North Dakota Code 23-27.1-14 – Date of implementation of the interstate commission for emergency medical services personnel practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment
1. The compact becomes effective 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, are 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 North Dakota Code 23-27.1-14
- 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.
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
2. Any 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 day the compact becomes law in that state.
3. Any member state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same.
a. A member state’s withdrawal may not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing statute.
b. Withdrawal may not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state’s emergency medical services authority to comply with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
4. Nothing contained in this compact may be construed to invalidate or prevent any emergency medical services personnel licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the provisions of this compact.
5. This compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this compact may become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into the laws of all member states.