{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1289","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1289","heading":"Remote State authority","body":"A. In addition to the other powers conferred by State law, a\n\nRemote State shall have the authority, in accordance with existing\n\nState due process law, to:\n\n1. Take Adverse Action against a Regulated Social Worker’s\n\nMultistate Authorization to Practice only within that Member State,\n\nand issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that\n\nrequire the attendance and testimony of witnesses as well as the\n\nproduction of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a Licensing Authority\n\nin a Member State for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or\n\nthe production of evidence from another Member State shall be\n\nenforced in the latter State by any court of competent jurisdiction,\n\naccording to the practice and procedure of that court applicable to\n\nsubpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it. The issuing\n\nLicensing Authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses,\n\nmileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the\n\nState in which the witnesses or evidence are located;\n\n2. Only the Home State shall have the power to take Adverse\n\nAction against a Regulated Social Worker’s Multistate License.\n\nB. For purposes of taking Adverse Action, the Home State shall\n\ngive the same priority and effect to reported conduct received from\n\na Member State as it would if the conduct had occurred within the\n\nHome State. In so doing, the Home State shall apply its own State\n\nlaws to determine appropriate action.\n\nC. The Home State shall complete any pending investigations of\n\na Regulated Social Worker who changes their Home State during the\n\ncourse of the investigations. The Home State shall also have the\n\nauthority to take appropriate action(s) and shall promptly report\n\nthe conclusions of the investigations to the administrator of the\n\nData System. The administrator of the Data System shall promptly\n\nnotify the new Home State of any Adverse Actions.\n\nD. A Member State, if otherwise permitted by State law, may\n\nrecover from the affected Regulated Social Worker the costs of\n\ninvestigations and dispositions of cases resulting from any Adverse\n\nAction taken against that Regulated Social Worker.\n\nE. A Member State may take Adverse Action based on the factual\n\nfindings of another Member State, provided that the Member State\n\nfollows its own procedures for taking the Adverse Action.\n\nF. Joint Investigations:\n\n1. In addition to the authority granted to a Member State by\n\nits respective Social Work practice act or other applicable State\n\nlaw, any Member State may participate with other Member States in\n\njoint investigations of Licensees.\n\n2. Member States shall share any investigative, litigation, or\n\ncompliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual\n\ninvestigation initiated under the Compact.\n\nG. If Adverse Action is taken by the Home State against the\n\nMultistate License of a Regulated Social Worker, the Regulated\n\nSocial Worker’s Multistate Authorization to Practice in all other\n\nMember States shall be deactivated until all Encumbrances have been\n\nremoved from the Multistate License. All Home State disciplinary\n\norders that impose Adverse Action against the license of a Regulated\n\nSocial Worker shall include a statement that the Regulated Social\n\nWorker’s Multistate Authorization to Practice is deactivated in all\n\nMember States until all conditions of the decision, order or\n\nagreement are satisfied.\n\nH. If a Member State takes Adverse Action, it shall promptly\n\nnotify the administrator of the Data System. The administrator of\n\nthe Data System shall promptly notify the Home State and all other\n\nMember State’s of any Adverse Actions by Remote States.\n\nI. Nothing in this Compact shall override a Member State’s\n\ndecision that participation in an Alternative Program may be used in\n\nlieu of Adverse Action.\n\nJ. Nothing in this Compact shall authorize a Member State to\n\ndemand the issuance of subpoenas for attendance and testimony of\nta System shall promptly notify the Home State and all other\n\nMember State’s of any Adverse Actions by Remote States.\n\nI. Nothing in this Compact shall override a Member State’s\n\ndecision that participation in an Alternative Program may be used in\n\nlieu of Adverse Action.\n\nJ. Nothing in this Compact shall authorize a Member State to\n\ndemand the issuance of subpoenas for attendance and testimony of\n\nwitnesses or the production of evidence from another Member State\n\nfor lawful actions within that Member State.\n\nK. Nothing in this Compact shall authorize a Member State to\n\nimpose discipline against a Regulated Social Worker who holds a\n\nMultistate Authorization to Practice for lawful actions within\n\nanother Member State.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"5d19495fce90e6871dc3fd519cf321151b3c23cdcbd4defc25de6b2e33922de0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1288","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1290"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}