Oklahoma § 59-545.11 - Effective date — Withdrawal — Amendment

§ 59-545.11. Effective date — Withdrawal — Amendment

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

Compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh participating

state.

1. On or after the effective date of the Compact, the

Commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the

states that enacted the Compact prior to the Commission convening

"Charter Participating States" to determine if the statute enacted

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by each such Charter Participating State is materially different

than the model Compact:

a.

A Charter Participating State whose enactment is found

to be materially different from the model Compact

shall be entitled to the default process set forth in

subsection B of Section 10 of this Compact, and

b.

If any participating state later withdraws from the

Compact or its participation is terminated, the

Commission shall remain in existence and the Compact

shall remain in effect even if the number of

participating states should be less than seven.

Participating states enacting the Compact subsequent

to the Commission convening shall be subject to the

process set forth in paragraph 21 of subsection C of

Section 7 of this Compact to determine if their

enactments are materially different from the model

Compact and whether they qualify for participation in

the Compact;

2. Participating states enacting the Compact subsequent to the

seven initial Charter Participating States shall be subject to the

process set forth in paragraph 21 of subsection C of Section 7 of

this Compact to determine if their enactments are materially

different from the model Compact and whether they qualify for

participation in the Compact; and

3. All actions taken for the benefit of the Commission or in

furtherance of the purposes of the administration of the Compact

prior to the effective date of the Compact or the Commission coming

into existence shall be considered to be actions of the Commission

unless specifically repudiated by the Commission.

B. Any state that joins the Compact shall be subject to the

Commission's rules and bylaws 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 participating state may withdraw from the Compact by

enacting a statute repealing the same.

1. A participating state's withdrawal shall not take effect

until one hundred eighty (180) days after enactment of the repealing

statute. During this one-hundred-eighty-day period, all Compact

privileges that were in effect in the withdrawing state and were

granted to licensees licensed in the withdrawing state shall remain

in effect. If any licensee licensed in the withdrawing state is

also licensed in another participating state or obtains a license in

another participating state within the one hundred eighty (180)

days, the licensee's Compact privileges in other participating

states shall not be affected by the passage of the one hundred

eighty (180) days.

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2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of

the state licensing boards of the withdrawing state to comply with

the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of the

Compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal.

3. Upon the enactment of a statute withdrawing a state from the

Compact, the state shall immediately provide notice of such

withdrawal to all licensees within that state. Such withdrawing

state shall continue to recognize all licenses granted pursuant to

the Compact for a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days after the

date of such notice of withdrawal.

D. Nothing contained in the Compact shall be construed to

invalidate or prevent any PA licensure agreement or other

cooperative arrangement between participating states and between a

participating state and nonparticipating state that does not

conflict with the provisions of the Compact.

E. The Compact may be amended by the participating states. No

amendment to the Compact shall become effective and binding upon any

participating state until it is enacted materially in the same

manner into the laws of all participating states as determined by

the Commission.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 22, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.