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Compacts are powerful, durable and adaptive tools for ensuring cooperative action among states. In recent years, professions have been using interstate compacts to facilitate occupational licensing reciprocity among states.  \nHow many professions use interstate compacts for occupational licensing mobility?  \nOccupational licensure compacts exist for the following professions:  \n- Advanced Practice Nursing  \n- Audiology and Speech Language Pathology  \n- Counseling  \n- Cosmetology  \n- Dentistry and Dental Hygiene  \n- Emergency Medical Services  \n- Massage Therapy  \n- Medicine  \n- Nursing  \n- Occupational Therapy  \n- Physical Therapy  \n- Psychology  \n- K-12 Teaching  \nAre all occupational licensure compacts the same?  \nNo, but all are similar in form and function. Most licensure compacts utilize a mutual recognition model, whereby a practitioner's valid, unrestricted home state license is\"mutually recognized\" by other compact member states. Mutual recognition compacts allow a professional to practice in the compact member states without having to go through each individual state’s licensure process.  \nHow does the Social Work Licensure Compact work?  \nThe Social Work Licensure Compact allows social workers who have or are eligible for an active, unencumbered license in the compact member state where they reside to apply for a multistate license. After verifying eligibility, the social worker is granted amultistate license which authorizes practice in all other compact member states.  \nWhat are the advantages of the Social Work Licensure Compact?  \nThe Social Work Licensure Compact allows eligible social workers to practice in all states that join the compact. The goal is to eliminate barriers to practice and to client care along with ensuring public protection. The Social Work Licensure Compact will also enhance a state’s ability to protect public safety.  \nOther benefits include:  \n• Enhancing the mobility of social workers  \n• Improving access to professional social work services  \n• Improving continuity of care when clients travel or relocate  \n• Supporting relocating military spouses  \n• Enhancing public safety  \n• Creating a data system of information about licensees including license status, investigative information and adverse actions  \nWhat is a \"multistate license\"?  \nA social worker who wishes to use the compact to practice in other states will apply fora multistate license. To be eligible, a social worker must be eligible for or hold a license in their primary state of residence (which must be a member of the compact) and meet other eligibility criteria. When eligibility is verified and all fees are paid, the social worker receives the multistate license and may begin legally working in any compact member state.  \nDoes this establish a national license for social workers?  \nThe Social Work Licensure Compact does not establish a national license. It establishes an optional, additional pathway for practitioners to practice in states where they do not hold a license. States retain control over their licensing requirements and scope of practice.  \nHow can a social worker apply for a multistate license?  \nTo apply for a multistate license, a social worker’s home state where they live must first join the compact. After the social worker’s home state has joined the compact, the  \nsocial worker can apply for a multistate license through the state’s social work licensing board.  \nDo social workers need to continue to apply for licenses in each state where they want to practice social work?  \nNo. The multistate license allows social workers to practice in all compact member states. 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