Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3512A – Date of implementation of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact …
(a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact is enacted into law in the seventh compact 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 to the implementation and administration of the Compact.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3512A
- Adverse action: means : Any action taken by a state psychology regulatory authority which finds a violation of a statute or regulation that is identified by the state psychology regulatory authority as discipline and is a matter of public record. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
- 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.
- Commission: means : the national administration of which all compact states are members. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
- Compact state: means : a state, the District of Columbia, or United States territory that has enacted this Compact legislation and which has not withdrawn pursuant to § 3512A(c) of this title or been terminated pursuant to § 3511A(b) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
- Day: means : any part of a day in which psychological work is performed. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
- Non-compact state: means : any state which is not at the time a compact state. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
- Rule: means : a written statement by the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission promulgated pursuant to § 3510A of this title that is of general applicability, implements, interprets, or prescribes a policy or provision of the Compact, or an organizational, procedural, or practice requirement of the Commission and has the force and effect of statutory law in a compact state, and includes the amendment, repeal or suspension of an existing rule. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
- State: means : a state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) Any state which 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 which 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) Any compact state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute repealing the same.
(1) A compact state’s withdrawal shall not take effect until 6 months after enactment of the repealing statute.
(2) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state’s psychology regulatory authority to comply with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
(d) Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any psychology licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a compact state and a non-compact state which does not conflict with the provisions of this Compact.
(e) This Compact may be amended by the compact states. No amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon any compact state until it is enacted into the law of all compact states.