Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 2298 – Date of implementation of compact; associated rules; withdrawal; construction; amendments
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(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE ON CONTINGENCY: See T. 32, §2298, sub-§1)
(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE ON CONTINGENCY: See T. 32, §2298, sub-§1)
1. Effective date. This compact becomes effective on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the 10th member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, are limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the commission shall meet and exercise rule-making powers necessary to the implementation and administration of the compact.
[PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 2298
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Board: means the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice established under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 2272
- Occupational therapy: includes :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 2272Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
2. Effect of rules adopted by compact on member states. A 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 on which 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 date the compact becomes law in that state.
[PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).]
3. Withdrawal. A member state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the compact.
A. A member state’s withdrawal does not take effect until 6 months after enactment of the repealing statute. [PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).]
B. Withdrawal does 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 Act prior to the effective date of withdrawal. [PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).]
4. Construction. Nothing in this compact may be construed to invalidate or prevent any occupational therapy licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the provisions of this compact.
[PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).]
5. Amendments. This compact may be amended by the member states. An amendment to this compact does not become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into the statutes of all member states.
[PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 324, §2 (NEW).