance with Section 4D,4(D), F,(F), G,(G), and H;(H);

-11- Enrolled HB 173 (6) Notify the Commission that the Licensee is seeking the Compact Privilege within a Remote State(s);

(8) Complete a criminal background check in accordance with Section 3A(5);3(A)(5);

The Licensee must comply with the requirements of Section 4A4(A) to maintain the Compact Privilege in the Remote State.

(C) A Licensee providing Occupational Therapy in a Remote State under the HB 173 -8- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A Compact Privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the Remote State.

and (2) Two years have elapsed from the date on which the Home State Enrolled HB 173 -12- license is no longer encumbered in accordance with Section 4F(1).4(F)(1).

(G) Once an Encumbered License in the Home State is restored to good standing, the Licensee must meet the requirements of Section 4A4(A) to obtain a Compact Privilege in any Remote State.

(H) If a Licensee's Compact Privilege in any Remote State is removed, the individual maymaylose losetheCompact thePrivilegein Compact Privilege in any otherotherRemoteStateuntil Remotethefollowing State until the following occur:

(3) Two years have elapsed from the date of completing requirements for Section 4H(1)4(H)(1) and (2);

HB0173a -9- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (J) Once the requirements of Section 4H4(H) have been met, the Licensee must meet the requirements in Section 4A4(A) to obtain a Compact Privilege in a Remote State.

(2) Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new Home State license by virtue of compact privilege, the new Home State shall verify that the -13- Enrolled HB 173 Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy Assistant meets the pertinent criteria outlined in Section 4 via the Data System, without need for primary source verification except for:

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Compact, if the Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy Assistant cannot meet the criteria in Section 4, the new Home State shall apply its requirements for issuing a new Single- HB 173 -10- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A State License.

ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL OR THEIR SPOUSES (A) Active Duty Military personnel, or their spouses, shall designate a Home Enrolled HB 173 -14- State where the individual has a current license in good standing.

ADVERSE ACTIONS (A) AAHome HomeStateshall StatehaveexclusivepowertoimposeAdverseAction shall have exclusive power to impose Adverse Action against an Occupational Therapist's or Occupational Therapy Assistant's license issued by the Home State.

Subpoenas issued by a Licensing Board in a Member State for the attendance and HB0173a -11- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A testimony of witnesses or the production of evidence from another Member State shall be enforced in the latter State by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and procedure of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it.

The Home State, where the investigations were initiated, shall also have the authority to take appropriate action(s) and shall promptly report the conclusions of the investigations to the OT Compact -15- Enrolled HB 173 Commission Data System.

The Occupational Therapy Compact Commission Data SystemSystemadministratorshallpromptlynotifythenewHomeStateofanyAdverseActions. administrator shall promptly notify the new Home State of any Adverse Actions.

(2) Member States shall share any investigative, litigation, or HB 173 -12- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the Compact.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Enrolled HB 173 -16- COMPACT COMMISSION (A) The Compact Member States hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission:

HB0173a -13- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (2) The delegate shall be either:

-17- Enrolled HB 173 (C) The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:

HB 173 -14- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (9) Borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel, including, but not limited to, employees of a Member State;

(11) Accept any and all appropriate donations and grants of money, equipment,equipment,supplies,materialsandservices,and supplies,receive,utilizeanddispose materialsofthesame; and services, and receive, utilize and dispose of the same;

Enrolled HB 173 -18- (16) Appoint committees, including standing committees composed of members, State regulators, State legislators or their representatives, and consumer representatives, and such other interested persons as may be designated in this Compact and the bylaws;

HB0173a -15- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (a) Seven voting members who are elected by the Commission from the current membership of the Commission;

-19- Enrolled HB 173 (b) Ensure Compact administration services are appropriately provided, contractual or otherwise;

(2) The Commission or the Executive Committee or other committees of the Commission may convene in a closed, non-public meeting if the Commission or HB 173 -16- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A Executive Committee or other committees of the Commission must discuss:

(a) Non-complianceNon-complianceofaMemberStatewithitsobligationsunder of a Member State with its obligations under the Compact;

Enrolled HB 173 -20- (i) Disclosure of information related to any investigative reports prepared by or on behalf of or for use of the Commission or other committee charged with responsibility of investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the Compact;

(3) If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed pursuant to this provision, thetheCommission's Commission's legal counsel orordesigneeshall designeecertifythat shall certify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each relevant exempting provision.

All documents considered in connection with an action shall be identified in such minutes.minutes.Allminutesand documentsofaclosedmeetingshallremainunderseal,subject to release by a majority vote of the Commission or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

All minutes and documents of a closed meeting shall remain under HB0173a -17- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A seal, subject to release by a majority vote of the Commission or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

nor shall the Commission pledge the credit of any of the Member States, except by and with the authority of the Member -21- Enrolled HB 173 State.

(G) Qualified Immunity, Defense, and Indemnification (1) The members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives of the Commission shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission HB 173 -18- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A employment, duties or responsibilities;

(3) The Commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member, officer, executive director, employee, or representative of the Commission for the amount of any settlement or judgment obtained against that person arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred within the scope of Commission Enrolled HB 173 -22- employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from the intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person.

DATA SYSTEM (A) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization ofofacoordinated a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, Adverse Action, and Investigative Information on all licensed individuals in Member States.

(B) A Member State shall submit a uniform data set to the Data System on all individualsindividualstowhomthisCompactisapplicable(utilizingauniqueidentifier)asrequired to whom this Compact is applicable (utilizing a unique identifier) as required by the Rules of the Commission, including:

HB0173a -19- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (3) Adverse Actions against a license or Compact Privilege;

(C) Current Significant Investigative Information and other Investigative Information pertaining to aaLicensee Licenseeinany inMemberStatewill any Member State will only be available totoother other Member States.

-23- Enrolled HB 173 (F) Any information submitted to the Data System that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the Member State contributing the information shall be removed from the Data System.

(C) If a majority of the legislatures of the Member States rejects a Rule, by HB 173 -20- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A enactment of a statute or resolution in the same manner used to adopt the Compact within 4 years of the date of adoption of the Rule, then such Rule shall have no further force and effect in any Member State.

(2) The text of the proposed Rule or amendment and the reason for the Enrolled HB 173 -24- proposed Rule;

or (3) An association or organization having at least twenty five (25) HB0173a -21- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A members.

(J) Following the scheduled hearing date, or by the close of business on the scheduled hearing date if the hearing was not held, the Commission shall consider all -25- Enrolled HB 173 written and oral comments received.

(K) IfIfnowrittennoticeofintenttoattendthepublichearingbyinterestedparties no written notice of intent to attend the public hearing by interested parties is received, the Commission may proceed with promulgation of the proposed Rule without a public hearing.

(M) Upon determination that an emergency exists, the Commission may consider and adopt an emergency Rule without prior notice, opportunity for comment, ororhearing,provided hearing,thattheusual provided that the usual Rulemaking procedures provided in the Compact and in this section shall be retroactively applied to the Rule as soon as reasonably possible, in no event later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of the Rule.

For HB 173 -22- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A the purposes of this provision, an emergency Rule is one that must be adopted immediately in order to:

(N) The Commission ororan an authorized committee of the Commission may direct revisions to a previously adopted Rule or amendment for purposes of correcting typographical errors, errors in format, errors in consistency, or grammatical errors.

OVERSIGHT, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND ENFORCEMENT (A) Oversight (1)Enrolled TheHB executive,173 -26- (1) Theexecutive, legislative, and judicial branches ofofStategovernment State government in each Member State shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact's purposes and intent.

Failure to provide service of process to the Commission shall render a HB0173a -23- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A judgment or order void as to the Commission, this Compact, or promulgated Rules.

Notice of intent to suspend or terminate shall be given by the Commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders ofofthedefaulting the defaulting State's legislature, and each of the MemberMemberStates. States.

(4) A State that has been terminated is responsible for all assessments, -27- Enrolled HB 173 obligations, and liabilities incurred through the effective date of termination, including obligations that extend beyond the effective date of termination.

HB 173 -24- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (C) Dispute Resolution (1) 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 non-Member States.

DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED RULES, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT Enrolled HB 173 -28- (A) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth Member State.

Any Rule that has been previously adopted by HB0173a -25- HB 173 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A the Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day the Compact becomes law in that State.

(2) Withdrawal shall not affectheaffect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing State's Occupational Therapy Licensing Board to comply with the investigativeinvestigativeand andAdverseAction Adverse Action reporting requirements ofofthis this act priorpriorto totheeffective the effective date of withdrawal.

CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY This Compact shall be liberally construed so as 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 StateStateor oroftheUnitedStates oforthe theapplicability Unitedthereofto Statesany orgovernment, the-29- applicabilityEnrolled thereofHB to173 any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

HB 173 -26- HB0173a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0810\A (B) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a Member State that is not inconsistent with the Compact.

(E) All agreements between thetheCommission Commission and thetheMemberStates Memberarebinding States are binding in accordance with their terms.

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AS 08.84.190(3) is amended to read:

(3) "occupational therapy" means [, FOR COMPENSATION,] the use of purposeful activity, evaluation, treatment, and consultation with persons [HUMAN BEINGS] whose ability to cope with the tasks of daily living are threatened with [,] or impaired by developmental deficits, learning disabilities, aging, poverty, cultural differences, physical injury or illness, or psychological and social disabilities to maximize independence, prevent disability, and maintain health;

["OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY" INCLUDES (A) DEVELOPING DAILY LIVING, PLAY, LEISURE, SOCIAL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS;

(B) FACILITATING PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR AND Enrolled HB 173 -30- SENSORY INTERGRATIVE FUNCTIONING;

(C) ENHANCING FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE, PREVOCATIONAL SKILLS, AND WORK CAPABILITIES USING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED EXERCISES, THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES AND MEASURES, MANUAL INTERVENTION, AND APPLIANCES;

(D) DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND APPLICATION OF SPLINTS OR SELECTIVE ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT;

(E) ADMINISTERING AND INTERPRETING STANDARDIZED AND NONSTANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING SENSORY, MANUAL MUSCLE, AND RANGE OF MOTION ASSESSMENTS, NECESSARY FOR PLANNING EFFECTIVE TREATMENT;

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AS 08.84.190(4) is amended to read:

(4) "occupational therapy assistant" means a person who, [ASSISTS IN THE PRACTICE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY] under the supervision of a licensed [AN] occupational therapist, administers or assists with administering occupational therapy;

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AS 08.84.190 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:

(8) "test and measurement" includes imaging, electrodiagnostic and electrophysiological methods or techniques, and other methods or techniques generally accepted by the physical therapist or occupational therapist professions in the state for use in obtaining information about a patient in order to administer therapy.

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AS 12.62.400(a)(4) is amended to read:

(4) licensure to practice audiology or speech-language pathology under AS 08.11, including a compact privilege to practice as an audiologist or speech- language pathologist under AS 08.11.300;

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AS 12.62.400(a)(10) is amended to read:

(10) licensure as a physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist, or occupational therapy assistant under AS 08.84, including a compact privilege to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant -31- Enrolled HB 173 under AS 08.84.188 or an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant under AS 08.84.189;

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AS 39.25.120(c)(7) is amended to read:

(7) the principal executive officer of the following boards, councils, or commissions:

(A) Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission;

(B) Professional Teaching Practices Commission;

(C) Parole Board;

(D) Board of Nursing;

(E) Real Estate Commission;

(F) Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board;

(G) Alaska State Council on the Arts;

(H) Alaska Police Standards Council;

(I) Alaska Commission on Aging;

(J) Alaska Mental Health Board;

(K) State Medical Board;

(L) Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education;

(M) Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse;

(N) Statewide Suicide Prevention Council;

(O) State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors;

(P) Alaska Health Care Commission;

(Q) Board of Pharmacy;

(R) State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board;

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