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Board raises enforcement, data‑sharing concerns as Audiology & Speech‑Language Interstate Compact nears operations
Summary
Staff told the board the Audiology and Speech‑Language Practice Compact has enough member states to operate and may issue interstate privileges in late summer 2025; board members asked for clarification on enforcement, data sharing and cost recovery.
Board staff provided an update on the Audiology and Speech‑Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLPIC), reporting that the compact has reached membership thresholds and expects to begin issuing privileges in late summer 2025, though it is not yet operational.
Executive Officer Charice Burns said the board previously reviewed the compact in 2022. “They are now they do now have enough states that they are up and running as a compact, but they are not yet operational and issuing licenses,” Burns said. She told members the compact’s public timeline suggested privileges might begin late summer 2025 and recommended the compact be invited to present to the board after the compact has some operational experience.
Board members focused questions on enforcement and data sharing. Members asked how investigative materials and enforcement costs would be shared across compact participants and whether California would be left shouldering investigative workloads without cost recovery. Burns said the compact’s approach to investigative information-sharing and whether California could recover investigative costs were open questions that needed more detail from the compact’s operations and bylaws.
Why it matters: If a compact issues interstate privileges that allow out‑of‑state practitioners to provide services to California residents, state boards must clarify how discipline, public reporting, and investigative cost‑recovery will work. Burns noted California currently recovers some enforcement costs through license conditions or the disciplinary process; if the compact changes enforcement mechanics, the board might incur uncompensated workload.
Next steps: Board members asked staff to invite the compact to present operations and bylaws once it has been issuing privileges for a period, and to prepare specific questions about information-sharing, disciplinary jurisdiction, and cost recovery.
Ending: Staff will monitor ASLPIC operations and return with a suggested set of questions for the compact’s staff before scheduling a presentation.
