Oklahoma SB 1969: Massage therapy; establishing certain eligibility to join certain Compact; creating certain multistate licensing system. Effective date.

Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1969 By: Stanley

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to massage therapy; establishing
certain purposes; ratifying certain objectives and
intentions; defining terms; establishing certain
eligibility to join certain Compact; allowing certain
individuals to continue to apply for certain license;
construing provisions; requiring recognition of
certain licenses in certain states; establishing
certain qualifications for certain licenses;
establishing certain effective period; subjecting
certain licensee to certain laws and jurisdictions;
requiring certain cooperation with the Interstate
Massage Compact Commission; establishing certain
exclusive powers; allowing certain adverse action to
be taken on certain licenses; allowing certain
investigations; providing certain authority to
certain remote state; providing for certain
deactivation if certain adverse action is taken;
applying certain adverse actions to all
authorizations to practice; providing for certain
suspension of certain licenses in certain situations;
requiring sharing of certain materials; requiring
certain active military members to designate certain
home state; requiring certain educational
requirements for certain active miliary members;
creating the Interstate Massage Compact Commission;
providing an effective date of certain Compact;
limiting certain states to have certain number of
delegates; providing the Commission with certain
authority; requiring the Commission to meet certain
number of times; providing the Commission with
certain powers; establishing Executive Committee;
providing Executive Committee with certain authority;
establishing composition of Executive Committee;
allowing removal of certain members in certain
situations; establishing certain requirements for

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Executive Committee meetings; allowing Executive
Committee to hold certain emergency meetings;
requiring certain information to be included in
certain annual report; requiring certain notice of
certain public meetings; allowing certain emergency
public meeting to be convened; requiring certain
notice of emergency public meeting; requiring certain
legal counsel to certify certain emergency public
meeting; allowing for the Commission to convene in
certain closed, nonpublic meeting; requiring certain
closed, nonpublic meeting to meet certain
requirements; requiring the Commission to keep
certain minutes; requiring the Commission to pay for
certain expenses; prohibiting the Commission from
incurring certain obligations without certain funds;
requiring the Commission to keep certain accounts;
establishing certain immunity in certain situations;
requiring the Commission to defend certain
individuals in certain situations; requiring the
Commission to provide for certain coordinated
database and reporting system; requiring the
Commission to assign certain licensee certain
identifier; requiring certain state to submit certain
data; establishing certain authenticated business
records; establishing certain responsibilities of
certain states; prohibiting certain data from being
shared without certain permission; providing for
certain removal of certain data; authorizing
promulgation of certain rules and regulations;
establishing certain rulemaking powers; requiring
certain hearing to be held for certain rule adoption;
requiring certain notice of certain hearings for
rulemaking; requiring certain hearings to be
recorded; requiring certain information to be
available to the public; allowing the Commission to
take final action on certain rules; allowing certain
consideration and adoption of certain emergency
rules; allowing revision of certain rules;
prohibiting certain rulemaking requirements from
applying in certain situations; establishing certain
enforcement of certain Compact; requiring certain
written notice to be provided to certain state;
allowing for certain termination of certain state
from Compact; providing certain responsibilities for
certain terminated state; prohibiting the Commission
from bearing certain costs; allowing for certain
state to appeal certain actions of the Commission;

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requiring the Commission to attempt certain
resolution; requiring enforcement of certain
provisions; allowing initiation of certain legal
action; allowing certain initiation of certain legal
action; prohibiting certain enforcement of Compact;
establishing certain Compact effective date;
requiring the Commission to convene and review
certain charter member state statutes; allowing for
certai