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Board approves Dec. 10 minutes; chair reports progress on physical therapy licensure compact
Summary
The Department of Public Health licensing board unanimously approved minutes from Dec. 10 and received an update that work continues on an interstate physical therapy licensure compact, including an FBI background-check requirement and coordination with state police; no formal action was taken on the compact.
The Department of Public Health licensing board voted to approve the minutes from its Dec. 10 meeting and heard a status update on the interstate physical therapy (PT) licensure compact during a brief session.
The board approved the Dec. 10 minutes after a motion and second were made; the motion passed on a voice vote. The board then turned to an update from the chair on the PT compact, which remains under development.
A board member moved that the board "accept the minutes as written," and another member seconded; the chair then asked for all in favor, and members responded. The motion to approve the minutes was adopted.
On the PT compact, the chair reported that, according to Department staff member Stephen Carriger, work on the compact is ongoing. The chair said one outstanding requirement is an FBI background check and that Carriger "is now working with the state police on that." The chair added that Carriger had previously said the compact work could be completed in 2025.
Board member Kristen Schweitzer, who said she attended a December compact meeting, reported there were some bylaw recommendations and "nothing too exciting on that front," and that there was nothing new to report but that the state is "in progress along with a number of other states." Schweitzer's remarks indicate the compact remains under discussion rather than ready for board action.
No vote or formal direction on the PT compact was recorded in the meeting transcript. The session concluded after a motion and second to adjourn; the motion carried by voice vote.
Votes at a glance: the board approved the Dec. 10 minutes (motion to accept minutes as written; outcome: approved) and approved a motion to adjourn (outcome: approved).
