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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 300<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1470857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368828,"identifier":"54.1-3495","token":"54.1\/III\/34.1\/2\/54.1-3495","url":"\/54.1-3495\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3495\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34.1\/2\/54.1-3495","dublin_core":{"Title":"Date of implementation of the Interstate Commission for Physical Therapy Practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3495","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute<\/span> is enacted into law<\/span> in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the Commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet and exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and administration of the Compact. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any state that joins the Compact subsequent to the Commission’s initial adoption of the rules shall be subject to the rules as they exist on the date on which the Compact becomes law<\/span> in that state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the Commission shall have the full force and effect of law<\/span> on the day the Compact becomes law<\/span> in that state. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any member state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute<\/span> repealing the same. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A member state’s withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing statute<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state’s physical therapy licensing board<\/span> to comply with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any physical therapy licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the provisions of this Compact. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> This Compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into the laws<\/span> of all member states. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY\nPRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED RULES, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT (\u00a7 54.1-3495)\n\nA. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute\nis enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become\neffective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the Commission\nrelating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the Commission\nshall meet and exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and\nadministration of the Compact.\n\nB. Any state that joins the Compact subsequent to the Commission’s initial\nadoption of the rules shall be subject to the rules as they exist on the date on\nwhich the Compact becomes law in that state. Any rule that has been previously\nadopted by the Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day\nthe Compact becomes law in that state.\n\nC. Any member state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute\nrepealing the same.\n\n 1. A member state’s withdrawal shall not take effect until six months\n after enactment of the repealing statute.\n\n 2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing\n state’s physical therapy licensing board to comply with the\n investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this act prior to\n the effective date of withdrawal.\n\nD. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent\nany physical therapy licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement\nbetween a member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the\nprovisions of this Compact.\n\nE. This Compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this\nCompact shall become effective and binding upon any member state until it is\nenacted into the laws of all member states.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 300.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}