Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1282

As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the

following definitions shall apply:

A. “Active Military Member” means any individual with full-time

duty status in the active Armed Forces of the United States

including members of the National Guard and Reserve;

B. “Adverse Action” means any administrative, civil, equitable,

or criminal action permitted by a State’s laws which is imposed by a

Licensing Authority or other authority against a Regulated Social

Worker, including actions against an individual’s license or

Multistate Authorization to Practice such as revocation, suspension,

probation, monitoring of the Licensee, limitation on the Licensee’s

practice, or any other Encumbrance on licensure affecting a

Regulated Social Worker’s authorization to practice, including

issuance of a cease and desist action;

C. “Alternative Program” means a nondisciplinary monitoring or

practice remediation process approved by a Licensing Authority to

address practitioners with an Impairment;

D. “Charter Member States” means Member States who have enacted

legislation to adopt this Compact where such legislation predates

the effective date of this Compact as described in Section 14 of

this act;

E. “Compact Commission” or “Commission” means the government

agency whose membership consists of all States that have enacted

this Compact, which is known as the Social Work Licensure Compact

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Commission, as described in Section 10 of this act, and which shall

operate as an instrumentality of the Member States;

F. “Current Significant Investigative Information” means:

1. Investigative information that a Licensing Authority, after

a preliminary inquiry that includes notification and an opportunity

for the Regulated Social Worker to respond, has reason to believe is

not groundless and, if proved true, would indicate more than a minor

infraction as may be defined by the Commission; or

2. Investigative information that indicates that the Regulated

Social Worker represents an immediate threat to public health and

safety, as may be defined by the Commission, regardless of whether

the Regulated Social Worker has been notified and has had an

opportunity to respond;

G. “Data System” means a repository of information about

Licensees, including continuing education, examination, licensure,

Current Significant Investigative Information, Disqualifying Event,

Multistate License(s) and Adverse Action information or other

information as required by the Commission;

H. “Disqualifying Event” means any Adverse Action or incident

which results in an Encumbrance that disqualifies or makes the

Licensee ineligible to either obtain, retain, or renew a Multistate

License;

I. “Domicile” means the jurisdiction in which the Licensee

resides and intends to remain indefinitely;

J. “Encumbrance” means a revocation or suspension of, or any

limitation on, the full and unrestricted practice of Social Work

licensed and regulated by a Licensing Authority;

K. “Executive Committee” means a group of delegates elected or

appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them

by, the Compact and Commission;

L. “Home State” means the Member State that is the Licensee’s

primary Domicile;

M. “Impairment” means a condition(s) that may impair a

practitioner’s ability to engage in full and unrestricted practice

as a Regulated Social Worker without some type of intervention and

may include alcohol and drug dependence, mental health impairment,

and neurological or physical impairments;

N. “Licensee(s)” means an individual who currently holds a

license from a State to practice as a Regulated Social Worker;

O. “Licensing Authority” means the board or agency of a Member

State, or equivalent, that is responsible for the licensing and

regulation of Regulated Social Workers;

P. “Member State” means a state, commonwealth, district, or
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and neurological or physical impairments;

N. “Licensee(s)” means an individual who currently holds a

license from a State to practice as a Regulated Social Worker;

O. “Licensing Authority” means the board or agency of a Member

State, or equivalent, that is responsible for the licensing and

regulation of Regulated Social Workers;

P. “Member State” means a state, commonwealth, district, or

territory of the United States of America that has enacted this

Compact;

Q. “Multistate Authorization to Practice” means a legally

authorized privilege to practice, which is equivalent to a license,

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associated with a Multistate License permitting the practice of

Social Work in a Remote State;

R. “Multistate License” means a license to practice as a

Regulated Social Worker issued by a Home State Licensing Authority

that authorizes the Regulated Social Worker to practice in all

Member States under Multistate Authorization to Practice;

S. “Qualifying National Exam” means a national licensing

examination approved by the Commission;

T. “Regulated Social Worker” means any clinical, master’s or

bachelor’s Social Worker licensed by a Member State regardless of

the title used by that Member State;

U. “Remote State” means a Member State other than the

Licensee’s Home State;

V. “Rule(s)” or “Rule(s) of the Commission” means a regulation

or regulations duly promulgated by the Commission, as authorized by

the Compact, that has the force of law;

W. “Single State License” means a Social Work license issued by

any State that authorizes practice only within the issuing State and

does not include Multistate Authorization to Practice in any Member

State;

X. “Social Work” or “Social Work Services” means the

application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, ethics, and

the professional use of self to restore or enhance social,

psychosocial, or biopsychosocial functioning of individuals,

couples, families, groups, organizations, and communities through

the care and services provided by a Regulated Social Worker as set

forth in the Member State’s statutes and regulations in the State

where the services are being provided;

Y. “State” means any state, commonwealth, district, or

territory of the United States of America that regulates the

practice of Social Work; and

Z. “Unencumbered License” means a license that authorizes a

Regulated Social Worker to engage in the full and unrestricted

practice of Social Work.