An Act relating to occupational therapist licensure; relating to occupational therapy assistant licensure; relating to an occupational therapist licensure compact; relating to an executive administrator for the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board; relating to physical therapist licensure; relating to physical therapist assistant licensure; relating to audiologist licensure; relating to speech-language pathologist licensure; and relating to national criminal history record checks.

The bill no longer covers physical therapist licensure, physical therapist assistant licensure, audiologist licensure, speech-language pathologist licensure, an executive administrator for the board, or national criminal history record checks as standalone provisions.

Section 6 (AS 08.84.095), which defined the detailed scope of practice for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants including specific services they may provide, was removed entirely.

Section 3 (AS 08.84.025), which established the position of executive administrator for the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board as a partially exempt service employee, was removed.

Section 4 (AS 08.84.030(a)), which set eligibility requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure including education, examination, and fingerprinting requirements, was removed.

Section 1 (AS 08.11.310), which required fingerprinting and national criminal history record checks for compact privilege applications under the audiologist/speech-language pathologist chapter, was removed.

The Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact was renumbered from Article 4A to Article 3A, reflecting the removal of articles that previously occupied positions between them in the statute.