{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-545.6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-545.6","heading":"Adverse actions by licensing state","body":"A. A participating state in which a licensee is licensed shall\n\nhave exclusive power to impose adverse action against the qualifying\n\nlicense issued by that participating state.\n\nB. 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 do all of the following:\n\n1. Take adverse action against a PA's Compact privilege within\n\nthat state to remove a licensee's Compact privilege or take other\n\naction necessary under applicable law to protect the health and\n\nsafety of its citizens;\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\nparticipating state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or\n\nthe production of evidence from another participating state shall be\n\nenforced in 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. Notwithstanding paragraph 2 of this subsection, subpoenas\n\nmay not be issued by a participating state to gather evidence of\n\nconduct in another state that is lawful in that other state for the\n\npurpose of taking adverse action against a licensee's Compact\n\nprivilege or application for a Compact privilege in that\n\nparticipating state; and\n\n4. Nothing in the Compact authorizes a participating state to\n\nimpose discipline against a PA's Compact privilege or to deny an\n\napplication for a Compact privilege in that participating state for\n\nthe individual's otherwise lawful practice in another state.\n\nC. For purposes of taking adverse action, the participating\n\nstate which issued the qualifying license shall give the same\n\npriority and effect to reported conduct received from any other\n\nparticipating state as it would if the conduct had occurred within\n\nthe participating state which issued the qualifying license. In so\n\ndoing, that participating state shall apply its own state laws to\n\ndetermine appropriate action.\n\nD. A participating state, if otherwise permitted by state law,\n\nmay recover from the affected PA the costs of investigations and\n\ndisposition of cases resulting from any adverse action taken against\n\nthat PA.\n\nE. A participating state may take adverse action based on the\n\nfactual findings of a remote state, provided that the participating\n\nstate follows its own procedures for taking the adverse action.\n\nF. Joint investigations:\n\n1. In addition to the authority granted to a participating\n\nstate by its respective state PA laws and regulations or other\n\napplicable state law, any participating state may participate with\n\nother participating states in joint investigations of licensees; and\n\n2. Participating states shall share any investigative,\n\nlitigation, or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or\n\nindividual investigation initiated under the Compact.\n\nG. If an adverse action is taken against a PA's qualifying\n\nlicense, the PA's Compact privilege in all remote states shall be\n\ndeactivated until two (2) years have elapsed after all restrictions\n\nhave been removed from the state license. All disciplinary orders\n\nby the participating state which issued the qualifying license that\n\nimpose adverse action against a PA's license shall include a\n\nstatement that the PA's Compact privilege is deactivated in all\n\nparticipating states during the pendency of the order.\n\nH. If any participating state takes adverse action, it promptly\n\nshall notify the administrator of the data system.","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":"936d85159518ca51b2fda2f8774db6517151ea9702371255672410ffff842213","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-545.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-545.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}