Oklahoma § 59-1586 - Effective date of Compact – Withdrawal - Amendment

§ 59-1586. Effective date of Compact – Withdrawal - Amendment

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

Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member 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

exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and

administration of the Compact.

B. Any state that 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 that 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 member state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting

a statute repealing the same.

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

(6) months after enactment of the repealing statute.

2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of

the withdrawing state's audiology or speech-language pathology

licensing board 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 audiology or speech-language pathology

licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a

member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the

provisions of this Compact.

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

amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon

any member state until it is enacted into the laws of all member

states.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 42, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.