Indiana Code 25-33.5-10-9. Commission powers
(1) Promulgate uniform rules to facilitate and coordinate implementation and administration of the compact. The rules shall have the force and effect of laws and shall be binding in all compact states.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-33.5-10-9
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
(3) Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.
(4) Borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel, including employees of a compact state.
(5) Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, grant appropriate authority to individuals to carry out the purposes of the compact, and establish the commission’s personnel policies and programs concerning conflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel, and other related personnel matters.
(6) Accept, receive, utilize, and dispose of any and all appropriate donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services.
(7) Lease, purchase, accept appropriate gifts or donations, or otherwise own, hold, improve, or use, any:
(A) real;
(B) personal; or
(C) mixed;
property, provided that at all times the commission shall strive to avoid any appearance of impropriety.
(8) Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any:
(A) real;
(B) personal; or
(C) mixed;
property.
(9) Establish a budget and make expenditures.
(10) Borrow money.
(11) Appoint committees, including advisory committees, comprised of members, state regulators, state legislators or a state legislator’s designee, consumer representatives, and any other interested persons as may be designated in the compact and the bylaws.
(12) Provide and receive information from, and cooperate with, law enforcement agencies.
(13) Adopt and use an official seal.
(14) Perform other functions that may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of the compact and that are consistent with the state regulation of psychology licensure, temporary in-person, face-to-face practice, and the practice of telepsychology.
As added by P.L.65-2022, SEC.2.