{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1581","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1581","heading":"Adverse actions","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 an audiologist's or speech\n\nlanguage pathologist's privilege to practice within that member\n\nstate;\n\n2. 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 board in a\n\nmember state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the\n\nproduction of evidence from another member state shall be enforced\n\nin 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\nauthority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage and\n\nother fees required by the service statutes of the state in which\n\nthe witnesses or evidence are located; and\n\n3. Only the home state shall have the power to take adverse\n\naction against an audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's\n\nlicense issued by the home state.\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\nan audiologist or speech-language pathologist who changes primary\n\nstate of residence during the course of the investigations. The\n\nhome state shall also have the authority to take appropriate\n\naction(s) and shall promptly report the conclusions of the\n\ninvestigations to the administrator of the data system. The\n\nadministrator of the coordinated licensure information system shall\n\npromptly notify the new home state of any adverse actions.\n\nD. If otherwise permitted by state law, the home state shall\n\nrecover from the affected audiologist or speech-language pathologist\n\nthe costs of investigations and disposition of cases resulting from\n\nany adverse action taken against that audiologist or speech-language\n\npathologist.\n\nE. The home state shall take adverse action based on the\n\nfactual findings of the remote state; provided, that the home 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 audiology or speech-language pathology practice act\n\nor other applicable state law, any member state may participate with\n\nother member states in joint 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 an\n\naudiologist's or speech language pathologist's license, the\n\naudiologist's or speech-language pathologist's privilege to practice\n\nin all other member states shall be deactivated until all\n\nencumbrances have been removed from the state license. All home\n\nstate disciplinary orders that impose adverse action against an\n\naudiologist's or speech language pathologist's license shall include\n\na statement that the audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's\n\nprivilege to practice is deactivated in all member states during the\n\npendency of the order.\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 of any adverse\n\nactions 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.","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":"5429d61baf4731eb5afc52128363141e1c7d07021fcdc40800ee81bf0694237a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1580","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1582"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}