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Committee agrees to occupational-therapy compact bill and repeals outdated special-license provision
Summary
The Senate Government Organization Committee agreed to a committee substitute for SB 462 to permit fingerprint-based background checks for occupational therapists seeking compact privileges and to repeal a duplicative statutory provision on a special license for voluntary service to indigents.
The Senate Government Organization Committee agreed to a committee substitute for Senate Bill 462 that would authorize the Board of Occupational Therapy to require criminal background checks for occupational therapists who seek compact privileges and, as drafted in the substitute, repeal an older statutory provision regarding a special license for occupational therapists who provide voluntary services to indigent persons.
Committee counsel told members the substitute is "virtually identical in intent and purpose" to…
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