{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-545.10","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-545.10","heading":"Oversight — Default and termination — Dispute","body":"resolution — Enforcement.\n\nA. Oversight:\n\n1. The executive and judicial branches of state government in\n\neach participating state shall enforce the Compact and take all\n\nactions necessary and appropriate to implement the Compact;\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. Nothing herein shall\n\naffect or limit the selection or propriety of venue in any action\n\nagainst a licensee for professional malpractice, misconduct, or any\n\nsuch similar matter; and\n\n3. The Commission shall be entitled to receive service of\n\nprocess in any proceeding regarding the enforcement or\n\ninterpretation of the Compact or the Commission's rules and shall\n\nhave standing to intervene in such a proceeding for all purposes.\n\nFailure to provide the Commission with service of process shall\n\nrender a judgment or order in such proceeding void as to the\n\nCommission, the Compact, or Commission rules.\n\nB. Default, technical assistance, and termination:\n\n1. If the Commission determines that a participating state has\n\ndefaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities\n\nunder the Compact or the Commission rules, the Commission shall\n\nprovide written notice to the defaulting state and other\n\nparticipating states. The notice shall describe the default, the\n\nproposed means of curing the default, and any other action that the\n\nCommission may take and shall offer remedial training and specific\n\ntechnical assistance regarding the default;\n\n2. 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 delegates of the participating\n\nstates, and all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred by the\n\nCompact upon such state may be terminated on the effective date of\n\ntermination. A cure of the default does not relieve the offending\n\nstate of obligations or liabilities incurred during the period of\n\ndefault;\n\n3. Termination of participation 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 to the licensing boards\n\nof each of the participating states;\n\n4. 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\n5. 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\n6. The defaulting state may appeal its termination from the\n\nCompact by the Commission by petitioning the U.S. District Court for\n\nthe District of Columbia or the federal district where the\n\nCommission has its principal offices. The prevailing member shall\n\nbe awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable\n\nattorney fees; and\n\n7. Upon the termination of a state's participation in the\n\nCompact, the state shall immediately provide notice to all licensees\n\nwithin that state of such termination:\n\na. licensees who have been granted a Compact privilege in\n\nthat state shall retain the Compact privilege for one\n\nhundred eighty (180) days following the effective date\n\nof such termination, and\n\nb. licensees who are licensed in that state who have been\n\ngranted a Compact privilege in a participating state\n\nshall retain the Compact privilege for one hundred\nwithin that state of such termination:\n\na. licensees who have been granted a Compact privilege in\n\nthat state shall retain the Compact privilege for one\n\nhundred eighty (180) days following the effective date\n\nof such termination, and\n\nb. licensees who are licensed in that state who have been\n\ngranted a Compact privilege in a participating state\n\nshall retain the Compact privilege for one hundred\n\neighty (180) days unless the licensee also has a\n\nqualifying license in a participating state or obtains\n\na qualifying license in a participating state before\n\nthe one-hundred-eighty-day period ends, in which case\n\nthe Compact privilege shall continue.\n\nC. Dispute resolution:\n\n1. Upon request by a participating state, the Commission shall\n\nattempt to resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among\n\nparticipating states and between participating and nonparticipating\n\nstates; and\n\n2. The Commission shall promulgate a rule providing for both\n\nmediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes as\n\nappropriate.\n\nD. Enforcement:\n\n1. The Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its\n\ndiscretion, shall enforce the provisions of the Compact and rules of\n\nthe Commission;\n\n2. If compliance is not secured after all means to secure\n\ncompliance have been exhausted, by majority vote, the Commission may\n\ninitiate legal action in the U.S. District Court for the District of\n\nColumbia or the federal district where the Commission has its\n\nprincipal offices against a participating state in default to\n\nenforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and the\n\nCommission's promulgated rules and bylaws. The relief sought may\n\ninclude both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial\n\nenforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all\n\ncosts of such litigation, including reasonable attorney fees; and\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\nE. Legal action against the Commission:\n\n1. A participating state may initiate legal action against the\n\nCommission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia\n\nor the federal district where the Commission has its principal\n\noffices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and\n\nits rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and\n\ndamages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the\n\nprevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation,\n\nincluding reasonable attorney fees.\n\n2. No person other than a participating state shall enforce the\n\nCompact against 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":"cfe081c57e76cffe00af1c31a072c028c5f54373c147018ba8585851bfb5e03a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-545.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-545.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}