SLP Interstate Compact — Current Status
The SLP compact, the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC), is live and issuing privileges. States join one at a time, so check whether your home state has onboarded before you count on it. Here's where things stand and what to do where it hasn't.
Current Status
🔎 Check your exact route
Being a member state and issuing privileges are different things — a state that has enacted the ASLP-IC must also onboard to CompactConnect before it can issue privileges (the lists below). The Compact Eligibility Checker takes your home state and your destination and tells you whether a privilege is available today: 38 PT, 11 OT and 4 ASLP-IC jurisdictions are issuing, as each compact’s own list showed on November 3, 2026.
Live — Issuing Privileges, One State at a Time
The ASLP-IC is issuing compact privileges. A state takes part in two steps: it enacts the compact, then it starts issuing privileges, so a state on the enacted list may not be issuing yet.
Check the compact's own site, aslpcompact.com, for which states are issuing privileges now.
ASLP-IC Member States
Issuing status from CompactConnect’s live list, the system that issues the privileges; enacted status from the ASLP-IC Commission’s compact map. Only the states in the first list can issue a privilege today.
Issuing ASLP-IC privileges
- Louisiana
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
Enacted the ASLP-IC, not issuing yet
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Legislation introduced, not a member yet: Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
How to Get an ASLP-IC Privilege
- Check your home state. It must be a member that has onboarded to CompactConnect and is issuing privileges. Until it is, the Commission’s FAQ points you to your home state licensing board for its timeline.
- Meet the eligibility rules. An active, unencumbered license in your home state; an accredited degree; a supervised practicum and an approved national examination; for SLPs, a supervised post-graduate professional experience; no disqualifying criminal history (states run an FBI background check); and a valid Social Security Number or National Practitioner Identifier. Assistants are not eligible, and neither is anyone whose role requires supervision, such as a clinical fellowship.
- Pass any jurisprudence exam first. Where a state requires one, complete it before you apply for that state’s privilege.
- Apply in CompactConnect. Register at CompactConnect once your home state opens registration, then request a privilege for each state. The Commission’s goal is for you to receive it soon after you apply and pay, once both states are fully onboarded.
- Renew with your home license. A privilege follows your home state’s renewal cycle and shows as inactive after your home license’s expiration date if that license is not renewed by then.
If Your State Is Not Issuing Yet
- Plan ahead: timelines vary by state; check your state board and the compact’s FAQ before you pick a start date
- Start early: apply to your first-choice states as soon as you can; each board sets its own processing time
- Ask your home state board: the ASLP-IC Commission says questions about when your state will open applications go to your state licensing agency
SLP Licensing Timeline by State
Timelines vary by state; check your state board and the compact's site. The compact’s FAQ points you to your home state's licensing agency for its timeline, and each state board lists its own processing times.
🎓 CCC-SLP & State Licensure
ASHA's Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) is separate from state licensure but is typically required by travel agencies and hospitals. If you hold your CCC-SLP and a license that reaches the state you want, tell a recruiter where you'd like to work: Find my next contract.
The ASLP-IC itself does not require the CCC: the Commission’s FAQ says holding it is not a requirement to take part in the compact, though a state that requires it for licensure still does. Learn more about the CCC at ASHA.org →
🏠 What “home state” means
Your home state license is the one granted by the state where you live, pay taxes and have your driver’s license. The compact’s “primary state of residence” is the state you declare as your primary residence for legal purposes, shown by documents such as a driver’s license, federal tax return, lease, deed, mortgage or voter registration (ASLP-IC FAQ). It is where you live, not simply a state where you hold a license.
💳 What a privilege costs
Each privilege costs the ASLP-IC administrative fee plus that state’s own fee, and the administrative fee is charged once per privilege you request. States set their own fees and may change them, and a state that requires a jurisprudence exam may charge for it separately. Payment is by credit or debit card in CompactConnect, and the Commission says no refunds are issued. Its state fee and jurisprudence table lists each state’s fee.
📋 Who Can Use the SLP Compact
The compact sets its own eligibility rules for a privilege. Read them on the compact's own site, aslpcompact.com, before you apply.
Common Mistakes the Commission Warns About
Each one is answered in the ASLP-IC Commission’s FAQ.
- Assuming enactment lets you practice. Your state enacting the compact does not approve your license for other states; you apply for a privilege in each state through the compact.
- Renewing your home license in its grace period. CompactConnect shows your privilege as inactive after your home license’s expiration date if it is not renewed by then, grace period or not. The Commission recommends renewing at least ten business days before the expiration date shown in CompactConnect.
- Applying on a provisional license or during a clinical fellowship. You need a license to practice independently; a role that requires supervision is not eligible.
- Expecting a privilege to cover school credentials. If a state’s Department of Education requires its own credential to work in schools, you still need it. Department of Education credentials alone do not qualify you for a privilege.
- Requesting a privilege before a required jurisprudence exam. The exam must be done before you apply for that state’s privilege.
- Paying for a privilege you may not use. The Commission says no refunds are issued.
SLP Licensing FAQ
Is the SLP compact available now?
Yes. The ASLP-IC is live and issuing privileges. States join one at a time, so check whether your home state has onboarded before you count on it; the compact's own site lists where it stands.
Do any states have expedited SLP licensing for endorsement?
Processing times vary by state; check your state board and the compact's site before you count on a fast one. The compact’s FAQ points you to your home state's licensing agency for its timeline.
Is CCC-SLP required for travel SLP positions?
Most travel SLP positions through staffing agencies require active ASHA CCC-SLP. Hospital, school, and most outpatient settings list CCC-SLP as a requirement. Clinical fellowship positions (CF-SLP) are sometimes available for new grads in travel settings, but with fewer options. Confirm requirements with your recruiter.