Oklahoma § 59-1390 - Effective date – Withdrawal - Amendments

§ 59-1390. Effective date – Withdrawal - Amendments

A. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the

Compact is enacted into law in the seventh compact 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

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exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and

administration of the Compact.

B. Any state which 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 in

that state. Any rule which has been previously adopted by the

Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day

the Compact becomes law in that state.

C. Any compact state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting

a statute repealing the same:

1. A compact state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six

(6) months after enactment of the repealing statute; and

2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of

the withdrawing state's psychology regulatory authority to comply

with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of

this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

D. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to

invalidate or prevent any psychology licensure agreement or other

cooperative arrangement between a compact state and a noncompact

state which does not conflict with the provisions of this Compact.

E. This Compact may be amended by the compact states. No

amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon

any compact state until it is enacted into the law of all compact

states.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.