{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1387","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1387","heading":"Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission","body":"A. The compact states hereby create and establish a joint\n\npublic agency known as the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact\n\nCommission as follows:\n\n1. The Commission is a body politic and an instrumentality of\n\nthe compact states;\n\n2. Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the\n\nCommission shall be brought solely and exclusively in a court of\n\ncompetent jurisdiction where the principal office of the Commission\n\nis located. The Commission may waive venue and jurisdictional\n\ndefenses to the extent it adopts or consents to participate in\n\nalternative dispute resolution proceedings; and\n\n3. Nothing in this Compact shall be construed to be a waiver of\n\nsovereign immunity.\n\nB. Membership, Voting and Meetings.\n\n1. The Commission shall consist of one voting representative\n\nappointed by each compact state who shall serve as that state's\n\nCommissioner. The state psychology regulatory authority shall\n\nappoint its delegate. This delegate shall be empowered to act on\n\nbehalf of the compact state. This delegate shall be limited to:\n\na. an executive director, executive secretary or similar\n\nexecutive,\n\nb. a current member of the state psychology regulatory\n\nauthority of a compact state, or\n\nc. a designee empowered with the appropriate delegate\n\nauthority to act on behalf of the compact state.\n\n2. Any Commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as\n\nprovided by the law of the state from which the Commissioner is\n\nappointed. Any vacancy occurring in the Commission shall be filled\n\nin accordance with the laws of the compact state in which the\n\nvacancy exists.\n\n3. Each Commissioner shall be entitled to one vote with regard\n\nto the promulgation of rules and creation of bylaws and shall\n\notherwise have an opportunity to participate in the business and\n\naffairs of the Commission. A Commissioner shall vote in person or\n\nby such other means as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may\n\nprovide for Commissioners' participation in meetings by telephone or\n\nother means of communication.\n\n4. The Commission shall meet at least once during each calendar\n\nyear. Additional meetings shall be held as set forth in the bylaws.\n\n5. All meetings shall be open to the public, and public notice\n\nof meetings shall be given in the same manner as required under the\n\nrulemaking provisions in Section 12 of this act.\n\n6. The Commission may convene in a closed, nonpublic meeting if\n\nthe Commission must discuss:\n\na. noncompliance of a compact state with its obligations\n\nunder the Compact,\n\nb. the employment, compensation, discipline or other\n\npersonnel matters, practices or procedures related to\n\nspecific employees or other matters related to the\n\nCommission's internal personnel practices and\n\nprocedures,\n\nc. current, threatened or reasonably anticipated\n\nlitigation against the Commission,\n\nd. negotiation of contracts for the purchase or sale of\n\ngoods, services or real estate,\n\ne. accusation against any person of a crime or formally\n\ncensuring any person,\n\nf. disclosure of trade secrets or commercial or financial\n\ninformation which is privileged or confidential,\n\ng. disclosure of information of a personal nature where\n\ndisclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted\n\ninvasion of personal privacy,\n\nh. disclosure of investigatory records compiled for law\n\nenforcement purposes,\n\ni. disclosure of information related to any investigatory\n\nreports prepared by or on behalf of or for use of the\n\nCommission or other committee charged with\n\nresponsibility for investigation or determination of\n\ncompliance issues pursuant to the Compact, or\n\nj. matters specifically exempted from disclosure by\n\nfederal and state statute.\n\n7. If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed pursuant to\n\nthis provision, the Commission's legal counsel or designee shall\n\ncertify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each\ntion of\n\ncompliance issues pursuant to the Compact, or\n\nj. matters specifically exempted from disclosure by\n\nfederal and state statute.\n\n7. If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed pursuant to\n\nthis provision, the Commission's legal counsel or designee shall\n\ncertify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each\n\nrelevant exempting provision. The Commission shall keep minutes\n\nwhich fully and clearly describe all matters discussed in a meeting\n\nand shall provide a full and accurate summary of actions taken, of\n\nany person participating in the meeting, and the reasons therefor,\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\nC. The Commission shall, by a majority vote of the\n\nCommissioners, prescribe bylaws and/or rules to govern its conduct\n\nas may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and\n\nexercise the powers of the Compact, including, but not limited to:\n\n1. Establishing the fiscal year of the Commission;\n\n2. Providing reasonable standards and procedures:\n\na. for the establishment and meetings of other\n\ncommittees, and\n\nb. governing any general or specific delegation of any\n\nauthority or function of the Commission;\n\n3. Providing reasonable procedures for calling and conducting\n\nmeetings of the Commission, ensuring reasonable advance notice of\n\nall meetings and providing an opportunity for attendance of such\n\nmeetings by interested parties, with enumerated exceptions designed\n\nto protect the public's interest, the privacy of individuals of such\n\nproceedings and proprietary information, including trade secrets.\n\nThe Commission may meet in closed session only after a majority of\n\nthe Commissioners vote to close a meeting to the public in whole or\n\nin part. As soon as practicable, the Commission must make public a\n\ncopy of the vote to close the meeting revealing the vote of each\n\nCommissioner with no proxy votes allowed;\n\n4. Establishing the titles, duties and authority and reasonable\n\nprocedures for the election of the officers of the Commission;\n\n5. Providing reasonable standards and procedures for the\n\nestablishment of the personnel policies and programs of the\n\nCommission. Notwithstanding any civil service or other similar law\n\nof any compact state, the bylaws shall exclusively govern the\n\npersonnel policies and programs of the Commission;\n\n6. Promulgating a code of ethics to address permissible and\n\nprohibited activities of Commission members and employees;\n\n7. Providing a mechanism for concluding the operations of the\n\nCommission and the equitable disposition of any surplus funds that\n\nmay exist after the termination of the Compact after the payment and\n\nreserving of all of its debts and obligations;\n\n8. The Commission shall publish its bylaws in a convenient form\n\nand file a copy thereof and a copy of any amendment thereto with the\n\nappropriate agency or officer in each of the compact states;\n\n9. The Commission shall maintain its financial records in\n\naccordance with the bylaws; and\n\n10. The Commission shall meet and take such actions as are\n\nconsistent with the provisions of this Compact and the bylaws.\n\nD. The Commission shall have the following powers:\n\n1. The authority to promulgate uniform rules to facilitate and\n\ncoordinate implementation and administration of this Compact which\n\nshall have the force and effect of law and shall be binding in all\n\ncompact states;\n\n2. To bring and prosecute legal proceedings or actions in the\n\nname of the Commission; provided, that the standing of any state\n\npsychology regulatory authority or other regulatory body responsible\nty to promulgate uniform rules to facilitate and\n\ncoordinate implementation and administration of this Compact which\n\nshall have the force and effect of law and shall be binding in all\n\ncompact states;\n\n2. To bring and prosecute legal proceedings or actions in the\n\nname of the Commission; provided, that the standing of any state\n\npsychology regulatory authority or other regulatory body responsible\n\nfor psychology licensure to sue or be sued under applicable law\n\nshall not be affected;\n\n3. To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;\n\n4. To borrow, accept or contract for services of personnel,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, employees of a compact state;\n\n5. To 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 to establish\n\nthe Commission's personnel policies and programs relating to\n\nconflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel and other related\n\npersonnel matters;\n\n6. To accept any and all appropriate donations and grants of\n\nmoney, equipment, supplies, materials and services, and to receive,\n\nutilize and dispose of the same; provided, that at all times the\n\nCommission shall strive to avoid any appearance of impropriety or\n\nconflict of interest;\n\n7. To lease, purchase, accept appropriate gifts or donations\n\nof, or otherwise to own, hold, improve or use, any property, real,\n\npersonal or mixed; provided, that at all times the Commission shall\n\nstrive to avoid any appearance of impropriety;\n\n8. To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon\n\nor otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed;\n\n9. To establish a budget and make expenditures;\n\n10. To borrow money;\n\n11. To appoint committees, including advisory committees\n\ncomprised of 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\n12. To provide and receive information from, and to cooperate\n\nwith, law enforcement agencies;\n\n13. To adopt and use an official seal; and\n\n14. To perform such other functions as may be necessary or\n\nappropriate to achieve the purposes of this Compact consistent with\n\nthe state regulation of psychology licensure, temporary in-person,\n\nface-to-face practice and telepsychology practice.\n\nE. The Executive Board.\n\nThe elected officers shall serve as the Executive Board, which\n\nshall have the power to act on behalf of the Commission according to\n\nthe terms of this Compact.\n\n1. The Executive Board shall be comprised of six (6) members:\n\na. five voting members who are elected from the current\n\nmembership of the Commission by the Commission, and\n\nb. one ex officio, nonvoting member from the recognized\n\nmembership organization composed of state and\n\nprovincial psychology regulatory authorities.\n\n2. The ex officio member must have served as staff or member on\n\na state psychology regulatory authority and will be selected by its\n\nrespective organization.\n\n3. The Commission may remove any member of the Executive Board\n\nas provided in the bylaws.\n\n4. The Executive Board shall meet at least annually.\n\n5. The Executive Board shall have the following duties and\n\nresponsibilities:\n\na. recommend to the entire Commission changes to the\n\nrules or bylaws, changes to this Compact legislation,\n\nfees paid by compact states, such as annual dues, and\n\nany other applicable fees,\n\nb. ensure compact administration services are\n\nappropriately provided, contractual or otherwise,\n\nc. prepare and recommend the budget,\n\nd. maintain financial records on behalf of the\n\nCommission,\n\ne. monitor compact compliance of member states and\n\nprovide compliance reports to the Commission,\n\nf. establish additional committees as necessary, and\n\ng. other duties as provided in the rules or bylaws.\n\nF. Financing of the Commission.\nervices are\n\nappropriately provided, contractual or otherwise,\n\nc. prepare and recommend the budget,\n\nd. maintain financial records on behalf of the\n\nCommission,\n\ne. monitor compact compliance of member states and\n\nprovide compliance reports to the Commission,\n\nf. establish additional committees as necessary, and\n\ng. other duties as provided in the rules or bylaws.\n\nF. 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, donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies,\n\nmaterials and services.\n\n3. The Commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment\n\nfrom each compact state or impose fees on other parties to cover the\n\ncost of the operations and activities of the Commission and its\n\nstaff which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover its annual\n\nbudget as approved each year for which revenue is not provided by\n\nother sources. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be\n\nallocated based upon a formula to be determined by the Commission\n\nwhich shall promulgate a rule binding upon all compact states.\n\n4. The Commission shall not incur obligations of any kind\n\nbefore securing the funds adequate to meet the same, nor shall the\n\nCommission pledge the credit of any of the compact states, except by\n\nand with the authority of the compact 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 audit and accounting procedures established\n\nunder its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds\n\nhandled by the Commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or\n\nlicensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be\n\nincluded in and become part of the annual report of the Commission.\n\nG. 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, either personally or 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 subsection shall be\n\nconstrued to protect any such person from suit and/or liability for\n\nany damage, loss, injury or liability caused by the intentional or\n\nwillful or wanton misconduct of that person.\n\n2. The Commission shall defend any member, officer, Executive\n\nDirector, employee or representative of the Commission in any civil\n\naction seeking to impose liability arising out of any actual or\n\nalleged act, error or omission that occurred within the scope of\n\nCommission employment, duties or responsibilities, or that the\n\nperson against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for\n\nbelieving occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties\n\nor responsibilities; provided, that nothing herein shall be\n\nconstrued to prohibit that person from retaining his or her own\n\ncounsel, and provided further, that the actual or alleged act, error\n\nor omission did not result from that person's intentional or willful\n\nor wanton misconduct.\n\n3. The Commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member,\n\nofficer, Executive Director, employee or 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\n3. The Commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member,\n\nofficer, Executive Director, employee or 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.","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":"0108a0931b56f118bfc57ab212a86182409429a1d1049aef0e8c8f4b46505230","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1386","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1388"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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