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Interstate compacts are formal, legislatively enacted agreements between two or more states that bind them to the compacts’ provisions. Occupational licensure compacts create reciprocal professional licensing agreements between states, while ensuring the quality and safety of services and safeguarding state sovereignty.

• • Facilitate multistate practice
  • Enhance license portability when changing state of residence
  • Expand employment opportunities into new markets
  • Improve continuity of care when patients or providers relocate
  • Support relocating military spouses
  • Reduce the burden of maintaining multiple licenses.

The ICSP looks different than many of the existing occupational licensure compacts. A school psychologist wishing to use the ICSP will use their existing license to show another member state that they are qualified through the compact to receive a license. The compact commission (the governing body of the compact comprised of representatives from each member state) information exchange will facilitate the transfer of documentation from the sending state to the receiving state and the receiving state will grant the school psychologist the closest equivalent license.

A school psychologist that holds an active, unencumbered license in a member state is eligible to use the ICSP to be granted a license in another member state. States may also require additional state-specific requirements after granting the license and may continue all current background check procedures.

Under the ICSP, school psychologists are only required to complete the renewal requirements in their home state. Other states may have additional administrative requirements but all content requirements including continuing education are only required in the home state.

No, not at this time. While 7 states have enacted the model legislation, the compact is currently in the process of becoming operational.

Interstate compacts must be approved by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor. Once a state enacts the ICSP model legislation, they can began the process of integrating into the operational compact and compact commission.

There are currently no anticipated fees for the ICSP in the first year. Ongoing support from the DoD Cooperative Agreement has provided resources to implement the data system and provide limited staff support. Additional staff support may be needed in the future but that will be determined by the member states collectively and are not expected to exceed $7,000 per state annually.

The compact commission is a government agency established by the compact. The compact commission will be comprised of one delegate from each member state. The compact commission writes rules and bylaws to administer and implement the compact. As stated in Section 7 of the compact, commissioners will be a designee from each participating state’s licensing authority. The compact commission is not a licensing board. It cannot affect state licensing requirements or take action against a licensee.