No. SB 1312
Filed under Healthcare.
Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; Creating the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; providing purpose of the compact; specifying requirements for a podiatric physician to apply for and receive an expedited license in a member state; creating the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission; providing powers and duties, including financial powers, of the commission, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCreates a new interstate compact letting a podiatric physician licensed in one member state obtain an expedited, full license to practice in any other member state without repeating exams or verified credentials.
Only podiatrists with a clean record qualify: no prior criminal conviction, no license discipline in any jurisdiction, and no open investigation. Those who don't qualify can still apply for a license the ordinary way.
Discipline follows the physician across state lines. If any member board suspends or revokes a compact license, the physician's licenses in every other member state are automatically suspended for 90 days.
A new multistate commission runs the system, funded by mandatory yearly assessments on member states, and its rules get strong court deference: a challenger must show the rule is not a reasonable use of its authority.
AIThe compact adds a new, faster licensing route on top of each state's existing one. A podiatrist who qualifies gets a full, unrestricted license recognized in every other member state without repeating primary-source verification the home state already did.
AITo use the expedited pathway a podiatrist must never have been convicted of any offense, never had a license disciplined in any jurisdiction (apart from nonpayment of fees), never had a controlled-substance license pulled, and not be under active investigation.
AIIf one member board revokes, suspends, or accepts surrender of a podiatrist's license, every other license that podiatrist holds through the compact is automatically suspended for 90 days while the other boards investigate, with no separate hearing or vote required first.
AIIf the state where a podiatrist designated their principal license revokes, suspends, or accepts a surrender of that license, all the podiatrist's other compact licenses are automatically moved to the same status, with no independent action by those other boards.
AIThe compact is an additional option, not a replacement. A podiatrist who doesn't meet the compact's eligibility standard can still get licensed the ordinary way under a state's own practice act, and each state's practice act is otherwise untouched.
AIThe new compact commission is funded by an annual assessment it charges each member state, sized to cover its approved budget, with the split between states set by a formula the commission adopts as a rule.
AIA person challenging a commission rule in federal court faces a deferential standard: the court must defer to the commission and cannot strike a rule down if it is a reasonable exercise of the authority the compact grants.