Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1586
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Effective date of Compact – Withdrawal - Amendment
Official statutory text
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.
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.
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