Date of implementation of the interstate compact for occupational therapy practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment
N.D. Cent. Code § 43-40.1-12
in effect43-40.1-12. Date of implementation of the interstate compact for occupational therapy
practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment.
1. The compact becomes effective on the date the compact statute is enacted into law in
the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, are
limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the adoption
of rules. Thereafter, the commission shall meet and exercise rulemaking powers
necessary to the implementation and administration of the compact.
2. Any state that joins the compact subsequent to the commission's initial adoption of the
rules is subject to the rules as they exist on the date the compact becomes law in that
state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the commission has the full force
and effect of law on the day the compact becomes law in that state.
3. Any member state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the
compact.
a. A member state's withdrawal may not take effect until six months after enactment
of the repealing statute.
b. Withdrawal may not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state's
occupational therapy licensing board to comply with the investigative and adverse
action reporting requirements of this compact before the effective date of
withdrawal.
4. The compact may not be construed to invalidate or prevent any occupational therapy
licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a
nonmember state which does not conflict with the provisions of this compact.
5. This compact may be amended by the member states. An amendment to this compact
may not become effective and binding on any member state until the amendment is
enacted into the laws of all member states.
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