{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1290","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1290","heading":"Social Work Licensure Compact Commission","body":"A. The Compact Member States hereby create and establish a\n\njoint government agency whose membership consists of all Member\n\nStates that have enacted the compact known as the Social Work\n\nLicensure Compact Commission. The Commission is an instrumentality\n\nof the Compact States acting jointly and not an instrumentality of\n\nany one State. The Commission shall come into existence on or after\n\nthe effective date of the Compact as set forth in Section 14 of this\n\nact.\n\nB. Membership, Voting, and Meetings:\n\n1. Each Member State shall have and be limited to one delegate\n\nselected by that Member State’s State Licensing Authority.\n\n2. The delegate shall be either:\n\na. a current member of the State Licensing Authority at\n\nthe time of appointment, who is a Regulated Social\n\nWorker or public member of the State Licensing\n\nAuthority, or\n\nb. an administrator of the State Licensing Authority or\n\ntheir designee.\n\n3. The Commission shall by Rule or bylaw establish a term of\n\noffice for delegates and may by Rule or bylaw establish term limits.\n\n4. The Commission may recommend removal or suspension of any\n\ndelegate from office.\n\n5. A Member State’s State Licensing Authority shall fill any\n\nvacancy of its delegate occurring on the Commission within sixty\n\n(60) days of the vacancy.\n\n6. Each delegate shall be entitled to one vote on all matters\n\nbefore the Commission requiring a vote by Commission delegates.\n\n7. A delegate shall vote in person or by such other means as\n\nprovided in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide for delegates to\n\nmeet by telecommunication, videoconference, or other means of\n\ncommunication.\n\n8. The Commission shall meet at least once during each calendar\n\nyear. Additional meetings may be held as set forth in the bylaws.\n\nThe Commission may meet by telecommunication, videoconference, or\n\nother similar electronic means.\n\nC. The Commission shall have the following powers:\n\n1. Establish the fiscal year of the Commission;\n\n2. Establish code of conduct and conflict of interest policies;\n\n3. Establish and amend Rules and bylaws;\n\n4. Maintain its financial records in accordance with the\n\nbylaws;\n\n5. Meet and take such actions as are consistent with the\n\nprovisions of this Compact, the Commission’s Rules, and the bylaws;\n\n6. Initiate and conclude legal proceedings or actions in the\n\nname of the Commission, provided that the standing of any State\n\nLicensing Board to sue or be sued under applicable law shall not be\n\naffected;\n\n7. Maintain and certify records and information provided to a\n\nMember State as the authenticated business records of the\n\nCommission, and designate an agent to do so on the Commission's\n\nbehalf;\n\n8. Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;\n\n9. Borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, employees of a Member State;\n\n10. Conduct an annual financial review;\n\n11. Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix\n\ncompensation, define duties, grant such individuals appropriate\n\nauthority to carry out the purposes of the Compact, and establish\n\nthe Commission’s personnel policies and programs relating to\n\nconflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel, and other\n\nrelated personnel matters;\n\n12. Assess and collect fees;\n\n13. Accept any and all appropriate gifts, donations, grants of\n\nmoney, other sources of revenue, equipment, supplies, materials, and\n\nservices, and receive, utilize, and dispose of the same; provided\n\nthat at all times the Commission shall avoid any appearance of\n\nimpropriety or conflict of interest;\n\n14. Lease, purchase, retain, own, hold, improve, or use any\n\nproperty, real, personal, or mixed, or any undivided interest\n\ntherein;\n\n15. Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon,\n\nor otherwise dispose of any property real, personal, or mixed;\n\n16. Establish a budget and make expenditures;\n\n17. Borrow money;\nssion shall avoid any appearance of\n\nimpropriety or conflict of interest;\n\n14. Lease, purchase, retain, own, hold, improve, or use any\n\nproperty, real, personal, or mixed, or any undivided interest\n\ntherein;\n\n15. Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon,\n\nor otherwise dispose of any property real, personal, or mixed;\n\n16. Establish a budget and make expenditures;\n\n17. Borrow money;\n\n18. Appoint committees, including standing committees, composed\n\nof members, State regulators, State legislators or their\n\nrepresentatives, and consumer representatives, and such other\n\ninterested persons as may be designated in this Compact and the\n\nbylaws;\n\n19. Provide and receive information from, and cooperate with,\n\nlaw enforcement agencies;\n\n20. Establish and elect an Executive Committee, including a\n\nchair and a vice chair;\n\n21. Determine whether a State’s adopted language is materially\n\ndifferent from the model compact language such that the State would\n\nnot qualify for participation in the Compact; and\n\n22. Perform such other functions as may be necessary or\n\nappropriate to achieve the purposes of this Compact.\n\nD. The Executive Committee:\n\n1. The Executive Committee shall have the power to act on\n\nbehalf of the Commission according to the terms of this Compact.\n\nThe powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Executive Committee\n\nshall include:\n\na. oversee the day-to-day activities of the\n\nadministration of the Compact including enforcement\n\nand compliance with the provisions of the Compact, its\n\nRules and bylaws, and other such duties as deemed\n\nnecessary,\n\nb. recommend to the Commission changes to the Rules or\n\nbylaws, changes to this Compact legislation, fees\n\ncharged to Compact Member States, fees charged to\n\nLicensees, and other fees,\n\nc. ensure Compact administration services are\n\nappropriately provided, including by contract,\n\nd. prepare and recommend the budget,\n\ne. maintain financial records on behalf of the\n\nCommission,\n\nf. monitor Compact compliance of Member States and\n\nprovide compliance reports to the Commission,\n\ng. establish additional committees as necessary,\n\nh. exercise the powers and duties of the Commission\n\nduring the interim between Commission meetings, except\n\nfor adopting or amending Rules, adopting or amending\n\nbylaws, and exercising any other powers and duties\n\nexpressly reserved to the Commission by Rule or bylaw,\n\nand\n\ni. other duties as provided in the Rules or bylaws of the\n\nCommission.\n\n2. The Executive Committee shall be composed of up to eleven\n\n(11) members:\n\na. the chair and vice-chair of the Commission shall be\n\nvoting members of the Executive Committee,\n\nb. the Commission shall elect five voting members from\n\nthe current membership of the Commission,\n\nc. up to four ex-officio, nonvoting members from four\n\nrecognized national Social Work organizations, and\n\nd. the ex-officio members shall be selected by their\n\nrespective organizations.\n\n3. The Commission may remove any member of the Executive\n\nCommittee as provided in the Commission’s bylaws.\n\n4. The Executive Committee shall meet at least annually.\n\na. Executive Committee meetings shall be open to the\n\npublic, except that the Executive Committee may meet\n\nin a closed, nonpublic meeting as provided in\n\nparagraph 2 of subsection F of this section.\n\nb. The Executive Committee shall give seven (7) days’\n\nnotice of its meetings, posted on its website and as\n\ndetermined to provide notice to persons with an\n\ninterest in the business of the Commission.\n\nc. The Executive Committee may hold a special meeting in\n\naccordance with subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of\n\nsubsection F of this section.\n\nE. The Commission shall adopt and provide to the Member States\n\nan annual report.\n\nF. Meetings of the Commission:\n\n1. All meetings shall be open to the public, except that the\n\nCommission may meet in a closed, nonpublic meeting as provided in\n\nparagraph 2 of this subsection.\nve Committee may hold a special meeting in\n\naccordance with subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of\n\nsubsection F of this section.\n\nE. The Commission shall adopt and provide to the Member States\n\nan annual report.\n\nF. Meetings of the Commission:\n\n1. All meetings shall be open to the public, except that the\n\nCommission may meet in a closed, nonpublic meeting as provided in\n\nparagraph 2 of this subsection.\n\na. Public notice for all meetings of the full Commission\n\nof meetings shall be given in the same manner as\n\nrequired under the Rulemaking provisions in Section 12\n\nof this act, except that the Commission may hold a\n\nspecial meeting as provided in subparagraph b of this\n\nparagraph.\n\nb. The Commission may hold a special meeting when it must\n\nmeet to conduct emergency business by giving forty-\n\neight (48) hours’ notice to all commissioners, on the\n\nCommission’s website, and other means as provided in\n\nthe Commission’s Rules. The Commission’s legal\n\ncounsel shall certify that the Commission’s need to\n\nmeet qualifies as an emergency.\n\n2. The Commission or the Executive Committee or other\n\ncommittees of the Commission may convene in a closed, nonpublic\n\nmeeting for the Commission or Executive Committee or other\n\ncommittees of the Commission to receive legal advice or to discuss:\n\na. noncompliance of a Member State with its obligations\n\nunder the Compact,\n\nb. the employment, compensation, discipline, or other\n\nmatters, practices, or procedures related to specific\n\nemployees,\n\nc. current or threatened discipline of a Licensee by the\n\nCommission or by a Member State’s Licensing Authority,\n\nd. current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated\n\nlitigation,\n\ne. negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or\n\nsale of goods, services, or real estate,\n\nf. accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring\n\nany person,\n\ng. trade secrets or commercial or financial information\n\nthat is privileged or confidential,\n\nh. information of a personal nature where disclosure\n\nwould constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\n\npersonal privacy,\n\ni. investigative records compiled for law enforcement\n\npurposes,\n\nj. information related to any investigative reports\n\nprepared by or on behalf of or for use of the\n\nCommission or other committee charged with\n\nresponsibility of investigation or determination of\n\ncompliance issues pursuant to the Compact,\n\nk. matters specifically exempted from disclosure by\n\nfederal or Member State law, or\n\nl. other matters as promulgated by the Commission by\n\nRule.\n\n3. If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed, the\n\npresiding officer shall state that the meeting will be closed and\n\nreference each relevant exempting provision, and such reference\n\nshall be recorded in the minutes.\n\n4. The Commission shall keep minutes that fully and clearly\n\ndescribe all matters discussed in a meeting and shall provide a full\n\nand accurate summary of actions taken, and the reasons therefore,\n\nincluding a description of the views expressed. All documents\n\nconsidered in connection with an action shall be identified in such\n\nminutes. All minutes and documents of a closed meeting shall remain\n\nunder seal, subject to release only by a majority vote of the\n\nCommission or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.\n\nG. Financing of the Commission:\n\n1. The Commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the\n\nreasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing\n\nactivities.\n\n2. The Commission may accept any and all appropriate revenue\n\nsources as provided in subsection C of Section 13 of this act.\n\n3. The Commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment\n\nfrom each Member State and impose fees on Licensees of Member States\n\nto whom it grants a Multistate License to cover the cost of the\n\noperations and activities of the Commission and its staff, which\ntivities.\n\n2. The Commission may accept any and all appropriate revenue\n\nsources as provided in subsection C of Section 13 of this act.\n\n3. The Commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment\n\nfrom each Member State and impose fees on Licensees of Member States\n\nto whom it grants a Multistate License to cover the cost of the\n\noperations and activities of the Commission and its staff, which\n\nmust be in a total amount sufficient to cover its annual budget as\n\napproved each year for which revenue is not provided by other\n\nsources. The aggregate annual assessment amount for Member States\n\nshall be allocated based upon a formula that the Commission shall\n\npromulgate by Rule.\n\n4. The Commission shall not incur obligations of any kind prior\n\nto securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the\n\nCommission pledge the credit of any of the Member States, except by\n\nand with the authority of the Member State.\n\n5. The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts\n\nand disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Commission\n\nshall be subject to the financial review and accounting procedures\n\nestablished under its bylaws. However, all receipts and\n\ndisbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be subject to\n\nan annual financial review by a certified or licensed public\n\naccountant, and the report of the financial review shall be included\n\nin and become part of the annual report of the Commission.\n\nH. Qualified Immunity, Defense, and Indemnification:\n\n1. The members, officers, executive director, employees, and\n\nrepresentatives of the Commission shall be immune from suit and\n\nliability, both personally and in their official capacity, for any\n\nclaim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other\n\ncivil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged\n\nact, error, or omission that occurred, or that the person against\n\nwhom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred\n\nwithin the scope of Commission employment, duties, or\n\nresponsibilities; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be\n\nconstrued to protect any such person from suit or liability for any\n\ndamage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or\n\nwillful or wanton misconduct of that person. The procurement of\n\ninsurance of any type by the Commission shall not in any way\n\ncompromise or limit the immunity granted hereunder.\n\n2. The Commission shall defend any member, officer, executive\n\ndirector, employee, and representative of the Commission in any\n\ncivil action seeking to impose liability arising out of any actual\n\nor alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of\n\nCommission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or as determined\n\nby the Commission that the person against whom the claim is made had\n\na reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of\n\nCommission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided that\n\nnothing herein shall be construed to prohibit that person from\n\nretaining their own counsel at their own expense; and provided\n\nfurther, that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not\n\nresult from that person’s intentional or willful or wanton\n\nmisconduct.\n\n3. The Commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member,\n\nofficer, executive director, employee, and representative of the\n\nCommission for the amount of any settlement or judgment obtained\n\nagainst that person arising out of any actual or alleged act, error,\n\nor omission that occurred within the scope of Commission employment,\n\nduties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable\n\nbasis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission\n\nemployment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or\n\nalleged act, error, or omission did not result from the intentional\n\nor willful or wanton misconduct of that person.\n\n4. Nothing herein shall be construed as a limitation on the\nCommission employment,\n\nduties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable\n\nbasis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission\n\nemployment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or\n\nalleged act, error, or omission did not result from the intentional\n\nor willful or wanton misconduct of that person.\n\n4. Nothing herein shall be construed as a limitation on the\n\nliability of any Licensee for professional malpractice or\n\nmisconduct, which shall be governed solely by any other applicable\n\nState laws.\n\n5. Nothing in this Compact shall be interpreted to waive or\n\notherwise abrogate a Member State’s state action immunity or state\n\naction affirmative defense with respect to antitrust claims under\n\nthe Sherman Act, Clayton Act, or any other State or federal\n\nantitrust or anticompetitive law or regulation.\n\n6. Nothing in this Compact shall be construed to be a waiver of\n\nsovereign immunity by the Member States or by the Commission.","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":"11a336db77ce495410f21233ab3de74961ff996609bc6fbc38dd646ebb157262","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1289","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1291"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}