HB 1716 Summary

• Enacts the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact into Oklahoma law and authorizes the Governor to enter agreements with other states that adopt the compact.

• Allows eligible physicians to obtain expedited medical licenses in multiple member states through a streamlined process, with a designated state of principal license serving as the initial licensing authority.

• Establishes the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission with voting representatives from each member state to administer the compact, promulgate rules, and enforce compliance.

• Requires member state medical boards to share investigative and disciplinary information about physicians, with automatic license suspension in other states when a physician's license is revoked or suspended in the state of principal license.

• Becomes effective November 1, 2015, and requires at least seven states to enact the compact before it becomes binding.