{"id":8546,"date":"2024-09-09T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/?p=8546"},"modified":"2024-09-04T19:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T19:00:57","slug":"physical-therapy-licensure-compact-for-pts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vivian.com\/community\/allied-health\/physical-therapy-licensure-compact-for-pts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Physical Therapy Licensure Compact & What It Means for PTs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent years, many states have coordinated so that licensed skilled professionals from one state have reciprocal privileges to work in another. For healthcare professionals, such coordination can mean it\u2019s easier to work in high-demand areas, take temporary work assignments and meet the needs of the general public. Much like the <\/span>Nurse Licensure Compact<\/span><\/a> and the planned <\/span>Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact<\/span><\/a>, the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact (PT Compact) is a coordinated interstate effort that allows <\/span>physical therapists<\/span><\/a> (PTs) and <\/span>physical therapist assistants<\/span><\/a> (PTA) to work outside their home states without obtaining another license.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related:<\/b> Career Options: Physical Therapist vs. Occupational Therapist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The PT Compact doesn\u2019t offer a multistate license per se but rather a way to get privileges to practice outside your state of permanent residence while working under your home state license. Your home state must participate in the PT Compact and you must maintain your license according to your home state\u2019s rules to access privileges to work in any other participating state. We provide lists below of states that do and don\u2019t participate in the Compact, including those that may join in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSource:<\/b> PT Compact Commission \/ Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

States That Participate in the PT Compact<\/b><\/h3>\n

The following 30 states have fully enacted the Compact. PT and PTA licenses issued by one state are valid in any of these states once you apply for that state\u2019s privileges. See below for the dates the state enacted the Compact and started issuing Compact privileges, whether the state requires passing a state jurisprudence exam and the fee the state charges for the Compact privilege, if applicable. The individual state fee is in addition to the standard $45 fee the PT Compact Commission charges all applicants and some states require applicants to pass its jurisprudence exam at each renewal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arizona<\/b><\/p>\n