Can a Occupational Therapist transfer a license to South Dakota as a military spouse?
Not through the compact — South Dakota is not currently a Occupational Therapy compact member. A military-spouse Occupational Therapist relies on VAEIA 2022 / 50 U.S.C. § 4025a, which requires South Dakota to recognize a valid out-of-state license upon relocation for military orders.
Your occupational therapy licensing board in South Dakota
South Dakota Codified Law 36-1B-1 directs any licensing body under Title 36, which includes the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners that licenses occupational therapists under chapter 36-31, to issue the license within thirty days and without an application fee to a military spouse who is the subject of a military transfer to South Dakota.
Official source ↗About the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact (OT Compact)
For Occupational Therapists and OT Assistants. Privilege-based practice in member states.
Official compact site ↗All Occupational Therapy member states
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