Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1390
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Effective date – Withdrawal - Amendments
Official statutory text
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.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1110
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.
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