Oklahoma § 59-1283 - Member State eligibility criteria

§ 59-1283. Member State eligibility criteria

A. To be eligible to participate in the Compact, a potential

Member State must currently meet all of the following criteria:

1. License and regulate the practice of Social Work at either

the clinical, master’s, or bachelor’s category;

2. Require applicants for licensure to graduate from a program

that is:

a.

operated by a college or university recognized by the

Licensing Authority,

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b.

accredited, or in candidacy by an institution that

subsequently becomes accredited, by an accrediting

agency recognized by either:

(1) the Council for Higher Education Accreditation,

or its successor, or

(2) the United States Department of Education, and

c.

corresponds to the licensure sought as outlined in

Section 4 of this act;

3. Require applicants for clinical licensure to complete a

period of supervised practice;

4. Have a mechanism in place for receiving, investigating, and

adjudicating complaints about Licensees.

B. To maintain membership in the Compact, a Member State shall:

1. Require that applicants for a Multistate License pass a

Qualifying National Exam for the corresponding category of

Multistate License sought as outlined in Section 4 of this act;

2. Participate fully in the Commission’s Data System, including

using the Commission’s unique identifier as defined in Rules;

3. Notify the Commission, in compliance with the terms of the

Compact and Rules, of any Adverse Action or the availability of

Current Significant Investigative Information regarding a Licensee;

4. Implement procedures for considering the criminal history

records of applicants for a Multistate License. Such procedures

shall include the submission of fingerprints or other biometricbased information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining an

applicant’s criminal history record information from the Federal

Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining

that State’s criminal records;

5. Comply with the Rules of the Commission;

6. Require an applicant to obtain or retain a license in the

Home State and meet the Home State’s qualifications for licensure or

renewal of licensure, as well as all other applicable Home State

laws;

7. Authorize a Licensee holding a Multistate License in any

Member State to practice in accordance with the terms of the Compact

and Rules of the Commission; and

8. Designate a delegate to participate in the Commission

meetings.

C. A Member State meeting the requirements of subsection A of

this section and subsection B of this section shall designate the

categories of Social Work licensure that are eligible for issuance

of a Multistate License for applicants in such Member State. To the

extent that any Member State does not meet the requirements for

participation in the Compact at any particular category of Social

Work licensure, such Member State may choose, but is not obligated

to, issue a Multistate License to applicants that otherwise meet the

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requirements of Section 4 of this act for issuance of a Multistate

License in such category or categories of licensure.

D. The Home State may charge a fee for granting the Multistate

License.

Added by Laws 2025, c. 121, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.