{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1921.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1921.2","heading":"Counseling Compact","body":"SECTION 1: PURPOSE\n\nThe purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice\n\nof Licensed Professional Counselors with the goal of improving\n\npublic access to Professional Counseling services. The practice of\n\nProfessional Counseling occurs in the State where the client is\n\nlocated at the time of the counseling services. The Compact\n\npreserves the regulatory authority of States to protect public\n\nhealth and safety through the current system of State licensure.\n\nThis Compact is designed to achieve the following objectives:\n\nA. Increase public access to Professional Counseling services\n\nby providing for the mutual recognition of other Member State\n\nlicenses;\n\nB. Enhance the States’ ability to protect the public’s health\n\nand safety;\n\nC. Encourage the cooperation of Member States in regulating\n\nmultistate practice for Licensed Professional Counselors;\n\nD. Support spouses of relocating Active Duty Military\n\npersonnel;\n\nE. Enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and\n\ndisciplinary information among Member States;\n\nF. Allow for the use of Telehealth technology to facilitate\n\nincreased access to Professional Counseling services;\n\nG. Support the uniformity of Professional Counseling licensure\n\nrequirements throughout the States to promote public safety and\n\npublic health benefits;\n\nH. Invest all Member States with the authority to hold a\n\nLicensed Professional Counselor accountable for meeting all State\n\npractice laws in the State in which the client is located at the\n\ntime care is rendered through the mutual recognition of Member State\n\nlicenses;\n\nI. Eliminate the necessity for licenses in multiple States; and\n\nJ. Provide opportunities for interstate practice by Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselors who meet uniform licensure requirements.\n\nSECTION 2: DEFINITIONS\n\nAs used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the\n\nfollowing definitions shall apply:\n\nA. “Active Duty Military” means full-time duty status in the\n\nactive uniformed service of the United States, including members of\n\nthe National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10\n\nU.S.C. Chapters 1209 and 1211.\n\nB. “Adverse Action” means any administrative, civil, equitable,\n\nor criminal action permitted by a State’s laws which is imposed by a\n\nLicensing Board or other authority against a Licensed Professional\n\nCounselor, including actions against an individual’s license or\n\nPrivilege to Practice such as revocation, suspension, probation,\n\nmonitoring of the licensee, limitation on the licensee’s practice,\n\nor any other Encumbrance on licensure affecting a Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor’s authorization to practice, including\n\nissuance of a cease and desist action.\n\nC. “Alternative Program” means a non-disciplinary monitoring or\n\npractice remediation process approved by a Professional Counseling\n\nLicensing Board to address Impaired Practitioners.\n\nD. “Continuing Competence/Education” means a requirement, as a\n\ncondition of license renewal, to provide evidence of participation\n\nin, and/or completion of, educational and professional activities\n\nrelevant to practice or area of work.\n\nE. “Counseling Compact Commission” or “Commission” means the\n\nnational administrative body whose membership consists of all States\n\nthat have enacted the Compact.\n\nF. “Current Significant Investigative Information” means:\n\n1. Investigative Information that a Licensing Board, after a\n\npreliminary inquiry that includes notification and an opportunity\n\nfor the Licensed Professional Counselor to respond, if required by\n\nState law, has reason to believe is not groundless and, if proved\n\ntrue, would indicate more than a minor infraction; or\n\n2. Investigative Information that indicates that the Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor represents an immediate threat to public\n\nhealth and safety regardless of whether the Licensed Professional\nan opportunity\n\nfor the Licensed Professional Counselor to respond, if required by\n\nState law, has reason to believe is not groundless and, if proved\n\ntrue, would indicate more than a minor infraction; or\n\n2. Investigative Information that indicates that the Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor represents an immediate threat to public\n\nhealth and safety regardless of whether the Licensed Professional\n\nCounselor has been notified and had an opportunity to respond.\n\nG. “Data System” means a repository of information about\n\nLicensees, including, but not limited to, continuing education,\n\nexamination, licensure, investigative, Privilege to Practice, and\n\nAdverse Action information.\n\nH. “Encumbered License” means a license in which an Adverse\n\nAction restricts the practice of Professional Counseling by the\n\nLicensee and said Adverse Action has been reported to the National\n\nPractitioner Data Bank (NPDB).\n\nI. “Encumbrance” means a revocation or suspension of, or any\n\nlimitation on, the full and unrestricted practice of Professional\n\nCounseling by a Licensing Board.\n\nJ. “Executive Committee” means a group of directors elected or\n\nappointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them\n\nby, the Commission.\n\nK. “Home State” means the Member State that is the Licensee’s\n\nprimary State of residence.\n\nL. “Impaired Practitioner” means an individual who has a\n\ncondition(s) that may impair his or her ability to practice as a\n\nLicensed Professional Counselor without some type of intervention\n\nand may include, but are not limited to, alcohol and drug\n\ndependence, mental health impairment, and neurological or physical\n\nimpairments.\n\nM. “Investigative Information” means information, records, and\n\ndocuments received or generated by a Professional Counseling\n\nLicensing Board pursuant to an investigation.\n\nN. “Jurisprudence Requirement” if required by a Member State,\n\nmeans the assessment of an individual’s knowledge of the laws and\n\nRules governing the practice of Professional Counseling in a State.\n\nO. “Licensed Professional Counselor” means a counselor licensed\n\nby a Member State, regardless of the title used by that State, to\n\nindependently assess, diagnose, and treat behavioral health\n\nconditions.\n\nP. “Licensee” means an individual who currently holds an\n\nauthorization from the State to practice as a Licensed Professional\n\nCounselor.\n\nQ. “Licensing Board” means the agency of a State, or\n\nequivalent, that is responsible for the licensing and regulation of\n\nLicensed Professional Counselors.\n\nR. “Member State” means a State that has enacted the Compact.\n\nS. “Privilege to Practice” means a legal authorization, which\n\nis equivalent to a license, permitting the practice of Professional\n\nCounseling in a Remote State.\n\nT. “Professional Counseling” means the assessment, diagnosis,\n\nand treatment of behavioral health conditions by a Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor.\n\nU. “Remote State” means a Member State other than the Home\n\nState, where a Licensee is exercising or seeking to exercise the\n\nPrivilege to Practice.\n\nV. “Rule” means a regulation promulgated by the Commission that\n\nhas the force of law.\n\nW. “Single State License” means a Licensed Professional\n\nCounselor license issued by a Member State that authorizes practice\n\nonly within the issuing State and does not include a Privilege to\n\nPractice in any other Member State.\n\nX. “State” means any state, commonwealth, district, or\n\nterritory of the United States of America that regulates the\n\npractice of Professional Counseling.\n\nY. “Telehealth” means the application of telecommunication\n\ntechnology to deliver Professional Counseling services remotely to\n\nassess, diagnose, and treat behavioral health conditions.\n\nZ. “Unencumbered License” means a license that authorizes a\n\nLicensed Professional Counselor to engage in the full and\n\nunrestricted practice of Professional Counseling.\nthe\n\npractice of Professional Counseling.\n\nY. “Telehealth” means the application of telecommunication\n\ntechnology to deliver Professional Counseling services remotely to\n\nassess, diagnose, and treat behavioral health conditions.\n\nZ. “Unencumbered License” means a license that authorizes a\n\nLicensed Professional Counselor to engage in the full and\n\nunrestricted practice of Professional Counseling.\n\nSECTION 3: STATE PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPACT\n\nA. To Participate in the Compact, a State must currently:\n\n1. License and regulate Licensed Professional Counselors;\n\n2. Require Licensees to pass a nationally recognized exam\n\napproved by the Commission;\n\n3. Require Licensees to have a 60-semester-hour (or 90-quarter-\n\nhour) master’s degree in counseling or 60 semester hours (or 90\n\nquarter hours) of graduate course work including the following topic\n\nareas:\n\na. Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical\n\nPractice;\n\nb. Social and Cultural Diversity;\n\nc. Human Growth and Development;\n\nd. Career Development;\n\ne. Counseling and Helping Relationships;\n\nf. Group Counseling and Group Work;\n\ng. Diagnosis and Treatment; Assessment and Testing;\n\nh. Research and Program Evaluation; and\n\ni. Other areas as determined by the Commission;\n\n4. Require Licensees to complete a supervised postgraduate\n\nprofessional experience as defined by the Commission; and\n\n5. Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating\n\ncomplaints about Licensees.\n\nB. A Member State shall:\n\n1. Participate fully in the Commission’s Data System, including\n\nusing the Commission’s unique identifier as defined in Rules;\n\n2. Notify the Commission, in compliance with the terms of the\n\nCompact and Rules, of any Adverse Action or the availability of\n\nInvestigative Information regarding a Licensee;\n\n3. Implement or utilize procedures for considering the criminal\n\nhistory records of applicants for an initial Privilege to Practice.\n\nThese procedures shall include the submission of fingerprints or\n\nother biometric-based information by applicants for the purpose of\n\nobtaining an applicant’s criminal history record information from\n\nthe Federal Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for\n\nretaining that State’s criminal records.\n\na. A member state must fully implement a criminal\n\nbackground check requirement, within a time frame\n\nestablished by rule, by receiving the results of the\n\nFederal Bureau of Investigation record search and\n\nshall use the results in making licensure decisions.\n\nb. Communication between a Member State, the Commission,\n\nand among Member States regarding the verification of\n\neligibility for licensure through the Compact shall\n\nnot include any information received from the Federal\n\nBureau of Investigation relating to a federal criminal\n\nrecords check performed by a Member State under Public\n\nLaw 92-544;\n\n4. Comply with the Rules of the Commission;\n\n5. Require an applicant to obtain or retain a license in the\n\nHome State and meet the Home State’s qualifications for licensure or\n\nrenewal of licensure, as well as all other applicable State laws;\n\n6. Grant the Privilege to Practice to a Licensee holding a\n\nvalid Unencumbered License in another Member State in accordance\n\nwith the terms of the Compact and Rules; and\n\n7. Provide for the attendance of the State’s commissioner to\n\nthe Counseling Compact Commission meetings.\n\nC. Member States may charge a fee for granting the Privilege to\n\nPractice.\n\nD. Individuals not residing in a Member State shall continue to\n\nbe able to apply for a Member State’s Single State License as\n\nprovided under the laws of each Member State. However, the Single\n\nState License granted to these individuals shall not be recognized\n\nas granting a Privilege to Practice Professional Counseling in any\n\nother Member State.\n\nE. Nothing in this Compact shall affect the requirements\niduals not residing in a Member State shall continue to\n\nbe able to apply for a Member State’s Single State License as\n\nprovided under the laws of each Member State. However, the Single\n\nState License granted to these individuals shall not be recognized\n\nas granting a Privilege to Practice Professional Counseling in any\n\nother Member State.\n\nE. Nothing in this Compact shall affect the requirements\n\nestablished by a Member State for the issuance of a Single State\n\nLicense.\n\nF. A license issued to a Licensed Professional Counselor by a\n\nHome State to a resident in that State shall be recognized by each\n\nMember State as authorizing a Licensed Professional Counselor to\n\npractice Professional Counseling, under a Privilege to Practice, in\n\neach Member State.\n\nSECTION 4: PRIVILEGE TO PRACTICE\n\nA. To exercise the Privilege to Practice under the terms and\n\nprovisions of the Compact, the Licensee shall:\n\n1. Hold a license in the Home State;\n\n2. Have a valid United States Social Security Number or\n\nNational Practitioner Identifier;\n\n3. Be eligible for a Privilege to Practice in any Member State\n\nin accordance with Section 4D, G, and H;\n\n4. Have not had any Encumbrance or restriction against any\n\nlicense or Privilege to Practice within the previous two (2) years;\n\n5. Notify the Commission that the Licensee is seeking the\n\nPrivilege to Practice within a Remote State(s);\n\n6. Pay any applicable fees, including any State fee, for the\n\nPrivilege to Practice;\n\n7. Meet any Continuing Competence/Education requirements\n\nestablished by the Home State;\n\n8. Meet any Jurisprudence Requirements established by the\n\nRemote State(s) in which the Licensee is seeking a Privilege to\n\nPractice; and\n\n9. Report to the Commission any Adverse Action, Encumbrance, or\n\nrestriction on his or her license taken by any non-Member State\n\nwithin 30 days from the date the action is taken.\n\nB. The Privilege to Practice is valid until the expiration date\n\nof the Home State license. The Licensee must comply with the\n\nrequirements of Section 4A to maintain the Privilege to Practice in\n\nthe Remote State.\n\nC. A Licensee providing Professional Counseling in a Remote\n\nState under the Privilege to Practice shall adhere to the laws and\n\nregulations of the Remote State.\n\nD. A Licensee providing Professional Counseling services in a\n\nRemote State is subject to that State’s regulatory authority. A\n\nRemote State may, in accordance with due process and that State’s\n\nlaws, remove a Licensee’s Privilege to Practice in the Remote State\n\nfor a specific period of time, impose fines, and/or take any other\n\nnecessary actions to protect the health and safety of its citizens.\n\nThe Licensee may be ineligible for a Privilege to Practice in any\n\nMember State until the specific time for removal has passed and all\n\nfines are paid.\n\nE. If a Home State license is encumbered, the Licensee shall\n\nlose the Privilege to Practice in any Remote State until the\n\nfollowing occur:\n\n1. The Home State license is no longer encumbered; and\n\n2. The Licensee has not had any Encumbrance or restriction\n\nagainst any license or Privilege to Practice within the previous two\n\n(2) years.\n\nF. Once an Encumbered License in the Home State is restored to\n\ngood standing, the Licensee must meet the requirements of Section 4A\n\nto obtain a Privilege to Practice in any Remote State.\n\nG. If a Licensee’s Privilege to Practice in any Remote State is\n\nremoved, the individual may lose the Privilege to Practice in all\n\nother Remote States until the following occur:\n\n1. The specific period of time for which the Privilege to\n\nPractice was removed has ended;\n\n2. All fines have been paid; and\n\n3. The Licensee has not had any Encumbrance or restriction\n\nagainst any license or Privilege to Practice within the previous two\nactice in any Remote State is\n\nremoved, the individual may lose the Privilege to Practice in all\n\nother Remote States until the following occur:\n\n1. The specific period of time for which the Privilege to\n\nPractice was removed has ended;\n\n2. All fines have been paid; and\n\n3. The Licensee has not had any Encumbrance or restriction\n\nagainst any license or Privilege to Practice within the previous two\n\n(2) years.\n\nH. Once the requirements of Section 4G have been met, the\n\nLicensee must meet the requirements in Section 4A to obtain a\n\nPrivilege to Practice in a Remote State.\n\nSECTION 5: OBTAINING A NEW HOME STATE LICENSE BASED ON A\n\nPRIVILEGE TO PRACTICE\n\nA. A Licensed Professional Counselor may hold a Home State\n\nlicense, which allows for a Privilege to Practice in other Member\n\nStates, in only one Member State at a time.\n\nB. If a Licensed Professional Counselor changes primary State\n\nof residence by moving between two Member States:\n\n1. The Licensed Professional Counselor shall file an\n\napplication for obtaining a new Home State license based on a\n\nPrivilege to Practice, pay all applicable fees, and notify the\n\ncurrent and new Home State in accordance with applicable Rules\n\nadopted by the Commission.\n\n2. Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new Home\n\nState license by virtue of a Privilege to Practice, the new Home\n\nState shall verify that the Licensed Professional Counselor meets\n\nthe pertinent criteria outlined in Section 4 via the Data System,\n\nwithout need for primary source verification except for:\n\na. a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint based\n\ncriminal background check if not previously performed\n\nor updated pursuant to applicable rules adopted by the\n\nCommission in accordance with Public Law 92-544;\n\nb. other criminal background check as required by the new\n\nHome State; and\n\nc. completion of any requisite Jurisprudence Requirements\n\nof the new Home State.\n\n3. The former Home State shall convert the former Home State\n\nlicense into a Privilege to Practice once the new Home State has\n\nactivated the new Home State license in accordance with applicable\n\nRules adopted by the Commission.\n\n4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Compact, if the\n\nLicensed Professional Counselor cannot meet the criteria in Section\n\n4, the new Home State may apply its requirements for issuing a new\n\nSingle State License.\n\n5. The Licensed Professional Counselor shall pay all applicable\n\nfees to the new Home State in order to be issued a new Home State\n\nlicense.\n\nC. If a Licensed Professional Counselor changes Primary State\n\nof Residence by moving from a Member State to a non-Member State, or\n\nfrom a non-Member State to a Member State, the State criteria shall\n\napply for issuance of a Single State License in the new State.\n\nD. Nothing in this Compact shall interfere with a Licensee’s\n\nability to hold a Single State License in multiple States, however\n\nfor the purposes of this Compact, a Licensee shall have only one\n\nHome State license.\n\nE. Nothing in this Compact shall affect the requirements\n\nestablished by a Member State for the issuance of a Single State\n\nLicense.\n\nSECTION 6: ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL OR THEIR SPOUSES\n\nActive Duty Military personnel, or their spouse, shall designate\n\na Home State where the individual has a current license in good\n\nstanding. The individual may retain the Home State designation\n\nduring the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent\n\nto designating a Home State, the individual shall only change his or\n\nher Home State through application for licensure in the new State,\n\nor through the process outlined in Section 5.\n\nSECTION 7: COMPACT PRIVILEGE TO PRACTICE TELEHEALTH\n\nA. Member States shall recognize the right of a Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor, licensed by a Home State in accordance with\n\nSection 3 and under Rules promulgated by the Commission, to practice\nindividual shall only change his or\n\nher Home State through application for licensure in the new State,\n\nor through the process outlined in Section 5.\n\nSECTION 7: COMPACT PRIVILEGE TO PRACTICE TELEHEALTH\n\nA. Member States shall recognize the right of a Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor, licensed by a Home State in accordance with\n\nSection 3 and under Rules promulgated by the Commission, to practice\n\nProfessional Counseling in any Member State via Telehealth under a\n\nPrivilege to Practice as provided in the Compact and Rules\n\npromulgated by the Commission.\n\nB. A Licensee providing Professional Counseling services in a\n\nRemote State under the Privilege to Practice shall adhere to the\n\nlaws and regulations of the Remote State.\n\nSECTION 8: ADVERSE ACTIONS\n\nA. 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 Licensed Professional\n\nCounselor’s Privilege to Practice within that Member State; and\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.\n\n3. Only the Home State shall have the power to take Adverse\n\nAction against a Licensed Professional Counselor’s license issued by\n\nthe 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\na Licensed Professional Counselor who changes primary State of\n\nresidence during the course of the investigations. The Home State\n\nshall also have the authority to take appropriate action(s) and\n\nshall promptly report the conclusions of the investigations to the\n\nadministrator of the Data System. The administrator of the\n\ncoordinated licensure information system shall promptly notify the\n\nnew Home State of any Adverse Actions.\n\nD. A Member State, if otherwise permitted by State law, may\n\nrecover from the affected Licensed Professional Counselor the costs\n\nof investigations and dispositions of cases resulting from any\n\nAdverse Action taken against that Licensed Professional Counselor.\n\nE. A Member State may take Adverse Action based on the factual\n\nfindings of the Remote State, provided that the Member State follows\n\nits 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 Professional Counseling practice act or other\n\napplicable State law, any Member State may participate with other\n\nMember 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 the\n\nlicense of a Licensed Professional Counselor, the Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor’s Privilege to Practice in all other Member\n\nStates shall be deactivated until all Encumbrances have been removed\nany 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\nlicense of a Licensed Professional Counselor, the Licensed\n\nProfessional Counselor’s Privilege to Practice in all other Member\n\nStates shall be deactivated until all Encumbrances have been removed\n\nfrom the State license. All Home State disciplinary orders that\n\nimpose Adverse Action against the license of a Licensed Professional\n\nCounselor shall include a Statement that the Licensed Professional\n\nCounselor’s Privilege to Practice is deactivated in all Member\n\nStates during the pendency 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.\n\nSECTION 9: ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNSELING COMPACT COMMISSION\n\nA. The Compact Member States hereby create and establish a\n\njoint public agency known as the Counseling Compact Commission:\n\n1. The Commission is an instrumentality of the 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.\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. Each Member State shall have and be limited to one (1)\n\ndelegate selected by that Member State’s Licensing Board.\n\n2. The delegate shall be either:\n\na. A current member of the Licensing Board at the time of\n\nappointment, who is a Licensed Professional Counselor\n\nor public member; or\n\nb. An administrator of the Licensing Board.\n\n3. Any delegate may be removed or suspended from office as\n\nprovided by the law of the State from which the delegate is\n\nappointed.\n\n4. The Member State Licensing Board shall fill any vacancy\n\noccurring on the Commission within sixty (60) days.\n\n5. Each delegate shall be entitled to one (1) 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.\n\n6. A delegate shall vote in person or by such other means as\n\nprovided in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide for delegates’\n\nparticipation in meetings by telephone or other means of\n\ncommunication.\n\n7. The Commission shall meet at least once during each calendar\n\nyear. Additional meetings shall be held as set forth in the bylaws.\n\n8. The Commission shall by Rule establish a term of office for\n\ndelegates and may by Rule establish term limits.\n\nC. The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:\n\n1. Establish the fiscal year of the Commission;\n\n2. Establish bylaws;\n\n3. Maintain its financial records in accordance with the\n\nbylaws;\n\n4. Meet and take such actions as are consistent with the\n\nprovisions of this Compact and the bylaws;\n\n5. Promulgate Rules which shall be binding to the extent and in\n\nthe manner provided for in the Compact;\n\n6. Bring and prosecute legal proceedings or actions in the name\n\nof the Commission, provided that the standing of any State Licensing\n\nBoard to sue or be sued under applicable law shall not be affected;\n\n7. Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;\n\n8. Borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, employees of a Member State;\n\n9. Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation,\nedings or actions in the name\n\nof the Commission, provided that the standing of any State Licensing\n\nBoard to sue or be sued under applicable law shall not be affected;\n\n7. Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;\n\n8. Borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, employees of a Member State;\n\n9. Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation,\n\ndefine duties, grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry\n\nout the purposes of the Compact, and establish the Commission’s\n\npersonnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest,\n\nqualifications of personnel, and other related personnel matters;\n\n10. 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 avoid any appearance of impropriety and/or conflict\n\nof interest;\n\n11. Lease, purchase, accept appropriate gifts or donations of,\n\nor otherwise own, hold, improve, or use, any property, real,\n\npersonal, or mixed; provided that at all times the Commission shall\n\navoid any appearance of impropriety;\n\n12. Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon,\n\nor otherwise dispose of any property real, personal, or mixed;\n\n13. Establish a budget and make expenditures;\n\n14. Borrow money;\n\n15. Appoint committees, including standing committees composed\n\nof members, State regulators, State legislators or their\n\nrepresentatives, consumer representatives, and such other interested\n\npersons as may be designated in this Compact and the bylaws;\n\n16. Provide and receive information from, and cooperate with,\n\nlaw enforcement agencies;\n\n17. Establish and elect an Executive Committee; and\n\n18. 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 Professional Counseling licensure and\n\npractice.\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\n2. The Executive Committee shall be composed of up to eleven\n\n(11) members:\n\na. Seven voting members who are elected by the Commission\n\nfrom the current membership of the Commission; and\n\nb. Up to four ex-officio, nonvoting members from four\n\nrecognized national professional counselor\n\norganizations.\n\nc. The ex-officio members will be selected by their\n\nrespective organizations.\n\n3. The Commission may remove any member of the Executive\n\nCommittee as provided in bylaws.\n\n4. The Executive Committee shall meet at least annually.\n\n5. The Executive Committee 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 Member States such as annual\n\ndues, and any Commission Compact fee charged to\n\nLicensees for the Privilege to Practice;\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 Rules or bylaws.\n\nE. Meetings of the Commission.\n\n1. 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 11.\n\n2. The Commission or the Executive Committee or other\n\ncommittees of the Commission may convene in a closed, non-public\n\nmeeting if the Commission or Executive Committee or other committees\n\nof the Commission must discuss:\nof meetings shall be given in the same manner as required under the\n\nRulemaking provisions in Section 11.\n\n2. The Commission or the Executive Committee or other\n\ncommittees of the Commission may convene in a closed, non-public\n\nmeeting if the Commission or Executive Committee or other committees\n\nof the Commission must discuss:\n\na. Non-compliance 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, or other matters related to the\n\nCommission’s internal personnel practices and\n\nprocedures;\n\nc. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated\n\nlitigation;\n\nd. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or\n\nsale of goods, services, or real estate;\n\ne. Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring\n\nany person;\n\nf. Disclosure of trade secrets or commercial or financial\n\ninformation that 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 investigative records compiled for law\n\nenforcement purposes;\n\ni. Disclosure of information related to any investigative\n\nreports prepared 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; or\n\nj. Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by\n\nfederal or Member State statute.\n\n3. 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.\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 by a majority vote of the Commission\n\nor order of a court of competent jurisdiction.\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 Member 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\n\nannual budget as approved each year for which revenue is not\n\nprovided by other sources. The aggregate annual assessment amount\n\nshall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by the\n\nCommission, which shall promulgate a Rule binding upon all Member\n\nStates.\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 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.\nursements. 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 paragraph 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,\n\nduties, or 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,\n\nerror, or omission did not result from that person’s intentional or\n\nwillful or 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\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\nSECTION 10: DATA SYSTEM\n\nA. The Commission shall provide for the development,\n\nmaintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database\n\nand reporting system containing licensure, Adverse Action, and\n\nInvestigative Information on all licensed individuals in Member\n\nStates.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the\n\ncontrary, a Member State shall submit a uniform data set to the Data\n\nSystem on all individuals to whom this Compact is applicable as\n\nrequired by the Rules of the Commission, including:\n\n1. Identifying information;\n\n2. Licensure data;\n\n3. Adverse Actions against a license or Privilege to Practice;\n\n4. Non-confidential information related to Alternative Program\n\nparticipation;\n\n5. Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason(s)\n\nfor such denial;\n\n6. Current Significant Investigative Information; and\n\n7. Other information that may facilitate the administration of\n\nthis Compact, as determined by the Rules of the Commission.\n\nC. Investigative Information pertaining to a Licensee in any\n\nMember State will only be available to other Member States.\n\nD. The Commission shall promptly notify all Member States of\n\nany Adverse Action taken against a Licensee or an individual\nvestigative Information; and\n\n7. Other information that may facilitate the administration of\n\nthis Compact, as determined by the Rules of the Commission.\n\nC. Investigative Information pertaining to a Licensee in any\n\nMember State will only be available to other Member States.\n\nD. The Commission shall promptly notify all Member States of\n\nany Adverse Action taken against a Licensee or an individual\n\napplying for a license. Adverse Action information pertaining to a\n\nLicensee in any Member State will be available to any other Member\n\nState.\n\nE. Member States contributing information to the Data System\n\nmay designate information that may not be shared with the public\n\nwithout the express permission of the contributing State.\n\nF. Any information submitted to the Data System that is\n\nsubsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the Member State\n\ncontributing the information shall be removed from the Data System.\n\nSECTION 11: RULEMAKING\n\nA. The Commission shall promulgate reasonable Rules in order to\n\neffectively and efficiently achieve the purpose of the Compact.\n\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Commission exercises\n\nits Rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the\n\npurposes of the Compact, or the powers granted hereunder, then such\n\nan action by the Commission shall be invalid and have no force or\n\neffect.\n\nB. The Commission shall exercise its Rulemaking powers pursuant\n\nto the criteria set forth in this Section and the Rules adopted\n\nthereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the\n\ndate specified in each Rule or amendment.\n\nC. If a majority of the legislatures of the Member States\n\nrejects a Rule, by enactment of a statute or resolution in the same\n\nmanner used to adopt the Compact within four (4) years of the date\n\nof adoption of the Rule, then such Rule shall have no further force\n\nand effect in any Member State.\n\nD. Rules or amendments to the Rules shall be adopted at a\n\nregular or special meeting of the Commission.\n\nE. Prior to promulgation and adoption of a final Rule or Rules\n\nby the Commission, and at least thirty (30) days in advance of the\n\nmeeting at which the Rule will be considered and voted upon, the\n\nCommission shall file a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:\n\n1. On the website of the Commission or other publicly\n\naccessible platform; and\n\n2. On the website of each Member State Professional Counseling\n\nLicensing Board or other publicly accessible platform or the\n\npublication in which each State would otherwise publish proposed\n\nRules.\n\nF. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking shall include:\n\n1. The proposed time, date, and location of the meeting in\n\nwhich the Rule will be considered and voted upon;\n\n2. The text of the proposed Rule or amendment and the reason\n\nfor the proposed Rule;\n\n3. A request for comments on the proposed Rule from any\n\ninterested person; and\n\n4. The manner in which interested persons may submit notice to\n\nthe Commission of their intention to attend the public hearing and\n\nany written comments.\n\nG. Prior to adoption of a proposed Rule, the Commission shall\n\nallow persons to submit written data, facts, opinions, and\n\narguments, which shall be made available to the public.\n\nH. The Commission shall grant an opportunity for a public\n\nhearing before it adopts a Rule or amendment if a hearing is\n\nrequested by:\n\n1. At least twenty-five (25) persons;\n\n2. A State or federal governmental subdivision or agency; or\n\n3. An association having at least twenty-five (25) members.\n\nI. If a hearing is held on the proposed Rule or amendment, the\n\nCommission shall publish the place, time, and date of the scheduled\n\npublic hearing. If the hearing is held via electronic means, the\n\nCommission shall publish the mechanism for access to the electronic\n\nhearing.\n\n1. All persons wishing to be heard at the hearing shall notify\nStatutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1362\n\nI. If a hearing is held on the proposed Rule or amendment, the\n\nCommission shall publish the place, time, and date of the scheduled\n\npublic hearing. If the hearing is held via electronic means, the\n\nCommission shall publish the mechanism for access to the electronic\n\nhearing.\n\n1. All persons wishing to be heard at the hearing shall notify\n\nthe executive director of the Commission or other designated member\n\nin writing of their desire to appear and testify at the hearing not\n\nless than five (5) business days before the scheduled date of the\n\nhearing.\n\n2. Hearings shall be conducted in a manner providing each\n\nperson who wishes to comment a fair and reasonable opportunity to\n\ncomment orally or in writing.\n\n3. All hearings will be recorded. A copy of the recording will\n\nbe made available on request.\n\n4. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring a\n\nseparate hearing on each Rule. Rules may be grouped for the\n\nconvenience of the Commission at hearings required by this Section.\n\nJ. Following the scheduled hearing date, or by the close of\n\nbusiness on the scheduled hearing date if the hearing was not held,\n\nthe Commission shall consider all written and oral comments\n\nreceived.\n\nK. If no written notice of intent to attend the public hearing\n\nby interested parties is received, the Commission may proceed with\n\npromulgation of the proposed Rule without a public hearing.\n\nL. The Commission shall, by majority vote of all members, take\n\nfinal action on the proposed Rule and shall determine the effective\n\ndate of the Rule, if any, based on the Rulemaking record and the\n\nfull text of the Rule.\n\nM. Upon determination that an emergency exists, the Commission\n\nmay consider and adopt an emergency Rule without prior notice,\n\nopportunity for comment, or hearing, provided that the usual\n\nRulemaking procedures provided in the Compact and in this Section\n\nshall be retroactively applied to the Rule as soon as reasonably\n\npossible, in no event later than ninety (90) days after the\n\neffective date of the Rule. For the purposes of this provision, an\n\nemergency Rule is one that must be adopted immediately in order to:\n\n1. Meet an imminent threat to public health, safety, or\n\nwelfare;\n\n2. Prevent a loss of Commission or Member State funds;\n\n3. Meet a deadline for the promulgation of an administrative\n\nRule that is established by federal law or Rule; or\n\n4. Protect public health and safety.\n\nN. The Commission or an authorized committee of the Commission\n\nmay direct revisions to a previously adopted Rule or amendment for\n\npurposes of correcting typographical errors, errors in format,\n\nerrors in consistency, or grammatical errors. Public notice of any\n\nrevisions shall be posted on the website of the Commission. The\n\nrevision shall be subject to challenge by any person for a period of\n\nthirty (30) days after posting. The revision may be challenged only\n\non grounds that the revision results in a material change to a Rule.\n\nA challenge shall be made in writing and delivered to the chair of\n\nthe Commission prior to the end of the notice period. If no\n\nchallenge is made, the revision will take effect without further\n\naction. If the revision is challenged, the revision may not take\n\neffect without the approval of the Commission.\n\nSECTION 12: OVERSIGHT, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND ENFORCEMENT\n\nA. Oversight.\n\n1. The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of State\n\ngovernment in each Member State shall enforce this Compact and take\n\nall actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact’s\n\npurposes and intent. The provisions of this Compact and the Rules\n\npromulgated hereunder shall have standing as statutory law.\n\n2. All courts shall take judicial notice of the Compact and the\n\nRules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a Member State\n\npertaining to the subject matter of this Compact which may affect\nake\n\nall actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact’s\n\npurposes and intent. The provisions of this Compact and the Rules\n\npromulgated hereunder shall have standing as statutory law.\n\n2. All courts shall take judicial notice of the Compact and the\n\nRules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a Member State\n\npertaining to the subject matter of this Compact which may affect\n\nthe powers, responsibilities, or actions of the Commission.\n\n3. The Commission shall be entitled to receive service of\n\nprocess in any such proceeding and shall have standing to intervene\n\nin such a proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide service\n\nof process to the Commission shall render a judgment or order void\n\nas to the Commission, this Compact, or promulgated Rules.\n\nB. Default, Technical Assistance, and Termination.\n\n1. If the Commission determines that a Member State has\n\ndefaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities\n\nunder this Compact or the promulgated Rules, the Commission shall:\n\na. Provide written notice to the defaulting State and\n\nother Member States of the nature of the default, the\n\nproposed means of curing the default, and/or any other\n\naction to be taken by the Commission; and\n\nb. Provide remedial training and specific technical\n\nassistance regarding the default.\n\nC. If a State in default fails to cure the default, the\n\ndefaulting State may be terminated from the Compact upon an\n\naffirmative vote of a majority of the Member States, and all rights,\n\nprivileges, and benefits conferred by this Compact may be terminated\n\non the effective date of termination. A cure of the default does\n\nnot relieve the offending State of obligations or liabilities\n\nincurred during the period of default.\n\nD. Termination of membership in the Compact shall be imposed\n\nonly after all other means of securing compliance have been\n\nexhausted. Notice of intent to suspend or terminate shall be given\n\nby the Commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders\n\nof the defaulting State’s legislature, and each of the Member\n\nStates.\n\nE. A State that has been terminated is responsible for all\n\nassessments, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the\n\neffective date of termination, including obligations that extend\n\nbeyond the effective date of termination.\n\nF. The Commission shall not bear any costs related to a State\n\nthat is found to be in default or that has been terminated from the\n\nCompact, unless agreed upon in writing between the Commission and\n\nthe defaulting State.\n\nG. The defaulting State may appeal the action of the Commission\n\nby petitioning the United States District Court for the District of\n\nColumbia or the federal district where the Commission has its\n\nprincipal offices. The prevailing member shall be awarded all costs\n\nof such litigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.\n\nH. Dispute Resolution.\n\n1. Upon request by a Member State, the Commission shall attempt\n\nto resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among Member\n\nStates and between member and non-Member States.\n\n2. The Commission shall promulgate a Rule providing for both\n\nmediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes as\n\nappropriate.\n\nI. Enforcement.\n\n1. The Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its\n\ndiscretion, shall enforce the provisions and Rules of this Compact.\n\n2. By majority vote, the Commission may initiate legal action\n\nin the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or\n\nthe federal district where the Commission has its principal offices\n\nagainst a Member State in default to enforce compliance with the\n\nprovisions of the Compact and its promulgated Rules and bylaws. The\n\nrelief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In\n\nthe event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing member\n\nshall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable\n\nattorney’s fees.\nere the Commission has its principal offices\n\nagainst a Member State in default to enforce compliance with the\n\nprovisions of the Compact and its promulgated Rules and bylaws. The\n\nrelief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In\n\nthe event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing member\n\nshall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable\n\nattorney’s fees.\n\n3. The remedies herein shall not be the exclusive remedies of\n\nthe Commission. The Commission may pursue any other remedies\n\navailable under federal or State law.\n\nSECTION 13: DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNSELING COMPACT\n\nCOMMISSION AND ASSOCIATED RULES, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT\n\nA. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the\n\nCompact statute is enacted into law in the tenth Member State. The\n\nprovisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to\n\nthe powers granted to the Commission relating to assembly and the\n\npromulgation of Rules. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet and\n\nexercise Rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and\n\nadministration of the Compact.\n\nB. Any State that joins the Compact subsequent to the\n\nCommission’s initial adoption of the Rules shall be subject to the\n\nRules as they exist on the date on which the Compact becomes law in\n\nthat State. Any Rule that has been previously adopted by the\n\nCommission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day\n\nthe Compact becomes law in that State.\n\nC. Any Member State may withdraw from this Compact by enacting\n\na statute repealing the same.\n\n1. A Member State’s withdrawal shall not take effect until six\n\n(6) months after enactment of the repealing statute.\n\n2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of\n\nthe withdrawing State’s Professional Counseling Licensing Board to\n\ncomply with the investigative and Adverse Action reporting\n\nrequirements of this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal.\n\nD. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to\n\ninvalidate or prevent any Professional Counseling licensure\n\nagreement or other cooperative arrangement between a Member State\n\nand a non-Member State that does not conflict with the provisions of\n\nthis Compact.\n\nE. This Compact may be amended by the Member States. No\n\namendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon\n\nany Member State until it is enacted into the laws of all Member\n\nStates.\n\nSECTION 14: CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY\n\nThis Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate\n\nthe purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be\n\nseverable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this\n\nCompact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any Member\n\nState or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any\n\ngovernment, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the\n\nvalidity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability\n\nthereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not\n\nbe affected thereby. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the\n\nConstitution of any Member State, the Compact shall remain in full\n\nforce and effect as to the remaining Member States and in full force\n\nand effect as to the Member State affected as to all severable\n\nmatters.\n\nSECTION 15: BINDING EFFECT OF COMPACT AND OTHER LAWS\n\nA. A Licensee providing Professional Counseling services in a\n\nRemote State under the Privilege to Practice shall adhere to the\n\nlaws and regulations, including scope of practice, of the Remote\n\nState.\n\nB. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of\n\na Member State that is not inconsistent with the Compact.\n\nC. Any laws in a Member State in conflict with the Compact are\n\nsuperseded to the extent of the conflict.\n\nD. Any lawful actions of the Commission, including all Rules\ncope of practice, of the Remote\n\nState.\n\nB. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of\n\na Member State that is not inconsistent with the Compact.\n\nC. Any laws in a Member State in conflict with the Compact are\n\nsuperseded to the extent of the conflict.\n\nD. Any lawful actions of the Commission, including all Rules\n\nand bylaws properly promulgated by the Commission, are binding upon\n\nthe Member States.\n\nE. All permissible agreements between the Commission and the\n\nMember States are binding in accordance with their terms.\n\nF. In the event any provision of the Compact exceeds the\n\nconstitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any Member\n\nState, the provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the\n\nconflict with the constitutional provision in question in that\n\nMember 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":"e2b95a159032e9d109484577231951b2b3fd219e9cff993c5b5368c6813591e5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1921.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1925.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}