§ 37:1143 — Date of implementation of the commission for counseling profession compact,

§1143. Date of implementation of the commission for counseling profession compact,
practice and associate rules, withdrawal, and amendment
A. The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is
enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that
time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the
promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the commission shall meet and exercise rulemaking
powers necessary for the implementation and administration of the compact.
B. Any state that joins the compact subsequent to the commission's initial adoption
of the rules shall be subject to the rules as they exist on the date on which the compact
becomes law in that state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the commission
shall have the full force and effect of law on the day the compact becomes law in that state.
C.(1) Any member state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute
repealing the statute.
(2) A member state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after
enactment of the repealing statute.
(3) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state's
professional counseling licensing board to comply with the investigative and adverse action
reporting requirements of this compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
D. Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any
professional counseling licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a
member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the provisions of this
compact.
E. This compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this
compact shall become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into
the laws of all member states.

Legislative History

Acts 2022, No. 341, §1.