Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-514 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-514
Registered sex offenders or violent crime offenders -
Status: in_force

No duty to provide notice regarding.

The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act and the

Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act shall not be

construed as imposing a duty upon a person licensed under the

Oklahoma Real Estate License Code to disclose any information

regarding an offender required to register under such provision.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1943 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1943
Hearings and records of hearings - Conformity with
Status: in_force

statute.

The hearings provided for by the Licensed Behavioral

Practitioner Act shall be conducted in conformity with, and records

made thereof as provided by, the provisions of Article II of the

Administrative Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1907 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1907
Examinations
Status: in_force

A. 1. Examinations shall be held at such times, at such place

and in such manner as the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure

directs. An examination shall be held at least annually. The Board

shall determine the acceptable grade on examinations. The

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examination shall cover such technical, professional and practical

subjects as relate to the practice of professional counseling.

2. If an applicant fails to pass the examinations, the

applicant may reapply.

B. The Board shall preserve answers to any examination, and the

applicant's performance on each section, as part of the records of

the Board for a period of two (2) years following the date of the

examination.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1108 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1108
Temporary permit for operation of waterworks or
Status: in_force

wastewater works.

Any individual who, after the effective date of this act, is

employed or appointed as operator of a waterworks or wastewater

works for the operation of which he does not hold a certificate, or

the operation of which would be contrary to the terms and conditions

of any certificate held by such individual, shall be issued a

temporary certificate for the operation of such works by the

Department upon satisfactory application made therefor within ten

(10) days after initial employment or appointment of such individual

as the operator of such works, accompanied by a fee as set by the

Board. Such application shall be made under oath, and shall provide

in addition any information required by the Department. Said

temporary certificate shall expire one (1) calendar year after the

date of the applicant's initial employment as the operator of such

works, and shall not be renewable. If such application is not made

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within said ten (10) days, then the continuation of such individual

as the operator of such works after said ten (10) days shall be

unlawful and shall constitute a violation of this act by both said

individual and the person owning or maintaining such works. If the

issuance of such temporary certificate is refused for any lawful

reason, then the continuation of such individual as the operator of

such works after thirty (30) days after the Department has mailed

notice of such refusal to the person owning or maintaining such

works, and to such applicant, shall be unlawful and shall constitute

a violation of this act by both said individual and the person

owning or maintaining such works. Not more than one temporary

certificate shall be issued to the same individual during any five-

year period. This section shall not be applicable to or authorize

the issuance of a temporary certificate to any individual who has

had a certificate revoked or whose certificate is under suspension,

or to whom the issuance or renewal or reactivation of a certificate

has been refused, under Section 1113 of this title, except where

such individual has thereafter been reinstated or issued a

certificate as provided in the Waterworks and Wastewater Works

Operator Certification Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-645 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-645
Rules - Fees
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall adopt such

rules as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the

Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act and may establish fees authorized

but not specified in the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act.

B. The Board shall promulgate rules to identify essential

elements of education and practice necessary to protect the public.

C. The Board may prescribe by rule administrative remedies,

disciplinary actions, sanctions, and administrative procedures to

provide remedies and disciplinary actions for licensee violations of

statutory- or regulatory-prescribed unprofessional conduct, to

include fines up to the limits otherwise prescribed by statute or

rule.

D. The Board may provide by rule procedures for the licensee to

contest or dispute any administrative action, procedures for

resolution of any such contest or dispute, and appropriate

protection of private information consistent with state and federal

law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3207 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3207
Supervisory protocol - Authorized assistant duties
Status: in_force

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A. Every anesthesiologist or group of anesthesiologists, upon

entering into a supervisory relationship with an anesthesiologist

assistant must file with the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision a written protocol, to include, at a minimum, the

following:

1. Name, address, and license number of the anesthesiologist

assistant;

2. Name, address, license number and federal Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA) number of each anesthesiologist who will

supervise the anesthesiologist assistant;

3. Address of the anesthesiologist assistant’s primary practice

location and any other locations where the assistant may practice;

4. The date the protocol was developed and the dates of all

revisions;

5. The designation and signature of the primary supervising

anesthesiologist;

6. Signatures of the anesthesiologist assistant and all

supervising anesthesiologists;

7. The duties and functions of the anesthesiologist assistant;

8. Conditions or procedures that require the personal provision

of care by an anesthesiologist; and

9. The procedures to be followed in the event of an anesthetic

emergency.

B. The protocol must be on file with the Board prior to the

time the anesthesiologist assistant begins practice with the

anesthesiologist or the anesthesiology group.

C. The protocol must be updated biennially.

D. Anesthesiologist assistants may perform the following duties

under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist:

1. Obtaining a comprehensive patient history and presenting the

history to the supervising anesthesiologist;

2. Pretesting and calibration of anesthesia delivery systems

and monitoring, obtaining and interpreting information from the

systems and monitors;

3. Assisting the anesthesiologist with implementation of

monitoring techniques;

4. Establishing basic and advanced airway interventions,

including intubations of the trachea and performing ventilatory

support;

5. Administering intermittent vasoactive drugs and starting and

adjusting vasoactive infusions;

6. Administering anesthetic drugs, adjuvant drugs, and

accessory drugs;

7. Assisting the anesthesiologist with the performance of

epidural anesthetic procedures and spinal anesthetic procedures;

8. Administering blood, blood products, and supportive fluids;

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9. Supporting life functions during anesthesia health care,

including induction and intubation procedures, the use of

appropriate mechanical supportive devices, and the management of

fluid, electrolyte, and blood component balances;

10. Recognizing and taking appropriate corrective action for

abnormal patient responses to anesthesia, adjunctive medication or

other forms of therapy;

11. Participating in management of the patient while in the

post-anesthesia recovery area, including the administration of

supporting fluids; and

12. Placing special peripheral and central venous and arterial

lines for blood sampling and monitoring as appropriate.

E. The supervising anesthesiologist shall delegate only tasks

and procedures to the anesthesiologist assistant which are within

the supervising physician's scope of practice. The anesthesiologist

assistant may work in any setting that is within the scope of

practice of the supervising anesthesiologist’s practice.

F. Continuity of supervision in practice settings requires the

anesthesiologist assistant to document in the anesthesia record any

change in supervisor.

G. All tasks and procedures performed by the anesthesiologist

assistant must be documented in the appropriate medical record.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-529 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-529
Athletic Trainers Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Athletic Trainers Advisory

Committee, to be composed of five (5) members to be appointed by the

State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. To qualify as a

member, a person must be a citizen of the United States and a

resident of Oklahoma for five (5) years immediately preceding

appointment. Two members shall be licensed athletic trainers,

except for the initial appointees, and two members shall be

physicians licensed by the state and one member shall be a member of

the Oklahoma Coaches Association who shall be selected by the Board

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of the Association. Except for the initial appointees, members shall

hold office for terms of six (6) years. In the event of death,

resignation or removal of any member, the vacancy of the unexpired

term shall be filled by the Board in the same manner as other

appointments. The Athletic Trainers Advisory Committee shall assist

the Board in conducting examinations for applicants and shall advise

the Board on all matters pertaining to the licensure of athletic

trainers. Members of the Committee shall be reimbursed for expenses

incurred while performing their duties under the provisions of this

act in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-170.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-170.1
Renumbered as Section 161.18 of Title 59 by Laws 1991,
Status: in_force

c. 265, § 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1362 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1362
Qualifications of applicants for examination
Status: in_force

An applicant is qualified to take the examination to be licensed

when the applicant has met the following criteria:

1. Applicants for licensure shall possess a doctoral degree in

psychology from an institution of higher education. The degree

shall be obtained from a recognized program of graduate study in

psychology as defined by the rules and regulations of the Board.

Applicants for licensure who graduated before January 1, 1997, shall

have completed a doctoral program in psychology that meets

recognized acceptable professional standards as determined by the

Board. Applicants for licensure who graduated on or after January

1, 1997, shall have completed a doctoral program in psychology that

is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). In

areas where no accreditation exists, applicants for licensure shall

have completed a doctoral program in psychology that meets

recognized acceptable professional standards as determined by the

Board. When a new specialty of professional psychology is

recognized as being within the accreditation scope of the APA,

doctoral programs within that specialty will be afforded a

transition period of eight (8) years from their first class of

students to the time of their accreditation. During that transition

period, graduates of such programs may sit for licensure examination

whether or not the program has been accredited. This also applies

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to new doctoral programs of specialties previously recognized within

the scope of APA accreditation. Applicants trained in institutions

outside the United States shall meet requirements established by the

Board;

2. For admission to the licensure examination, applicants shall

demonstrate that they have completed two (2) years of supervised

professional experience, one (1) year of which shall be

postdoctoral. In accordance with the rules and regulations

promulgated by the Board, applicants may be allowed to sit for

examination during the applicant's second year of experience. The

criteria for appropriate supervision shall be in accordance with

regulations which shall be promulgated by the Board. Postdoctoral

experience shall be compatible with the knowledge and skills

acquired during formal doctoral or postdoctoral education in

accordance with professional requirements and relevant to the

intended area of practice; and

3. Applicants shall be required to show that they have not been

convicted of a criminal offense that bears directly on the fitness

of the individual to be licensed. Each applicant shall submit to a

national criminal history record check, as defined in Section 150.9

of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The costs associated with the

national criminal history record check shall be paid by the

applicant.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1151.25a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1151.25a
Residential roofing endorsement — Requirements —
Status: in_force

Examination.

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act, on and after the effective date of this act, every

roofing contractor, except for those defined in subsection G of this

section, offering to engage in or engaging in performing residential

roofing contractor work in this state shall be required to receive a

residential roofing endorsement. To receive a residential roofing

endorsement, the roofing contractor shall be required to take and

successfully pass a residential roofing examination approved under

the provisions of this act with a minimum score of seventy percent

(70%), and be in compliance with all other provisions of this act

and rules before acting or being endorsed as a residential roofing

contractor. For applicants who have been registered and in good

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standing with the Construction Industries Board on the effective

date of this act, there shall be a twelve-month grandfathering-in

period from the effective date of this act to either pass the exam

or complete an additional ten (10) hours of continuing education

credits approved in advance by the Committee of Roofing Examiners to

be granted a residential roofer endorsement. Any applicant who has

been registered, is in good standing with the Board, and possesses a

current commercial roofer endorsement on the effective date of this

act shall be exempt from the residential roofing examination and

additional ten (10) hours of continuing education credits required

to receive a residential roofing endorsement.

B. Examinations for a residential roofer endorsement shall be

uniform and practical in nature and sufficiently strict to test the

qualifications and fitness of the applicants for endorsement.

Examinations shall be in whole or in part in writing. Examinations

shall be offered at least monthly; dates, times, and locations shall

be determined by the registrar or third-party vendor with approval

of the registrar.

C. Any applicant initially failing to pass the examination

shall not be permitted to take another examination for a period of

thirty (30) days. Any applicant subsequently failing to pass the

examination shall not be permitted to take another examination for a

period of ninety (90) days. However, in a declared state of

emergency, the examination shall be available as often as possible

as determined by the registrar.

D. No residential roofer endorsement shall be renewed unless

the qualifying party has completed the required hours of continuing

education pursuant to subsection A of this section.

E. For all new applicants not registered and in good standing

with the Construction Industries Board prior to the effective date

of this act, the Construction Industries Board shall issue a

residential roofer endorsement to qualifying applicants no sooner

than thirty (30) days from the date of successful completion of the

exam. New applicants shall not be allowed to sell, offer, bid,

inspect, or perform any residential roofing contractor work in this

state until a residential roofer endorsement is issued.

F. For all applicants registered and in good standing with the

Construction Industries Board prior to the effective date of this

act:

1. The residential roofer endorsement shall be issued

immediately upon compliance with the provisions of this section; and

2. Applicants shall be allowed to continue residential roofing

contractor work at all times during the residential roofer

endorsement application process.

G. The residential roofing endorsement shall not apply to

roofing labor contractors who:

1. Only provide roofing construction labor services;

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2. Are working directly for a registered roofing contractor

that possesses a residential roofing endorsement; and

3. Are not providing any materials.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-4100.6 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-4100.6
Automatic extension of licensure or certification
Status: in_force

A. Every agency, board or commission in this state with

authority to issue and regulate professional licenses or

certifications is authorized to provide for the automatic extension

of such professional license or certification for active-duty

military service members and to provide a reasonable period of time

after military service to activate the license or certification for

employment purposes.

B. Notwithstanding any other statutes to the contrary, any

member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty who

at the time of activation was:

1. A member in good standing with any administrative body of

the state; and

2. Duly licensed or certified to engage in his or her

profession or vocation in this state,

may be kept in good standing by the administrative body with which

he or she is licensed or certified.

C. While a licensee or certificate holder is deployed on active

duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the

license or certificate referenced in subsection B of this section

may be renewed without:

1. The payment of dues or fees; and

2. Obtaining continuing education credits when:

a. circumstances associated with military duty prevent

obtaining training and a waiver request has been

submitted to the appropriate administrative body,

b. the active-duty military member performs the licensed

or certified occupation as part of his or her military

duties as annotated in Defense Department Form 214 (DD

214), or

c. performing any other act typically required for the

renewal of the license or certificate.

D. The license or certificate issued pursuant to the provisions

of this section may be continued as long as the licensee or

certificate holder is a member of the Armed Forces of the United

States on active duty and for a period of at least one (1) year

after discharge from active duty.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1820.12 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1820.12
Requirements for licenses application - Fees
Status: in_force

A. An application for a license shall include:

1. The address of the principal office of the applicant and the

address of each branch office located within this state;

2. The name of each business location under which the applicant

intends to do business as a licensee;

3. A statement as to the extent and scope of the fire

extinguisher industry business of the applicant and all other

businesses in which the applicant is engaged in this state;

4. A recent photograph of the applicant of a type prescribed by

the State Fire Marshal Commission if the applicant is a sole

proprietor, or a photograph of each officer and of each partner or

shareholder who owns a twenty-five percent (25%) or greater interest

in the applicant, if the applicant is an entity; and

5. Such other information, statements, or documents as may be

required by the State Fire Marshal Commission.

B. An applicant for an individual license shall provide such

documents, statements or other information as may be required by the

State Fire Marshal Commission, including two classifiable sets of

fingerprints of the applicant. The fingerprints may be used for a

national criminal history record check as defined by Section 150.9

of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Fees for license and license renewal issued pursuant to the

Fire Extinguisher Licensing Act shall be adopted by the State Fire

Marshal Commission pursuant to Section 1820.19 of Title 59 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. An applicant shall pay the license fee at the

time the applicant makes application.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1261.1a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1261.1a
License renewal - Continuing education -
Status: in_force

Reapplication.

A. Licensees shall be required to renew their license at such

time and in such manner established by the State Board of Licensed

Social Workers by rule, including the form of application and

payment of the applicable renewal fee. Under no circumstances shall

the renewal period exceed two (2) years.

B. As a requirement for license renewal, each licensee shall

provide evidence satisfactory to the Board that such licensee has

annually completed at least sixteen (16) hours of a program of

continuing education as prescribed by the Board.

C. The Board shall also provide procedures by rule to ensure

that license renewal candidates maintain the qualifications to

practice social work, as set forth in this act.

D. If a social worker fails to make application to the Board

for renewal of a license within a period of ninety (90) days after

the expiration of the license, such person must reapply as an

initial applicant for licensure and pass the current licensure

examination; however, a person who has been licensed under the laws

of this state and the license has expired, but who has continually

practiced social work in another state under a license issued by the

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authority of such state, may renew the license upon completion of

the continuing education requirements set forth by the Board and

payment of the designated fee.

E. Any licensee who allows their license to expire after

January 1, 2012, shall, in addition to any other requirements for

reinstatement, be required to submit to a national criminal history

record check as defined by Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, and pay the fee for the record check. However, the

individual shall be allowed to practice with the expired license

pending receipt by the Board of a complete and satisfactory national

criminal history record check. If the Board does not receive two

classifiable sets of fingerprints taken by a local, state or federal

law enforcement agency or a civilian entity approved by the Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation and the required fee within thirty

(30) days from the date the license was reinstated, the license

shall be suspended until receipt by the Board of the sets of

fingerprints and the fee for the record check.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-540.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-540.7
License renewal
Status: in_force

A. Initial licenses and renewals shall be valid for two (2)

years.

B. Persons licensed as therapeutic recreation specialists are

eligible for renewal of their licenses if they:

1. Have completed a minimum of one hundred (100) hours of

therapeutic recreation service; and

2. Have met continuing competency requirements by completing a

minimum of twenty (20) hours of continuing education programs

related to the practice of therapeutic recreation and other

requirements established by rule of the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2302 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-2302
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Licensed Pedorthists Act:

1. "Accommodative device" means a device designed with a

primary goal of conforming to the individual's anatomy;

2. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision;

3. "Certified Pedorthist (C. Ped.)” means a professional whose

competence in the practice of pedorthics is attested to by issuance

of a credential by the Board for Certification in Pedorthics;

4. "Committee" means the Advisory Committee on Pedorthics

created by Section 5 of this act;

5. "Department" means the State Department of Health;

6. "Licensed Pedorthist" means a person who is licensed as

required by the Oklahoma Licensed Pedorthists Act, who regularly

practices pedorthics, and who is therefore entitled to represent

himself or herself to the public by a title or description of

services that includes the term "pedorthist";

7. "Pedorthic devices" means therapeutic shoes, shoe

modifications made for therapeutic purposes, partial foot

prostheses, and custom made orthoses, inserts, inlays or variants

thereof for use from the ankle and below, but does not include

nontherapeutic accommodative inlays or nontherapeutic accommodative

footwear, regardless of method of manufacture, unmodified over-the-

counter shoes, or prefabricated foot care products;

8. "Practice of pedorthics" means the practice, pursuant to a

written prescription from a physician when addressing a medical

condition, of evaluating, planning treatment, measuring, designing,

fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, managing of the

patient, or servicing necessary to accomplish the application of a

pedorthic device for the prevention or amelioration of painful

and/or disabling conditions of the foot and ankle; and

9. "Therapeutic device" means a device that addresses a medical

condition.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1800.6a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1800.6a
Retail counter sales agents - Criminal history records
Status: in_force

- Access to confidential information - Penalties.

A. For purposes of this section and paragraph 8 of Section

1800.3 of this title, "retail counter sales agent" means an

individual employed by or working on behalf of an Oklahoma licensed

alarm or locksmith company for the purpose of selling technology

devices and services to the general public in a commercial retail

setting, including alarm, locksmith and fire sprinkler services and

equipment.

B. 1. Every retail counter sales agent shall undergo a

national criminal history records search by a third party or the

Department of Labor. The Department of Labor, upon establishing

good cause, may demand that an alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler

company provide the results of a criminal history records search for

an individual retail counter sales agent. Upon receipt of any such

demand, an alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler company shall have a

reasonable period of time to provide the results to the Department

of Labor. The Department of Labor shall not disseminate the results

of any criminal history records search described in this subsection,

and such records shall not be subject to the Open Records Act. For

purposes of this subsection, "selling" means the initial

communications with the customer to determine the appropriate alarm

products or systems to be purchased and installed, but shall not

include actual installation locations or the final design, plan or

laying out of the alarm products or systems. No person shall act as

a retail counter sales agent if the results of the criminal

background check are unsuccessful in accordance with the Arrest and

Conviction Records in Employment Best Practices brochure published

by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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2. A retail counter sales agent shall not be permitted access

to any customer's unique alarm access codes or other confidential

information aside from the information necessary to complete a

retail sale transaction.

C. Any alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler company failing to

comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed in

violation of the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act.

The Department of Labor may revoke or suspend the license of the

person for a violation of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-625 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-625
Oath of members
Status: in_force

Each member of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall,

before entering upon the duties of the office, take the oath of

office prescribed by the Oklahoma Constitution before someone

qualified to administer oaths.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-170 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-170
Renumbered as Section 161.16 of Title 59 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

265, § 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1150.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1150.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1150.1 through 1150.13 of this title shall be known and

may be cited as the "Oklahoma Sanitarian and Environmental

Specialist Registration Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.28 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.28
Scope of act
Status: in_force

The State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act

shall not require the licensing of practitioners of the following

professions and occupations to practice landscape architecture:

1. A professional engineer, as defined in Section 475.2 of this

title, certified to practice the profession in this state under any

act to regulate the practice of that profession. Nothing contained

in the State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act shall

be construed as precluding an architect or engineer from performing

services included within the definition of "landscape architecture"

when incidental, meaning less than ten percent (10%) of the total

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project cost, to the performance of his or her normal practice as an

architect or engineer;

2. A landscape contractor building or installing what was

designed by a landscape architect;

3. An agriculturist, horticulturist, forester as defined in

Section 1202 of this title, nursery operator, gardener, landscape

gardener, garden or lawn caretaker and grader or cultivator of land

involved in the selection, placement, planting and maintenance of

plant material;

4. Persons who act under the supervision of a licensed

landscape architect or an employee of a person lawfully engaged in

the practice of landscape architecture and who, in either event,

does not assume responsible charge of design or supervision;

5. Regional planners or urban planners, who evaluate and

develop land-use plans to provide for community and municipal

projections of growth patterns based on demographic needs;

6. A landscape designer or contractor whose business is

choosing types of plants, planning their location and the design of

landscapes for those projects or whose work is limited to projects

for a single-family residential home. Landscape design or

installation work may also be performed by an owner or occupant on

the single-family residence of the owner or occupant;

7. Persons other than landscape architects who prepare details

and shop drawings for use in connection with the execution of their

work; and

8. Builders or their superintendents in the supervision of

landscape architectural projects.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1925.14 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1925.14
Application of Administrative Procedures Act
Status: in_force

The hearings provided for by the Marital and Family Therapist

Licensure Act shall be conducted in conformity with, and records

made thereof as provided by, the provisions of the Administrative

Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.15B — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-15.15B
Designated manager - Succession of business
Status: in_force

A. Except as authorized in subsection B of this section, each

office established or maintained in this state for the practice of

public accounting shall be under the direct supervision of a

designated manager.

1. The designated manager must be the holder of a certificate

in order for the title "Certified Public Accountant" or the

abbreviation "C.P.A." to be used in connection with such office; or

2. The designated manager must be the holder of a certificate

or a license in order for the title "Public Accountant" or the

abbreviation "P.A." to be used in connection with such office.

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B. 1. For the purposes of a sale or transfer of an existing

office established or maintained in this state for the practice of

public accounting, the office is authorized to continue its

accounting practice during the pendency of its sale or transfer to a

qualified person or entity. For purposes of this subsection, the

term "sale or transfer" means and includes, but is not limited to:

a. the succession of an office established or maintained

in this state for the practice of public accounting by

the sale or transfer to another person or entity

authorized by law to practice public accounting in

this state, or

b. the succession of an office established or maintained

in this state for the practice of public accounting by

transfer to a grantor trust upon the death of the

holder of a permit to practice public accounting as an

interim interest holder before being transferred to

qualified individual owners as set out in paragraph F

or G of Section 15.15A of this title and only upon the

actual review of all client documents by a qualified

certified public accountant or public accountant in

this state.

2. Upon the death of a sole proprietor, single owner of a firm

or a majority stockholder of a firm, notice shall be given to the

executive director of the Oklahoma Accountancy Board by letter

within fourteen (14) days of the death expressing any intention to

sell, transfer or assume responsibility of the office, and declaring

the name of the qualified person or entity who has agreed to

continue the business or review the client documents during pendency

of the sale or transfer.

3. Upon completion of a sale or transfer authorized by this

subsection, notice shall be given to the executive director of the

Oklahoma Accountancy Board by affidavit within fourteen (14) days of

conclusion of the sale or transfer stating the date of completion of

the sale or transfer, the name of the designated manager who

reviewed client documents or continued the business through

completion of the sale or transfer, and the name of the purchaser or

transferee that has assumed responsibility for the office, if

different from the designated manager.

4. If a sale or transfer cannot be completed within sixty (60)

days, the executive director of the Oklahoma Accountancy Board shall

be notified monthly until the sale or transfer has been completed.

5. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the executive

director of the Oklahoma Accountancy Board from seeking an action

for injunctive relief or disciplinary action if there is reasonable

cause to believe a person is violating the law or administrative

rules of the Board.

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C. The Board shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to

implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.70 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.70
Reasonable procedural rules to be followed
Status: in_force

The mediation committee, the state mediation appeals committee,

and the Board of Dentistry shall not be bound by common law or

statutory rules of evidence or by technical rules of procedure, but

any hearing shall be conducted in such manner as to ascertain the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 280

substantial rights of the parties. Mediation committees, state

mediation appeals committees, and the Board shall apply reasonable

procedural rules consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma

Dental Mediation Act. Each governing organization which is involved

in the formation of mediation committees as described in paragraph 3

of Section 328.62 of this title shall adopt and, from time to time,

may modify and amend rules of procedure.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-598 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-598
Provisions cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to other laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-727 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-727
Employment of certified real estate appraiser -
Status: in_force

Compliance with Act.

A client or employer may retain or employ an Oklahoma certified

real estate appraiser to act as a disinterested third party in

rendering an unbiased estimate of value or analysis. A client or

employer may also retain or employ an Oklahoma certified real estate

appraiser to provide specialized services to facilitate the client's

or employer's objectives. In either case, the appraisal and the

appraisal report must comply with the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-633 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-633
Investigations and hearings - Good cause
Status: in_force

A. The Committee of Home Inspector Examiners may, upon its own

motion, and shall, upon written complaint filed by any person,

direct the Construction Industries Board to investigate the business

activities of any home inspector. The Committee may contract for an

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administrative judge for any hearing which may, upon a showing of

good cause, impose disciplinary actions as provided in the Home

Inspection Licensing Act.

B. Good cause shall be established upon showing that any

licensee has performed, is performing, has attempted to perform, or

is attempting to perform any of the following acts:

1. Making a materially false or fraudulent statement in an

application for license or for approval of continuing education;

2. Having been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction

of forgery, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, or any similar offense, or

pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any such offense;

3. Falsifying or failing to disclose in a home inspection

report a material defect;

4. Failing to perform a home inspection report in accordance

with the Home Inspection Licensing Act or the rules promulgated

pursuant thereto;

5. Compensating any person for performing the services of a

home inspector or lending a license to any person who has not first

secured a license as a home inspector pursuant to the Home

Inspection Licensing Act;

6. Accepting inspection assignments when the employment itself

is contingent upon reporting a predetermined estimate, analysis or

opinion;

7. Accepting inspection assignments when the fee to be paid is

contingent upon the opinion, the conclusion, analysis, or report

reached, or upon the consequences resulting from such assignments;

8. Performing repair or maintenance work, or receiving

compensation either directly or indirectly from a company regularly

engaged in home repair work, on a property having four or fewer

dwelling units that the home inspector inspected within one (1) year

from the date of the inspection;

9. Accepting compensation from more than one client for a

single home inspection, unless the home inspector has informed all

clients who are paying a fee for that home inspection that such

compensation is sought or anticipated;

10. Except as provided in paragraph 14 of this subsection,

disclosing the results of a home inspection to any person other than

the client without the written consent of the client;

11. Failing to disclose to the client any conflict of interest

of which the inspector knows or should have known that may adversely

affect the client;

12. Failing to submit a written home inspection report within a

reasonable time as determined by the Board to the client after

compensation has been paid to the home inspector;

13. Paying any fees or other amounts due pursuant to the Home

Inspection Licensing Act or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto

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with a check that is dishonored upon presentation to the financial

institution on which it is drawn;

14. Failing, upon demand in writing by the Construction

Industries Board, a law enforcement agency, or a court of law, to

disclose any information within the knowledge of the licensee or to

produce any document in possession of a licensee or under control of

a licensee that relates to a home inspection; or

15. Disregarding or violating any provision of the Home

Inspection Licensing Act or rule promulgated pursuant to the Home

Inspection Licensing Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-355.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-355.3
Renumbered as § 2-312.1 of Title 63 by Laws 1990, c
Status: in_force

271, § 3, operative July 1, 1990.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1800.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1800.5
Powers and duties of Committee
Status: in_force

A. The Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Committee

shall have the following duties and powers:

1. To assist the Commissioner of Labor in licensing and

otherwise regulating persons engaged in an alarm or locksmith

industry business;

2. To assist the Commissioner in determining qualifications of

applicants pursuant to the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler

Industry Act;

3. To assist the Commissioner in prescribing and adopting forms

for license applications and initiate mailing of such application

forms to all persons requesting such applications;

4. To assist the Commissioner in disciplinary actions,

including the denial, suspension or revocation of licenses as

provided by the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act;

5. To assist the Commissioner with charging and collecting such

fees as are prescribed by the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler

Industry Act;

6. To assist the Commissioner in establishing and enforcing

standards governing the materials, services and conduct of the

licensees and their employees in regard to the alarm, locksmith and

fire sprinkler industry;

7. To assist the Commissioner in promulgating rules necessary

to carry out the administration of the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire

Sprinkler Industry Act;

8. To investigate or assist in investigating alleged violations

of the provisions of the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler

Industry Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereto;

9. To assist the Commissioner in identifying advances in

technology and establishing categories of licenses for the Alarm,

Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act and application

requirements for each category including, but not limited to,

individual license, experience requirements, educational

requirements, fingerprints, photographs, examinations, and fees;

10. To assist the Commissioner in providing for grievance and

appeal procedures pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act for

any person whose license is denied, revoked or suspended; and

11. To exercise such other powers and duties as are necessary

to implement the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act.

B. The Department of Labor is authorized to regulate any

advancements in technology that apply to the alarm, locksmith and

fire sprinkler industry.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-567.1
Title of act
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma Nursing

Practice Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1690 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1690
License required - Violation - Penalty
Status: in_force

A. Ninety (90) days from and after July 1, 1982, it shall be a

misdemeanor for any person to perform the work of a journeyman

electrician until such person has qualified and is licensed as a

journeyman electrician or electrical contractor.

B. Ninety (90) days from and after July 1, 1982, it shall be a

misdemeanor for any person to act as an electrical contractor or to

engage in or offer to engage in, by advertisement or otherwise, the

business of an electrical contractor until the person, or a member

of the partnership, or an officer of the firm, association or

corporation, shall have qualified and is licensed as an electrical

contractor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-706 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-706
Powers and duties of Board
Status: in_force

A. The Board shall promulgate rules and regulations to

implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate

Appraisers Act.

B. The Board shall have the following powers and duties:

1. The Real Estate Appraiser Board may employ a Director to

oversee the organization and activities of the Board and to ensure

compliance with rules promulgated by the Board. The Director shall

perform such other duties as the Board may prescribe. The salary of

the Director shall be set by the Board. The position of Director

shall be an unclassified position;

2. Board employees shall be hired by and subject to the

supervision and control of the Director or designee. Persons

employed by the Board shall serve at the direction and pleasure of

the Director. All employees are employees of this state and shall

be in the unclassified service;

3. Employees of the Board shall be considered unclassified

employees of the Insurance Department only for the purpose of

administrative support provided by the Insurance Department;

4. The Director is authorized to employ temporary workers or

contract labor as may be required to properly administer the

Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act;

5. To further define by regulation and with respect to each

category of Oklahoma certified real estate appraisers the type of

educational experience, appraisal experience and equivalent

experience that will meet the requirements of the Oklahoma Certified

Real Estate Appraisers Act, as approved by the Appraiser

Qualification Board of the Appraisal Foundation;

6. To establish the examination specifications for each

category of Oklahoma certified real estate appraiser;

7. To approve or disapprove applications for certification and

issue certificates;

8. To further define by regulation and with respect to each

category of Oklahoma certified real estate appraiser, the continuing

education requirements for the renewal of certification that will

meet the requirements of the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate

Appraisers Act as approved by the Appraiser Qualification Board of

the Appraisal Foundation;

9. To review from time to time the standards for the

development and communication of real estate appraisals provided in

the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act and to adopt

regulations explaining and interpreting the standards;

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10. To establish administrative procedures for disciplinary

proceedings conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act;

11. To censure, suspend and revoke certificates pursuant to

the disciplinary proceedings provided in the Oklahoma Certified Real

Estate Appraisers Act; and

12. To perform such other functions and duties as may be

necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Oklahoma Certified

Real Estate Appraisers Act.

In the exercise of all powers and the performance of all duties

provided in the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act, the

Board shall comply with the procedures provided in the

Administrative Procedures Act.

C. Actions of the Board shall not be subject to review by the

Department.

D. The members of the Board shall not be held civilly liable

for any action taken in good faith by the Board in its official

capacity pursuant to law unless such action is arbitrary and

capricious.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-353.18A — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-353.18A
Pharmacy technicians - Permits
Status: in_force

A. Supportive personnel may perform certain tasks in the

practice of pharmacy if such personnel perform the tasks in

compliance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Pharmacy.

B. 1. No person shall serve as a pharmacy technician without

first procuring a permit from the Board.

2. An application for an initial or renewal pharmacy technician

permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be

submitted to the Board and provide any other information deemed

relevant by the Board.

3. An application for an initial or renewal permit shall be

accompanied by a permit fee not to exceed Seventy-five Dollars

($75.00) for each period of one (1) year. A permit issued pursuant

to this subsection shall be valid for a period to be determined by

the Board.

4. Every permitted pharmacy technician who fails to complete a

renewal form and remit the required renewal fee to the Board by the

fifteenth day after the expiration of the permit shall pay a late

fee to be fixed by the Board.

5. A pharmacy technician permit shall be canceled thirty (30)

days after expiration.

6. A person may obtain reinstatement of a canceled pharmacy

technician permit by making application, paying a reinstatement fee,

and satisfactorily completing other requirements set by the Board.

C. A licensed retail pharmacy shall maintain a pharmacy

technician-to-pharmacist ratio of not more than four pharmacy

technicians for every one licensed pharmacist.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1264.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1264.1
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Use of Title
Status: in_force

Any person who has received a license as a licensed clinical

social worker shall have the right to use the title, Licensed

Clinical Social Worker, and the abbreviation, LCSW. No other person

shall assume such title, use such abbreviation, or any word or

letters, signs, figures or devices to indicate that the person using

the same is a licensed social worker.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.26 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-15.26
False reports or statements - Penalty
Status: in_force

Any individual holding a certificate or license who knowingly

falsifies any report or statement bearing on any attestation,

investigation, or audit made by the individual or subject to the

individual’s direction shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense,

and upon conviction shall be punishable as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, or by a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars

($25,000.00) per occurrence, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-990 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-990
Sales exempt
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not extend to the sale at

public auction of livestock, real estate, farm machinery or farm

produce or other items commonly sold at farm sales, community sales,

or to auction sales by individuals of new merchandise, which was

assessed personal property tax or is replacement stock of

merchandise inventory which was assessed personal property tax in

the county in which the sale is to be had, nor to a bona fide sale

of goods, wares and merchandise by sample for future delivery, or by

sales made by sheriffs, constables or other public officers selling

goods, wares and merchandise according to law, nor to bona fide

assignees or receivers appointed in this state selling goods, wares

and merchandise for the benefit of creditors, provided further,

nothing in this act shall prevent a person, firm or corporation

registered hereunder and operating in more than one county, from

selling all his goods in either county if said goods are duly

assessed in one of said counties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.12e — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-396.12e
Administrative penalty and costs - Surrender of
Status: in_force

license in lieu of penalty.

A. Any person or entity who has been determined by the Oklahoma

Funeral Board to have violated any provision of the Funeral Services

Licensing Act or any rule or order issued pursuant thereto may be

liable for an administrative penalty. The maximum administrative

penalty shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for any

related series of violations.

B. The Board shall be authorized, at its discretion, to take

action as the nature of the violation requires. The Board shall

have the authority to impose on the licensee, or certificate holder,

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as a condition of any adverse disciplinary action, the payment of

costs expended by the Board in investigating and prosecuting the

violation. The costs may include but are not limited to staff time,

salary and travel expenses, witness fees and attorney fees, and

shall be considered part of the order of the Board.

C. The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the Board

pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section, after

notice and hearing. In determining the amount of the penalty, the

Board shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the

nature, circumstances and gravity of the violation and, with respect

to the person or entity found to have committed the violation, the

degree of culpability, the effect on ability of the person or entity

to continue to do business and any show of good faith in attempting

to achieve compliance with the provisions of the Funeral Services

Licensing Act. The Board shall make a report of any action to any

entity deemed appropriate for transmittal of the public record but

shall in no cause be held liable for the content of the reported

action or be made a party to any civil liability action taken as a

result of the discipline imposed by the Board. All monies collected

from the administrative penalties shall be deposited with the State

Treasurer and by the State Treasurer placed in the "Fund of the

Oklahoma Funeral Board", created pursuant to Section 17 of this act.

D. Any license or certificate of apprenticeship holder may

elect to surrender the license or certificate of apprenticeship of

the person in lieu of said penalty but shall be forever barred from

obtaining a reissuance of said license or certificate of

apprenticeship.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.5a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-396.5a
Inactive military service list - Not subject to renewal
Status: in_force

fees - Reinstatement on discharge.

All funeral directors and/or embalmers regularly licensed in

this state, who are or become members of the armed forces of the

United States, shall upon proper notification to the executive

director of the Oklahoma Funeral Board be placed upon the inactive

military service list to be kept by the executive director and shall

not be subject to the payment of renewal fees upon their licenses as

funeral directors and/or embalmers until they have been discharged

from the military service of the United States and desire to

practice their profession in this state. Upon the discharge of

licensees from military service, they shall be reinstated as active

funeral directors and/or embalmers upon the payment of the then

current year's license fee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-545.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-545.5
Licensee application requirements
Status: in_force

Upon a licensee's application for a Compact privilege, the

licensee shall identify to the Commission the participating state

from which the licensee is applying, in accordance with applicable

rules adopted by the Commission, and subject to the following

requirements:

1. When applying for a Compact privilege, the licensee shall

provide the Commission with the address of the licensee's primary

residence and thereafter shall immediately report to the Commission

any change in the address of the licensee's primary residence; and

2. When applying for a Compact privilege, the licensee is

required to consent to accept service of process by mail at the

licensee's primary residence on file with the Commission with

respect to any action brought against the licensee by the Commission

or a participating state, including a subpoena, with respect to any

action brought or investigation conducted by the Commission or a

participating state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.30 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1000.30
Federally accepted refrigerants not to be prohibited
Status: in_force

or limited in use.

No provision of a building code, any other law, regulation, or

other requirement in Oklahoma may prohibit or otherwise limit the

use of a refrigerant designated as acceptable for use pursuant to

and in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 7671K; provided, any equipment

containing such refrigerant is listed and installed in accordance

with safety standards and use conditions imposed pursuant to such

designation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1306.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1306.1
Multicounty agent bondsman – Application – Contents –
Status: in_force

Deposit – Transfer - Agents.

A. 1. An applicant for a multicounty agent bondsman license

shall have been continually licensed as a professional bondsman in

the State of Oklahoma for a minimum of two (2) years without

suspension or having any unpaid forfeitures prior to the date of

application.

2. In addition to the requirements prescribed in Sections 1305

and 1306 of this title, an applicant for a multicounty agent

bondsman license shall submit to the Insurance Commissioner an

annual audited financial statement prepared by an accounting firm or

individual holding a permit to practice public accounting in this

state in accordance with the Statements on Auditing Standards

promulgated by the Auditing Standards Board of the American

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Institute of Certified Public Accountants setting forth the total

assets of the bondsman less liabilities and debts. For initial

applications and for subsequent renewals of the license, the

statement shall show a net worth of at least Two Hundred Fifty

Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00). The statement shall be current as

of a date not earlier than ninety (90) days prior to submission of

the application and the statement shall be attested to by an

unqualified opinion of the accountant.

3. Multicounty agent bondsman applicants shall make a deposit

with the Insurance Commissioner in the same manner as required of

domestic insurance companies. The deposit shall not be less than

One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). Provided however, any

and all deposits made pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of

Section 1306 of this title shall count toward the fulfillment of any

deposit amount required by this section. The deposit shall be

subject to all laws, rules, and regulations as deposits by domestic

insurance companies but in no instance, except as provided herein,

shall a multicounty agent bondsman write bonds which equal more than

twelve times the amount of the deposit which the bondsman has

submitted to the Commissioner; provided however, any currently

licensed professional bondsman in good standing with the Department

and who, on the effective date of this act, meets the provisions of

the grandfather clause set forth in Section 1306 of this title and

who otherwise meets the requirements of this section shall be

afforded the same liability ratio as that of such grandfathered

professional bondsman. Such deposit shall require the review and

approval of the Insurance Commissioner prior to exceeding the

maximum amount of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation basic

deposit coverage for any one bank or financial institution. In

addition, a multicounty agent bondsman may make the deposit by

purchasing an annuity through a licensed domestic insurance company

in the State of Oklahoma. The annuity shall be in the name of the

bondsman as owner with legal assignment to the Insurance

Commissioner. The assignment form shall be approved by the

Commissioner. If a bondsman exceeds the above limitation, the

bondsman shall be notified by the Commissioner that the excess shall

be reduced or the deposit increased within ten (10) days of

notification, or the license of the bondsman shall be suspended

immediately after the ten-day period, pending a hearing on the

matter.

4. The deposit provided for in this section shall constitute a

reserve available to meet sums due on forfeiture of any bonds or

recognizance executed by the bondsman.

5. Any deposit made by a multicounty agent bondsman pursuant to

this section shall be released and returned by the Commissioner to

the multicounty agent bondsman only upon extinguishment of all

liability on outstanding bonds. Provided, however, the Commissioner

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shall have the authority to review specific financial circumstances

and history of a multicounty agent bondsman, on a case-by-case

basis, and may release a portion of the deposit if warranted. The

Commissioner may promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of

this paragraph.

6. No release of deposits to a multicounty agent bondsman shall

be made by the Commissioner except upon written application and the

written order of the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall have no

liability for any such release to a multicounty agent bondsman

provided the release was made in good faith.

B. The deposit provided in this section shall be held in

safekeeping by the Insurance Commissioner and shall only be used if

a bondsman fails to pay an order and judgment of forfeiture after

being properly notified or shall be used if the license of a

multicounty agent bondsman has been revoked. The deposit shall be

held in the name of the Insurance Commissioner and the bondsman.

The bondsman shall execute an assignment or pledge of the deposit to

the Insurance Commissioner for the payment of unpaid bond

forfeitures.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 1301 through

1341 of this title, the license of a multicounty agent bondsman is

transferable upon the death or legal or physical incapacitation of

the bondsman to the spouse of the bondsman or to such other

transferee as the multicounty agent bondsman may designate in

writing, and the transferee may elect to act as a multicounty agent

bondsman for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days if the

following conditions are met:

1. The transferee shall hold a valid license as a surety

bondsman in this state; and

2. The asset and deposit requirements set forth in this section

continue to be met.

At the end of the one-hundred-eighty-day period, the transferee

shall be allowed to apply for a license as a multicounty agent

bondsman, provided he or she has been continually licensed as a

surety bondsman for at least five (5) years immediately prior to the

date of application, notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph 1

of subsection A of this section.

D. A multicounty agent bondsman may appoint by power of

attorney a licensed surety bondsman as his or her agent to execute

bail bonds within any county in the State of Oklahoma. The number

of bail bonds a multicounty agent bondsman may insure in counties

other than the county he or she registers his or her license,

pursuant to subsection A of Section 1320 of this title, shall not be

limited by subsection B of Section 1320 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1150.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1150.7
Certificate of registration - Qualifications - Issuance
Status: in_force

- Sanitarian- or environmental specialist-in-training.

A. Applicants for certificate of registration as a sanitarian

or environmental specialist shall be approved for registration by

the Council upon compliance with the following:

1. Have two (2) years of postgraduate, full-time experience

working in the fields of public health or environmental protection;

2. Have a four-year baccalaureate degree with a major in public

health, environmental health, environmental science, physical

science, natural science, biological science, agricultural science,

or equivalent, from an accredited college or university with at

least thirty (30) semester hours of work in physical, natural and

biological sciences, public health and/or environmental health or

environmental protection or both environmental health and

environmental protection;

3. Pass an examination prescribed by the Council, demonstrating

knowledge and understanding of the principles of sanitation and of

the physical, biological and environmental sciences; and

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4. Pay applicable examination and registration fees.

B. Upon compliance with subsection A of this section, the

Commissioner shall issue a certificate of registration as a

registered professional sanitarian or registered professional

environmental specialist. The area of specialization, if any, shall

be designated on the certificate.

C. Applicants who, except for the experience requirement, meet

all qualifications for registration as required in this section may

be granted a certificate as a sanitarian- or environmental

specialist-in-training, which certificate shall remain in effect,

unless revoked by the Commissioner, for a period not to exceed

thirty (30) months after date of issue.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3150.10 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3150.10
Limits on loan fees, interest rates, loan to income
Status: in_force

ratios – Payment methods.

A. A licensee authorized to make small loans under this act may

charge and collect fees in a manner consistent with this section.

B. A licensee may only charge and collect a periodic interest

rate not to exceed seventeen percent (17%) per month unless

otherwise provided by this title.

C. The maximum aggregated principal loan amount of all small

loans outstanding across all licensees per customer shall be One

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) and adjusted every other

year by the Administrator of the Department of Consumer Credit to

reflect the percentage changes in the Consumer Price Index published

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. To

ensure that the maximum aggregated principal amount is not exceeded,

the licensee shall verify outstanding amounts by using a private

database approved by the Administrator. To comply with the

verification required under this act, a lender may be charged a fee

by the database provider not to exceed Two Dollars and twenty cents

($2.20) for each full or partial 30-day period that a balance is

scheduled to be outstanding.

D. 1. Notwithstanding the maximum aggregate loan amount

established in subsection C of this section, a lender is prohibited

from making a small loan if the total scheduled payments coming due

in a month exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the borrower's gross

monthly income.

2. For the purposes of determining a borrower's gross monthly

income under this subsection, a lender shall obtain and maintain

documentation of the borrower's proof of income or third-party

verification of all income considered in making the borrower's gross

monthly income determination.

3. For the purposes of this subsection, "month" means a period

extending from a given date in one (1) calendar month to the same

date in the succeeding calendar month; or if there is no same date

in the succeeding calendar month, the last day of the succeeding

calendar month.

E. Any small loan under this act shall require payment in the

form of cash, money order, debit card, prepaid credit card,

automated clearinghouse debit (ACH payment), remotely created check

debit (RCC payment) or any other instrument for payment of money on

or after the due date of each billing cycle. If the borrower

chooses to authorize the electronic payment of money, the lender:

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1. Must get written authorization from the borrower to

establish the debit;

2. Must give written notice to the borrower before the initial

funds are transferred;

3. Must get additional written approval from the borrower after

a second failed attempt to make a loan payment due to insufficient

funds; and

4. Is permitted to provide electronic written notices to the

borrower as long as the borrower consents to electronic

communications.

F. If a customer defaults under the terms of a small loan and

the licensee refers the customer's account to an attorney for

collection, the licensee may, if the small loan so provides, charge

and collect from the customer a reasonable attorney fee not to

exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding amount.

G. If a check, ACH payment or RCC payment is returned to a

licensee from a payor financial institution due to insufficient

funds, a licensee shall have the authority to assess a twenty-five-

dollar fee against the maker or drawer of the returned check.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2095.18 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-2095.18
Specific violations
Status: in_force

It is a violation of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement

for Mortgage Licensing Act for an entity or individual subject to

the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act

to:

1. Directly or indirectly employ any scheme, device, or

artifice to defraud or mislead borrowers or lenders or to defraud

any entity or individual;

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2. Engage in any unfair or deceptive practice toward any entity

or individual;

3. Obtain property by fraud or misrepresentation;

4. Solicit or enter into a contract with a borrower that

provides in substance that the entity or individual subject to the

Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act may

earn a fee or commission through “best efforts” to obtain or modify

a loan even though a loan is not actually obtained or modified for

the borrower;

5. Solicit, advertise or enter into a contract for specific

interest rates, points or other financing terms unless the terms are

actually available at the time of soliciting, advertising or

contracting;

6. Conduct any business covered by the Oklahoma Secure and Fair

Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act without holding a valid

license as required under the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement

for Mortgage Licensing Act or assist or aide and abet any entity or

individual in the conduct of business under the Oklahoma Secure and

Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act without a valid license

as required under the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for

Mortgage Licensing Act;

7. Fail to make disclosures as required by the Oklahoma Secure

and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act and any other

applicable state or federal law including regulations thereunder;

8. Fail to comply with the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement

for Mortgage Licensing Act or rules promulgated under the Oklahoma

Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act or fail to

comply with any other state or federal law, including any rules

thereunder, applicable to any business authorized or conducted under

the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act;

9. Make, in any manner, any false or deceptive statement or

representation, including, with regard to the rates, points, or

other financing terms or conditions for a residential mortgage loan

or engage in bait and switch advertising;

10. Negligently make any false statement or knowingly and

willfully make any omission of material fact in connection with any

information or reports filed with a governmental agency or the

Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry or in connection

with any investigation conducted by the Administrator of Consumer

Credit or another governmental agency;

11. Make any payment, threat or promise, directly or

indirectly, to any entity or individual for the purposes of

influencing the independent judgment of the entity or individual in

connection with a residential mortgage loan or make any payment,

threat or promise, directly or indirectly, to any appraiser of a

property, for the purposes of influencing the independent judgment

of the appraiser with respect to the value of the property;

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12. Collect, charge, attempt to collect or charge or use or

propose any agreement purporting to collect or charge any fee

prohibited by the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage

Licensing Act;

13. Cause or require a borrower to obtain property insurance

coverage in an amount that exceeds the replacement cost of the

improvements as established by the property insurer; or

14. Fail to truthfully account for monies belonging to a party

to a residential mortgage loan transaction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1850.12 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1850.12
Political subdivisions - Inspections - Permits -
Status: in_force

Registration.

The provisions of the Mechanical Licensing Act shall not

prohibit any political subdivision from appointing inspectors,

making inspections, requiring permits for mechanical work and

charging such fees as are determined to be necessary by such

political subdivision. Said political subdivision may inspect

mechanical work performed within the jurisdiction of that political

subdivision, and may require contractors to register within their

jurisdiction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1117 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1117
Registration of helpers - Reporting list of helpers
Status: in_force

A. A helper shall register annually with the Department. Any

registered helper shall work only under the direct supervision of a

certified operator.

B. Any authority, company, district, county, municipality,

individual or agency providing water or wastewater services shall

report a list of all helpers in its employment as of the first day

of July of each year together with a registration fee for each such

helper and such other information as may be required by the

Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.15 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-199.15
State Cosmetology and Barbering Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury for the State

Board of Cosmetology and Barbering a revolving fund to be designated

the State Cosmetology and Barbering Fund. The fund shall be a

continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall

consist of all fees and penalties collected pursuant to the Oklahoma

Cosmetology and Barbering Act or rules promulgated thereto and any

other funds obtained or received by the State Board of Cosmetology

and Barbering pursuant to the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering

Act. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and shall be expended by the Board

for the purposes of implementing, administering and enforcing the

Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act. Expenditures from the fund

shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against

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claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

B. At the close of each fiscal year the Board shall pay into

the General Revenue Fund of the state ten percent (10%) of the gross

fees and penalties so charged, collected and received by the Board.

Other than the ten percent (10%) all fees and penalties charged and

monies collected and received, are hereby dedicated, appropriated

and pledged to the accomplishment and fulfillment of the purposes of

the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act.

C. All expenses, per diem, salaries, wages, travel, rents,

printing, supplies, maintenance, and other costs incurred by the

Board in the performance of its duty and in accomplishment and

fulfillment of the purposes of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and

Barbering Act shall be a proper charge against and paid from the

State Cosmetology and Barbering Fund. In no event shall any claim

or obligation accrue against the State of Oklahoma nor against the

Cosmetology and Barbering Fund in excess of the ninety percent (90%)

or the amount of fees and penalties collected and paid into the

State Treasury pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Cosmetology and Barbering Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.3a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-396.3a
Persons and businesses required to be licensed
Status: in_force

The following persons, professions and businesses shall be

required to be licensed pursuant to the Funeral Services Licensing

Act:

1. Any person engaged or who may engage in:

a. the practice or profession of funeral directing or

embalming,

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b. maintaining the business of a funeral establishment or

commercial embalming establishment,

c. the sale of any funeral service merchandise, or

d. providing funeral services; and

2. Any funeral establishment or commercial embalming

establishment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-815 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-815
Annual certification of system or process to verify an
Status: in_force

appraiser's credentials.

Each AMC seeking to be registered in this state shall certify to

the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board on an annual basis on a

form prescribed by the Board that the AMC has a system and process

in place to verify that an individual being added to the appraiser

panel of the AMC for appraisal services holds a credential in good

standing in this state pursuant to the Oklahoma Certified Real

Estate Appraisers Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-481v1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-481v1
State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision -
Status: in_force

Members.

A. A State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision

hereinafter referred to as the “Board”, is hereby re-created, to

continue until July 1, 2024, in accordance with the provisions of

the Oklahoma Sunset Law. The Board shall be composed of seven (7)

allopathic physicians licensed to practice medicine in this state

and represent the public and four (4) lay members.

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B. The physician members of the Board shall be graduates of

legally chartered medical schools recognized by the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education or the Liaison Committee on Medical

Education or foreign medical schools recognized by the State Board

of Medical Licensure and Supervision. The physician members shall:

1. Be currently licensed physicians who have actively practiced

as licensed physicians continuously in this state for the three (3)

years immediately preceding their appointment to the Board; or

2. Be retired physicians; provided, that such physicians must

demonstrate satisfactorily to the Board that since retirement they

have remained in compliance with, and are currently in compliance

with, continuing medical education requirements of the Board.

C. All members of the Board shall be residents of this state

and shall be appointed by the Governor as provided for in Section

482 of this title. All present members of the Board shall continue

to serve for the remainder of their current terms.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1872 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1872
Other professionals – Use of title “licensed alcohol and
Status: in_force

drug counselor” – Practice of other profession by licensee.

A. The Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors Act shall in no way

infringe upon the pursuits of the following professionals acting

within the scope of their licenses or employment as such

professionals, nor shall such professionals use the title “licensed

alcohol and drug counselor”:

1. Physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, social

workers, professional counselors, marital and family therapists,

licensed behavioral practitioners, and registered nurses who are

licensed by their respective licensing authorities;

2. Members of the clergy;

3. Persons employed by the state or federal government; and

4. Any person who provides a prepared curriculum of life skills

education and training that is designed to be self-taught, and who

does not provide individual, group or family counseling.

B. The Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors Act shall not be

construed to allow the practice of any of the professions specified

in subsection A of this section by a licensed alcohol and drug

counselor unless the licensed alcohol and drug counselor is also

licensed or accredited by the appropriate agency, institution or

board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-535 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-535
Practice of medicine unauthorized - Exemptions from act
Status: in_force

A. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the practice

of medicine by any person. The provisions of this act do not apply

to physicians licensed as such by the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision; to dentists, duly qualified and

registered under the laws of this state who confine their practice

strictly to dentistry as defined by this title; nor to licensed

optometrists who confine their practice strictly to optometry as

defined by law; nor to licensed chiropractic physicians who confine

their practice strictly to chiropractic as defined by law; nor to

licensed osteopathic physicians or osteopathic physicians and

surgeons who confine their practice strictly to osteopathy as

defined by law; nor to occupational therapists who confine their

practice to occupational therapy as defined by this title; nor to

nurses who practice nursing only as defined by this title; nor to

duly licensed podiatric physicians who confine their practice

strictly to podiatric medicine as defined by law; nor to physical

therapists who confine their practice to physical therapy as defined

by this title; nor to masseurs or masseuses in their particular

sphere of labor; nor to commissioned or contract physicians or

physical therapists or physical therapists' assistants in the United

States Army, Navy, Air Force, Public Health and Marine Health

Services.

B. The provisions of this act shall not apply to persons coming

into this state for a specific athletic event or series of athletic

events with an individual or group not based in this state.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-646.4 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-646.4
Twelve-month minimum for contact lens prescriptions
Status: in_force

Unless a health-related reason for the limitation is noted in

the patient's medical records, contact lens prescriptions shall not

have an expiration date of less than twelve (12) months from the

date the prescription is authorized or the last date of the contact

lens evaluation by an Oklahoma-licensed optometrist, whichever date

is later. In no event shall a contact lens prescription be valid

twelve (12) months after the date of authorization by an Oklahoma-

licensed optometrist.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-164 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-164
Renumbered as Section 161.8 of Title 59 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

265, § 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-536.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-536.5
Advisory Committee of Registered Electrologists
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Advisory Committee of Registered

Electrologists. The Committee shall consist of three (3) members

appointed by the Board. The Board may appoint the Committee members

from a list of six (6) persons submitted annually by the Oklahoma

State Electrologists' Association. Said persons shall have been

licensed electrologists for more than three (3) years, and at the

time, residents of this state and actively engaged in the practice

of electrolysis as herein defined. No person shall be appointed to

the Committee who has been convicted of any felony or any crime

involving moral turpitude.

B. The terms of the members shall be for three (3) years and

until their successors are appointed and qualify. Provided however,

of those first appointed, one shall serve for one (1) year, one

shall serve for two (2) years, and one shall serve for three (3)

years. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original

appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. The Board,

after notice and opportunity for hearing, may remove any member of

the Committee for neglect of duty, incompetence, revocation or

suspension of his electrolysis license, or other dishonorable

conduct.

C. No member of the Committee shall be a stockholder in or a

member of the faculty or board of trustees of any school teaching

electrolysis or engaged in the training of electrologists.

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D. Members of the Committee shall elect from their number a

chairperson. Special meetings of the Committee shall be called by

the chairperson on the written request of any three (3) members.

The Committee may recommend to the Board the adoption of rules

necessary to govern its proceedings and implement the purposes of

the Registered Electrologist Act.

E. Each member of the Committee shall be reimbursed for his

reasonable and necessary expenses as provided for in the State

Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1326 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1326
Defects, omissions, irregularities, etc
Status: in_force

A. No undertaking shall be invalid, nor shall any person be

discharged from his undertaking, nor a forfeiture thereof be stayed

nor shall judgment thereon be stayed, set aside or reversed, the

collection of any such judgment be barred or defeated by reason of

any defect of form, omission or recital or of condition, failure to

note or record the default of any principal or surety, or because of

any other irregularity, or because the undertaking was entered into

on Sunday or other holiday, if it appears from the tenor of the

undertaking before what judge or at what court the principal was

bound to appear, and that the official before whom it was entered

into was legally authorized to take it and the amount of bail is

stated.

B. If no day is fixed for the appearance of the defendant, or

an impossible day or a day in vacation, the undertaking, if for his

appearance before a judge for a hearing, shall bind the defendant to

appear in ten (10) days from the receipt of notice thereof to the

defendant, his counsel, and any surety or bondsman on the

undertaking; and if for his appearance in a court for trial, shall

bind the defendant so to appear on the first day of the next term of

court which shall commence more than three (3) days after the giving

of the undertaking.

C. The liability of a person on an undertaking shall not be

affected by reason of the lack of any qualifications, sufficiency or

competency provided in the criminal procedure law, or by reason of

any other agreement that is expressed in the undertaking, or because

the defendant has not joined in the undertaking.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1721 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1721
Short title
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 1 through 19 of this act shall be

known and may be cited as the "Licensed Dietitian Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3106 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3106
Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A deferred deposit lender shall not:

1. Charge fees other than, or in excess of those authorized by

the Deferred Deposit Lending Act;

2. Make deferred deposit loans at unlicensed locations;

3. Alter or delete the date on an instrument after it has been

accepted by the lender pursuant to a deferred deposit loan;

4. Accept an undated instrument or an instrument dated on a

date other than the date of the deferred deposit loan;

5. Accept an instrument unless the account on which the

instrument is drawn is a legitimate, open and active account;

6. Require a debtor to provide security for the deferred

deposit loan or require a debtor to provide a guaranty from another

person;

7. Advance a loan amount greater than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) to a borrower in one deferred deposit loan transaction

exclusive of the finance charge allowed in Section 3108 of this

title;

8. Engage in a deferred deposit loan with a term of less than

twelve (12) days or more than forty-five (45) days;

9. Negotiate or present an instrument for payment unless the

instrument is endorsed with the actual business name of the lender;

10. Negotiate any instrument presented by a borrower if the

borrower has redeemed the instrument by paying the full amount due

under the deferred deposit loan;

11. Make any charge for insurance in connection with a deferred

deposit loan transaction;

12. Refuse the borrower’s right to rescind the deferred deposit

loan at any time between the time of the deferred deposit loan

transaction and 5 p.m. of the next business day following the

deferred deposit loan transaction;

13. Charge the borrower an additional finance charge or fee for

cashing a lender’s business instrument, if the lender pays the

proceeds from the loan transaction in the form of a business

instrument;

14. Require or accept more than one dated instrument per

deferred deposit loan; or

15. Refuse the borrower’s right to enter into an installment

payment plan, pursuant to this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-567.7
Renewal or reinstatement of license or certificate -
Status: in_force

Temporary retirement from practice - Fees.

A. Upon expiration of an initial license or certificate issued

pursuant to the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act, a license or

certificate shall be renewed every two (2) years according to a

schedule published by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, provided that

the application is complete and qualifying criteria continues to be

met.

B. A licensee or certificate holder who applies for

reinstatement of a license or certificate shall submit a criminal

history records check that complies with Section 567.18 of this

title and meet any other such requirements as the Board may

prescribe in its rules.

C. Contingent upon available resources by the Board, the Board

may require an applicant for renewal who has not previously

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submitted a criminal history records check to the Board to submit a

criminal history records check that complies with Section 567.18 of

this title and meet any other requirements as the Board may

prescribe in its rules.

D. Any licensee or certificate holder who desires to retire

temporarily from the practice of nursing in this state shall submit

a written request to that effect to the Board. It shall be the duty

of the Board to place the name of such licensee or certificate

holder upon the nonpracticing list in accordance with the rules of

the Board. During the period of temporary retirement, the licensee

or certificate holder shall not practice nursing, Advanced Practice

Registered Nursing or practice as an Advanced Unlicensed Assistant

nor be subject to the payment of any renewal fees. When the

licensee or certificate holder desires to resume practice, such

licensee or certificate holder shall meet such requirements as the

Board may prescribe in its rules.

E. The Board is authorized to establish by rule fees to be

charged for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions

of the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act; provided, however, no single

fee for an initial application for licensure or certification, or

for renewal, reinstatement or return to active practice shall

exceed One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00). The application

fee for a multistate license issued pursuant to Section 5 of this

act shall be One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00). The biennial

multistate license renewal fee shall be One Hundred Twenty-five

Dollars ($125.00); provided, however, that contingent upon

implementation of the Nurse Licensure Compact and the Board's

revolving fund balance being reconciled at less than the average of

three (3) months of expenditures, the biennial renewal fee set forth

in Oklahoma Administrative Code 485:10-1-3(a)(2) shall increase by

Ten Dollars ($10.00) by operation of law. The Board may reduce the

biennial renewal fees on a pro rata basis for the specific

Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse biennial renewal

period.

F. The Executive Director of the Board shall suspend the

license or certificate of a person who submits a check, money draft,

or similar instrument for payment of a fee which is not honored by

the financial institution named. The suspension becomes effective

ten (10) days following delivery by certified mail of written notice

of the dishonor and the impending suspension to the person's address

on file. Upon notification of suspension, the person may reinstate

the authorization to practice upon payment of the fees and any and

all costs associated with notice and collection. The suspension

shall be exempt from the Administrative Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1722 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1722
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Licensed Dietitian Act:

1. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision;

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2. "Committee" means the Advisory Committee on Dietetic

Registration of the State Board of Medical Examiners;

3. "Dietetics" means the integration and application of

principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry,

food, physiology, behavioral and social sciences to provide

nutrition services that include:

a. nutrition assessment,

b. the establishment of priorities, goals and objectives

that meet nutritional needs,

c. the provisions of nutrition counseling in health and

disease,

d. the development, implementation and management of

nutrition care plans, and

e. the evaluation and maintenance of appropriate

standards of quality in food and nutrition;

4. "Licensed dietitian" means a person licensed pursuant to the

provisions of the Licensed Dietitian Act;

5. "Provisional licensed dietitian" means a person who has a

limited license pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Dietitian

Act;

6. "Degree" means a degree from an accredited college or

university;

7. "Nutrition assessment" means the evaluation of the

nutritional needs of individuals and groups based upon appropriate

biochemical, physical and dietary data to determine nutrient needs

and recommend appropriate nutrition intake including enteral and

parenteral nutrition; and

8. "Nutrition counseling" means advising and assisting

individuals or groups on appropriate nutrition intake by integrating

information from a nutrition assessment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-711 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-711
Areas of knowledge required for original
Status: in_force

certification.

A. An original certification as a state licensed, state

certified residential or state certified general real estate

appraiser shall not be issued to any person who has not made

application with the Real Estate Appraiser Board within ninety (90)

days of having demonstrated through a written examination process

that such person possesses the following:

1. Appropriate knowledge of technical terms commonly used in or

related to real estate appraising, appraisal report writing, and

economic concepts applicable to real estate;

2. Understanding of the principles of land economics, real

estate appraisal processes, and of problems likely to be encountered

in gathering, interpreting, and processing of data in carrying out

appraisal disciplines;

3. Understanding of the standards for the development and

communication of real estate appraisals as provided in the Oklahoma

Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act;

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4. Knowledge of theories of depreciation, cost estimating,

methods of capitalization, and the mathematics of real estate

appraisal that are appropriate for the classification of certificate

applied for;

5. Knowledge of other principles and procedures as may be

appropriate for the respective classifications;

6. Basic understanding of real estate law; and

7. Understanding of the types of misconduct for which

disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against a trainee, state

licensed, state certified residential or state certified general

real estate appraiser, as set forth in the Oklahoma Certified Real

Estate Appraisers Act.

B. As long as the Board contracts with a private testing firm

in the administration of the written examination process, the Board

shall not require passing test scores which deviate from the

recommendations of such private testing firm.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3023.4 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3023.4
Enforcement program - Investigations
Status: in_force

A. It shall be the duty of the Department of Labor to develop

an enforcement program which will ensure compliance with regulations

and requirements referenced in this chapter. An enforcement program

may include, but is not limited to, regulations for identification

of property locations which are subject to the regulations and

requirements; issuing notifications to violating property owners or

operators; random on-site inspections and tests on existing

installations; witnessing periodic inspections and testing in order

to ensure satisfactory performance by licensed persons, sole

proprietors, firms or corporations; and assisting in the development

of public awareness programs.

B. Any person may request an investigation into an alleged

violation of this chapter by giving notice to the Department of

Labor of such violation or danger. The notice shall be in writing,

shall set forth with reasonable particularity the grounds for the

notice, and shall be signed by the person making the request.

C. Upon receipt of a notification, if the Commissioner

determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a

violation or danger exists, the Commissioner shall cause to be made

an investigation in accordance with this chapter as soon as

practicable to determine if such violation or danger exists. If the

Commissioner determines that there are no reasonable grounds to

believe that a violation or danger exists, the Department of Labor

shall notify the party in writing of such determination.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.25 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-567.25
Personal identification information in the coordinated
Status: in_force

licensure information system – Sharing with nonparty states.

A. In reporting information to the coordinated licensure

information system under Article 6 of the Nurse Licensure Compact,

the Oklahoma Board of Nursing may disclose information that

identifies a person, including Social Security number and date of

birth.

B. The coordinated licensure information system may not share

Social Security numbers and dates of birth with a state not a party

to the Compact.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1350.4 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1350.4
Unlicensed bond enforcement
Status: in_force

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A. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense

for any person whose license as a bail enforcer has been suspended,

revoked, surrendered or denied, to perform, or assist in the

performance of, any function or service as a bail enforcer.

B. Except as provided in subsection C of Section 1311.3 of this

title, it shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense for

a bail enforcer licensed in this state to assist, aid or conspire

with an unlicensed person, or a person whose license as a bail

enforcer or bail bondsman has been suspended, revoked, surrendered

or denied, to engage in any function or service as a bail enforcer.

Provided, however, a commissioned Oklahoma peace officer or reserve

peace officer who is off-duty may assist a bail enforcer without

having been issued a bail enforcer license. Any such peace officer

engaged in a recovery and surrender shall wear clothing clearly

marked "bail enforcer" or "bail enforcement" and shall not wear any

clothing marked "police" or use any other words or phrases that

imply that such person is associated with law enforcement or a

government agency; or use any vehicle marked "police" or with any

other words or phrases that imply that such a person is associated

with law enforcement or a government agency; or display an official

peace officer badge, except when the policies of the officer's

employing law enforcement agency, and the agency in whose

jurisdiction the officer is engaged in a recovery and surrender,

allows the officer to do so.

C. Any violation of this section shall be a violation of the

Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act which is punishable as provided

in Section 1350.2 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1378 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1378
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Legislature makes the following findings:

States license psychologists in order to protect the public

through verification of education, training and experience and

ensure accountability for professional practice.

This Compact is intended to regulate the day-to-day practice of

telepsychology, which is the provision of psychological services

using telecommunication technologies, by psychologists across state

boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice as

assigned by an appropriate authority.

This Compact is intended to regulate the temporary in-person,

face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state

boundaries for thirty (30) days within a calendar year in the

performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an

appropriate authority.

This Compact is intended to authorize state psychology

regulatory authorities to afford legal recognition, in a manner

consistent with the terms of the Compact, to psychologists licensed

in another state.

This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in

protecting the public's health and safety through their licensing

and regulation of psychologists and that such state regulation will

best protect the public health and safety.

This Compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in

both the home and receiving states.

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This Compact does not apply to permanent in-person, face-to-face

practice, but it does allow for the authorization of temporary

psychological practice.

Consistent with these principles, this Compact is designed to

achieve the following purposes and objectives:

1. Increase public access to professional psychological

services by allowing for telepsychological practice across state

lines, as well as temporary in-person, face-to-face services, into a

state in which the psychologist is not licensed to practice

psychology;

2. Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health

and safety, especially client/patient safety;

3. Encourage the cooperation of the compact states in the areas

of psychology licensure and regulation;

4. Facilitate the exchange of information between the compact

states regarding psychologist licensure, adverse actions and

disciplinary history;

5. Promote compliance with the laws governing psychological

practice in each compact state; and

6. Invest all compact states with the authority to hold

licensed psychologists accountable through the mutual recognition of

compact state licenses.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-602 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-602
Additional fee - Disposition
Status: in_force

A. An additional, nonrefundable fee as promulgated by rule by

the Commission shall be added to and payable with the license fee

for both new licenses and renewals of licenses for each licensee as

provided in Section 858-307.1 of this title. Such additional fee

shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Real Estate Education and

Recovery Fund.

B. At the close of each fiscal year, the Commission may

transfer into the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Revolving Fund any

money in excess of that amount required to be retained in the

Oklahoma Real Estate Education and Recovery Fund and that amount

authorized to be expended as provided within this Code that is

remaining in the Oklahoma Education and Recovery Fund and

unexpended.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-540.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-540.1
Purpose of act
Status: in_force

In order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, to

protect the public from being misled by incompetent and un-

authorized persons, to assure the highest degree of professional

conduct on the part of therapeutic recreation specialists and to

assure the availability of therapeutic recreation services of high

quality to persons in need of such services, it is the purpose of

this act to provide for the regulation of persons offering

therapeutic recreation service to the public.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1585 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1585
Dispute resolution - Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. Dispute Resolution.

1. Upon request by a member state, the Commission shall attempt

to resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among member

states and between member and nonmember states.

2. The Commission shall promulgate a rule providing for both

mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes as

appropriate.

B. Enforcement.

1. The Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its

discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of this Compact.

2. By majority vote, the Commission may initiate legal action

in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or

the federal district where the Commission has its principal offices

against a member state in default to enforce compliance with the

provisions of the Compact and its promulgated rules and bylaws. The

relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In

the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing member

shall be awarded all costs of litigation, including reasonable

attorney fees.

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3. The remedies herein shall not be the exclusive remedies of

the Commission. The Commission may pursue any other remedies

available under federal or state law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3102 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3102
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Deferred Deposit Lending Act:

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1. “Administrative Procedures Act” means the general act of

this state governing administrative procedures and is cited in

Section 250 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. “Administrator” means the Administrator as defined in the

Uniform Consumer Credit Code;

3. “Business instrument” means a draft, check or evidence of

the proceeds paid to a debtor in a deferred deposit loan transaction

by a deferred deposit lender;

4. “Consecutive loan” means a new deferred deposit loan that

any lender enters into with a debtor no later than seven (7) days

after the date on which a previous deferred deposit loan made to the

same debtor is paid in full;

5. “Debtor” means the signer of an instrument which is

initially payable to a deferred deposit lender;

6. “Deferred deposit lender” or “lender” means any person

licensed under this act to make deferred deposit loans, including an

assignee of the lender’s right to payment, but use of the term does

not itself impose on an assignee any obligation of the lender with

respect to events occurring before the assignment;

7. “Deferred deposit loan” means a transaction whereby a lender

makes a cash advance to a debtor not as part of a revolving loan

account as defined in Section 3-108 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma

Statutes and, for a finance charge or other consideration, does the

following:

a. accepts a dated instrument from the debtor,

b. agrees to hold the instrument for a period of time

prior to negotiation, deposit or presentation of the

instrument for payment, and

c. advances to the debtor, credits to the debtor’s

account, or pays to another person on the debtor’s

behalf, the amount of the instrument, less the finance

charge permitted by this act;

8. “Finance charge” means the finance charge as defined in

Regulation Z;

9. “Instrument” means a personal check, negotiable order of

withdrawal, or authorization to transfer or withdraw funds from a

deposit account of the debtor signed by the debtor and made payable

to a deferred deposit lender in a deferred deposit loan subject to

this act;

10. “Licensed location” means the place of business where a

lender is allowed to make deferred deposit loans under a license

issued pursuant to this act;

11. “Licensee” means a person licensed to make deferred deposit

loans pursuant to this act;

12. “Loan amount” means the principal which the debtor actually

receives after signing an instrument payable initially to a deferred

deposit lender;

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13. “Person” includes a natural person, an individual,

organization, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust,

association or any other legal entity, however organized;

14. “Principal of a deferred deposit loan” means the total of

the net amount paid to, receivable by or paid or payable for the

account of the debtor;

15. “Regulation Z” means Title 160, Chapter 45 of the Oklahoma

Administrative Code, adopted in conformity with the Consumer Credit

Protection Act, Public Law 90-321, 82 Stat. 146, as amended,

including the amendments to the Federal Consumer Credit Protection

Act in the Truth in Lending Simplification and Reform Act, Public

Law 96-221, 94 Stat. 168-185; and

16. “Renewal” means a transaction in which a debtor pays in

cash the finance charge payable under a deferred deposit loan and

refinances all or part of the unpaid balance of the principal of the

deferred deposit loan with a new deferred deposit loan. A

transaction is also considered a renewal if a debtor pays off an

existing deferred deposit loan with the proceeds of a deferred

deposit loan from another lender.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-355.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-355.1
Brokerage services to both parties in transaction -
Status: in_force

Disclosure.

A. All brokerage agreements shall incorporate as material terms

the duties and responsibilities set forth in Section 858-353 of The

Oklahoma Real Estate License Code.

B. A broker may provide brokerage services to one or both

parties in a transaction.

C. A broker who is providing brokerage services to one or both

parties shall describe and disclose in writing the broker's duties

and responsibilities set forth in Section 858-353 of The Oklahoma

Real Estate License Code prior to the party or parties signing a

contract to sell, purchase, lease, option, or exchange real estate.

D. A firm that provides brokerage services to both parties in a

transaction shall provide written notice to both parties that the

firm is providing brokerage services to both parties to a

transaction prior to the parties signing a contract to purchase,

lease, option or exchange real estate.

E. If a broker intends to provide fewer brokerage services than

those required to complete a transaction, the broker shall provide

written disclosure to the party for whom the broker is providing

brokerage services. Such disclosure shall include a description of

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those steps in the transaction for which the broker will not provide

brokerage services, and also state that the broker assisting the

other party in the transaction is not required to provide assistance

with these steps in any manner.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-302 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-302
Eligibility for license as provisional sales associate
Status: in_force

- Qualifications - Examination - Posteducation requirement.

A. Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall

submit to the Commission evidence of successful completion of ninety

(90) clock hours or its equivalent as determined by the Commission

of basic real estate instruction in a course of study approved by

the Commission, may apply to the Commission to take an examination

for the purpose of securing a license as a provisional sales

associate. The education required in this subsection shall only be

valid for a period of three (3) years from the date the school

certified successful completion of the course; thereafter, the

applicant shall be required to successfully complete an additional

ninety (90) clock hours or its equivalent in basic real estate

instruction.

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B. Application shall be made upon forms prescribed by the

Commission and shall be accompanied by an application fee as

provided for in this Code and all information and documents the

Commission may require.

C. The applicant shall appear in person before the Commission

for an examination which shall be in the form and inquire into the

subjects the Commission shall prescribe.

D. If it shall be determined that the applicant shall have

passed the examination, received final approval of the application,

and paid the appropriate license fee provided for in this Code along

with the Oklahoma Real Estate Education and Recovery Fund fee, the

Commission shall issue to the applicant a provisional sales

associate license.

E. Following the issuance of a provisional sales associate

license, the licensee shall then submit to the Commission, prior to

the expiration of the provisional license, evidence of successful

completion of forty-five (45) clock hours or its equivalent as

determined by the Commission of postlicense education real estate

instruction in a course(s) of study approved by the Commission. A

provisional sales associate who fails to submit evidence of

compliance with the postlicense education requirement pursuant to

this section, prior to the first expiration date of the provisional

sales associate license, shall not be entitled to renew such license

for another license term. However, the Commission shall promulgate

rules for those persons called into active military service for

purposes of satisfying the postlicense education requirement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.26 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-396.26
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any section of this act shall be declared unconstitutional

for any reason, the remainder of this act shall not be affected

thereby.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3022 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3022
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Elevator Safety Act:

1. "Agency" means the Oklahoma Department of Labor;

2. "Certificate of operation" means a document issued by the

Commissioner and affixed to an elevator that indicates that the

elevator has been inspected and tested and found to be in compliance

with all applicable standards of operation as determined by the

Department of Labor;

3. "Certificate of operation - temporary" means a document

issued by the Commissioner that permits temporary use of a

noncompliant elevator by the general public for not more than thirty

(30) days while minor repairs are being completed;

4. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor or his/her

authorized representative;

5. “Chief elevator inspector” means the chief elevator

inspector appointed under the Elevator Safety Act;

6. "Deputy inspector" means an inspector appointed by the chief

elevator inspector subject to the approval of the Commissioner under

the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act;

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7. a. "Elevator" means any device for lifting or moving

people, cargo, or freight within, or adjacent and

connected to, a structure or excavation, and includes

any escalator, power-driven stairway, moving walkway

or stairway chair lift.

b. The term "elevator" does not mean any:

(1) amusement ride or device subject to inspection

and regulation under the provisions of Section

460 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

(2) mining equipment subject to inspection and

regulation by the Department of Mines,

(3) aircraft, railroad car, boat, barge, ship, truck,

or other self-propelled vehicle or component

thereof,

(4) boiler grate stoker or other similar firing

mechanism subject to inspection under the

provisions of the Oklahoma Boiler and Pressure

Vessel Safety Act,

(5) dumbwaiter, conveyor, chain or bucket hoist,

construction hoist or similar devices used for

the primary purpose of elevating or lowering

materials, or

(6) elevator, conveyance, manlift or similar device

in grain elevators, grain warehouses, seed

processing facilities, feed mills and/or flour

mills which is used by employees, but is not

accessible to or used by customers or members of

the general public.

This list is not exhaustive;

8. "Elevator apprentice" means an unlicensed person registered

with the Department of Labor who works under the direct supervision

of a licensed elevator mechanic, licensed elevator contractor, or

licensed elevator inspector;

9. “Licensed elevator contractor" means a person or business

entity that possesses a valid elevator contractor's license issued

by the Department of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the

Elevator Safety Act and is thus entitled to engage in the business

of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing,

repairing, or maintaining elevators;

10. "Licensed elevator inspector" means a person who possesses

a valid elevator inspector's license issued by the Department of

Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act and is

thus entitled to engage in the business of inspecting elevators;

11. "Licensed elevator mechanic" means a person who possesses a

valid elevator mechanic's license issued by the Department of Labor

in accordance with the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act and is

thus, when employed by a licensed elevator contractor, entitled to

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install, construct, alter, service, repair, perform electrical work

on, test, and maintain elevators; and

12. "Private residence" means a separate dwelling or a separate

apartment in a multiple dwelling that is occupied by members of a

single-family unit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-646.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-646.7
Completion of contact lens fitting
Status: in_force

A contact lens fitting shall be complete and a contact lens

prescription may be written when:

1. The optometrist has completed all measurements, tests and

examinations necessary to satisfy his or her professional judgment

that the patient is a viable candidate to wear contact lenses,

recognizing that more than one visit between the patient and the

optometrist may be required; and

2. Contact lenses suitable for the patient's eyes have been

evaluated and fitted by the optometrist to the patient's eyes and

the optometrist is satisfied with the fitting based on ocular health

and the visual needs of the patient.

The patient shall be entitled to receive a copy of the contact

lens prescription with the appropriate number of lenses to fulfill

the prescription until its expiration date.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1007 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1007
Applications
Status: in_force

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Application for examination, license or renewal of license shall

be made to the Construction Industries Board in writing and, if

required, on forms furnished by the Board and shall be accompanied

by the proper fee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.10 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.10
Officers - Election - Tenure - Meetings - Bond -
Status: in_force

Liability - Expenses.

A. The Board of Dentistry shall organize annually at the last

regularly scheduled meeting of the Board before the beginning of

each fiscal year, by electing from among its members a president, a

first vice-president, a second vice-president, and a secretary-

treasurer. The duties of each officer shall be prescribed in the

rules of the Board. The term of office of the persons elected

president, vice-presidents and secretary-treasurer shall be for the

following fiscal year and until their successors are elected and

qualified.

B. The Board shall hold regularly scheduled meetings during

each quarter of the year at a time and place determined by the Board

and may hold such additional regular meetings, special meetings,

emergency meetings, or continued or reconvened meetings as found by

the Board to be expedient or necessary. A majority of the Board

shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

C. The Board shall act in accordance with the provisions of the

Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the

Administrative Procedures Act.

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D. The responsibilities and rights of any member or employee of

the Board who acts within the scope of Board duties or employment

shall be governed by the Governmental Tort Claims Act.

E. Members of the Board, committee members, anesthesia

inspectors and investigative panel members appointed by the Board

shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all

actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their

duties in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1461 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1461
Nonresident applicants - Consent to suit
Status: in_force

A. Each nonresident applicant for an original license or a

renewal license shall file with the Council an irrevocable consent

that actions against said applicants may be filed in any appropriate

court of any county or municipality of this state in which plaintiff

resides or in which some part of the transaction occurred out of

which the alleged cause of action arose and that process on any such

action may be served on the applicant by leaving two copies thereof

with the Council. Such consent shall stipulate and agree that such

service or process shall be taken and held to be valid and binding

for all purposes. The Council shall send forthwith one copy of the

process to the applicant at the address shown on the records of the

Council by registered or certified mail.

B. Nonresident applicants must satisfy the requirements of

Section 1458 of this title.

Added Laws 1971, c. 140, § 11, emerg. eff. May 17, 1971. Amended by
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-704 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-704
Use of term "state certified" – Injunctive
Status: in_force

proceedings.

A. No person, other than a trainee, state licensed, state

certified residential or state certified general real estate

appraiser, shall assume or use that title or any title, designation,

or abbreviation likely to create the impression of certification as

a real estate appraiser by this state. A person who is not

certified pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Certified Real

Estate Appraisers Act shall not describe or refer to any appraisal

or other evaluation of real estate located in this state by using

the term "state certified".

B. Violation of subsection A of this section, including using

or attempting to use the seal, certificate, or license of another as

their own, or falsely impersonating any duly licensed appraiser, or

using or attempting to use an inactive, expired, suspended, or

revoked license, is declared to be adverse to the public welfare, to

constitute a public nuisance, and to cause irreparable harm to the

public welfare. The Real Estate Appraiser Board, through the

Attorney General, or the local district attorney may maintain an

action for injunctive relief in the district court in the county in

which a violation of this section is alleged to have occurred to

enjoin any person from engaging in such practice.

C. Upon the filing of a verified petition in a district court,

the court, if satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that a person has

been engaged in the practice of real estate appraisal without a

valid license, may enter a temporary restraining order without

notice or bond enjoining the defendant from further practice. The

showing of the absence of a valid, active, unexpired license, by

affidavit or otherwise, is sufficient for the issuance of a

temporary injunction. If it is established that the defendant has

been or is engaged in violation of subsection A of this section, the

court may enter an order or judgment perpetually enjoining the

defendant from further unlawful acts. In all proceedings under this

section, the court, in its discretion, may apportion the costs among

the parties interested in the action, including the cost of filing

the complaint, service of process, witness fees and expenses, court-

reported charges, and reasonable attorney fees. These injunctive

proceedings shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all

penalties and other remedies provided in the Oklahoma Certified Real

Estate Appraisers Act.

D. This act is hereby deemed to be voluntary on the part of

those who apply to become trainee, state licensed, state certified

residential or state certified general real estate appraisers.

Users of appraisals may determine, by their own discretion or by

guidelines, whether or not to use a trainee, state licensed, state

certified residential or state certified general real estate

appraiser.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-4200.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-4200.7
Massage therapy schools - License required -
Status: in_force

Instruction as massage therapist

A. A person shall not advertise, maintain, manage or operate a

massage therapy school unless the school is licensed by the Oklahoma

Board of Private Vocational Schools.

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B. A person shall not instruct as a massage therapist unless

the instruction is within the scope of curriculum at a licensed

massage therapy school.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-826 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-826
Grounds for denial of registration
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board may refuse to issue a

registration either on an original application or a renewal

application, if it has reasonable grounds to believe and finds any

of the following to be true:

1. That the applicant or any partner has, within twelve (12)

months preceding the date of the application violated any provision

of the Oklahoma Appraisal Management Company Regulation Act or

regulation of the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board;

2. That the applicant is not of good moral character;

3. That the applicant has been the holder of a registration

revoked or suspended for cause, or surrendered in lieu of

disciplinary proceedings;

4. That the applicant, in the case of an application for

renewal of any registration, would not be eligible for such license

on a first application;

5. That the issuance of the registration applied for would

result in a violation of any provision of the Oklahoma Appraisal

Management Company Regulation Act; or

6. When, in the judgment of the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser

Board, the registrant has, in the conduct of affairs under the

registration, demonstrated incompetency, or untrustworthiness, or

conduct or practices rendering the registrant unfit to carry on

appraisal management services or making continuance in the business

detrimental to the public interest, or that the licensee is no

longer in good faith carrying on appraisal management services, and

for this conduct is found by the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser

Board to be a source of detriment, injury, or loss to the public.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-721 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-721
Renewal certificate - Late renewal fee
Status: in_force

A. To obtain a renewal certificate as a trainee, state

licensed, state certified residential or state certified general

real estate appraiser, the holder of a current, valid certificate

shall make application and pay the prescribed fee to the Board not

earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days nor later than thirty

(30) days after the expiration date of the certificate then held.

With the application for renewal, the trainee, state licensed, state

certified residential or state certified general real estate

appraiser shall present evidence in the form prescribed by the Board

of having completed the continuing education requirements for

renewal specified pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Certified Real Estate Appraisers Act.

B. If a person fails to renew a certificate as a trainee, state

licensed, state certified residential or state certified general

real estate appraiser prior to its expiration, the person may obtain

a renewal certificate by satisfying all of the requirements for

renewal and by the payment of a late renewal fee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1587 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1587
Construction and severability
Status: in_force

This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate

the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be

severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this

Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member

state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any

government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the

validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability

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thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not

be affected thereby. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the

constitution of any member state, the Compact shall remain in full

force and effect as to the remaining member states and in full force

and effect as to the member state affected as to all severable

matters.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-353.16A — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-353.16A
Incapacity of pharmacist - Effect on license
Status: in_force

The Board may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend, revoke

or restrict the license of any pharmacist because of incapacity of a

nature that prevents such pharmacist from engaging in the practice

of pharmacy with reasonable skill, competence and safety to the

public.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-708 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-708
Fees
Status: in_force

A. The Insurance Department shall charge and collect fees not

to exceed the following:

1. Trainee Appraiser Certificate

(annually) $300.00

2. State Licensed Appraiser Certificate

(annually) $300.00

3. State Certified General Appraiser

Certificate (annually) $300.00

4. State Certified Residential Appraiser

Certificate (annually) $300.00

5. State Licensed Appraiser Examination $150.00

6. State Certified General Appraiser

Examination $150.00

7. State Certified Residential Appraiser

Examination $150.00

8. Reexamination Fee $150.00

9. Late Fee $50.00

10. Reinstatement Fee $50.00

11. Duplicate for Lost or Destroyed

Certificate $5.00

12. Temporary Practice Fee Per Appraisal $50.00

13. Maximum Temporary Practice Fee Per

Assignment $150.00

B. The Department shall charge and collect such fees as may be

promulgated by administrative rule by the Real Estate Appraiser

Board for the conduct of experience reviews required in the

licensing process.

C. The Department shall charge and collect such fees as may be

promulgated by administrative rule by the Real Estate Appraiser

Board for review of submissions by course providers and instructors.

D. All state licensed, state certified residential, and state

certified general appraisers shall be responsible for payment of all

Federal Registry Fees. The Real Estate Appraiser Board shall

promulgate rules to assist appraisers in meeting the requirements of

the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions

Examination Council.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1800.19 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1800.19
Battery-charged security fences
Status: in_force

A battery-charged security fence shall meet the following

requirements:

1. Interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a manner that

enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon the

business or law enforcement in response to an intrusion or burglary;

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2. Is located on a property that is not designated by a

municipality or county exclusively for residential use;

3. Has an energizer that is powered by a commercial storage

battery that is not more than twelve (12) volts of direct current;

4. Has an energizer that meets the standards set forth by the

International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76,

current edition;

5. Is completely surrounded by a non-electric perimeter fence

or wall that is not less than five (5) feet in height;

6. Does not exceed ten (10) feet in height or two (2) feet

higher than the non-electric perimeter fence or wall described in

paragraph 5 of this section, whichever is higher; and

7. Is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on

the battery-charged security fence at not more than thirty-foot

intervals and display: "WARNING – ELECTRIC FENCE".
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-638.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-638.1
Guidance to osteopathic physicians for recommending
Status: in_force

medical marijuana – Disciplinary action.

A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners is hereby

authorized to issue guidance to all osteopathic physicians in this

state on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients.

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B. The Board may take disciplinary action as provided for in

the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act against any osteopathic

physician who willfully violates or aids another in the willful

violation of the provisions of Section 420 et seq. of Title 63 of

the Oklahoma Statutes or the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No.

2612 of the 1st Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-533 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-533
Violation of act - Penalty
Status: in_force

Violation of any provision of this act shall be a misdemeanor

and conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than

Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars

($200.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1925.6 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1925.6
License - Application - Qualifications - Examinations
Status: in_force

A. Applications for a license to practice as a licensed marital

and family therapist shall be made to the State Board of Behavioral

Health Licensure in writing. Such applications shall be on a form

and in a manner prescribed by the Board. The application shall be

accompanied by the fee required by Section 1925.18 of this title

which shall be retained by the Board and not returned to the

applicant.

B. Each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed

marital and family therapist shall:

1. Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

2. Not have engaged in, nor be engaged in, any practice or

conduct which would be a grounds for revoking, suspending or placing

on probation a license under Section 1925.15 of this title; and

3. Otherwise comply with the rules and regulations promulgated

by the Board pursuant to the provisions of the Marital and Family

Therapist Licensure Act.

C. In addition to the qualifications specified by the

provisions of subsection B of this section any person applying for a

license after September 1, 1991, to practice as a licensed marital

and family therapist shall have the following educational and

experience qualifications:

1. A master's degree or a doctoral degree in marital and family

therapy, or a content-equivalent degree as defined by the Board;

2. Successful completion of two (2) calendar years of work

experience in marital and family therapy following receipt of a

qualifying degree, under supervision in accordance with standards

established by the Board; and

3. An applicant applying for a license after September 1, 1991,

shall also be required to pass a written or oral examination or both

written and oral examination administered by the Board if, at the

discretion of the Board, such examination is deemed necessary in

order to determine the applicant's qualifications for the practice

of marital and family therapy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.28a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.28a
Applicant criminal background check
Status: in_force

Every applicant for any type of license or permit issued by the

Board of Dentistry shall be subject to a national criminal

background check. The Board may deny a license or permit for any

applicant who fails to disclose a criminal history or a

disqualifying violation of the law pursuant to Section 328.32 of

this title, Medicaid fraud, or a violation of federal or state

controlled dangerous substances laws.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1724 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1724
Initial appointments to Committee
Status: in_force

A. In making the initial appointments to the Committee, the

Board shall designate two members for terms expiring August 31,

1987, one member for a term expiring August 31, 1986.

B. In making the initial appointments to the Committee, the

Board shall appoint three persons otherwise qualified pursuant to

the provisions of the Licensed Dietitian Act who also have been for

sixty (60) months immediately preceding their appointment and who

presently are registered as registered dietitians by the Commission

on Dietetic Registration.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-145.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-145.1
Continuing education requirement for renewal of license
Status: in_force

- Exemptions.

A. Sixty (60) hours of continuing education shall be required

for renewal of an individual license to practice podiatric medicine

in this state. This must be obtained in the two-year period

immediately preceding the two-year period for which the license is

to be issued. Such continuing education shall include not less than

two (2) hours of education in pain management or two (2) hours of

education in opioid use or addiction, unless the licensee has

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board of Podiatric Medical

Examiners that the licensee does not currently hold a valid federal

Drug Enforcement Administration registration number. The continuing

education required by this section shall be any of the following:

1. Education presented by an organization approved by the

Council on Continuing Education of the American Podiatric Medical

Association;

2. A national, state or county podiatric medical association

meeting approved by the Board;

3. Hospital-sponsored scientific programs approved by the

Board; or

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4. Six (6) hours of continuing education credit may be obtained

by attending meetings and hearings of the Board.

At least thirty (30) hours of the required sixty (60) hours must be

obtained in this state.

B. Any practitioner not so satisfying the Board of the

fulfillment of the continuing education requirements required by

subsection A of this section shall cease to be entitled to have such

license renewed.

C. Any practitioner fully retired from the practice of

podiatric medicine shall be exempt from compliance with the

requirements imposed by subsection A of this section. However, upon

resuming the practice of podiatric medicine, the individual shall

fulfill such requirements which have accrued from October 1, 1979,

to the time of resumption of practice.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.14B — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-15.14B
Acts subject to penalty
Status: in_force

After notice and hearing, the Oklahoma Accountancy Board may

impose any one or more of the penalties authorized in Section 15.24

of this title on a certified public accountant or a public

accountant for any one or more of the following causes:

1. Fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate, license,

practice privilege or permit;

2. Dishonesty, fraud, or gross negligence in accountancy or

financially related activities;

3. Conviction, plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere of a

felony in a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or federal

court of the United States if the acts involved would have

constituted a felony under the laws of this state;

4. Conviction, plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere of

any misdemeanor, an element of which is dishonesty or fraud,

pursuant to the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction if the

acts involved would have constituted a misdemeanor under the laws of

this state;

5. Failure to comply with professional standards in the Board’s

professional code of conduct to the attest and/or compilation

competency requirement for those who supervise attest and/or

compilation engagements and sign the report on financial statements

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or other compilation communications with respect to financial

statements; and

6. Violation of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma

Accountancy Act and rules promulgated for its implementation by the

Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-61.6 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-61.6
Board of Barber Examiners - Licenses
Status: in_force

Any person practicing the trade of barber, barber instructor, or

apprentice barber, without having at the time a valid, unrevoked

certificate, as provided in this act, or any person who as owner,

lessee, manager, or in any other supervisory capacity, employs a

person practicing the trade of barber, barber instructor, or

apprentice barber without such person having a valid, unrevoked

certificate as a barber, barber instructor, or apprentice barber,

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction,

be fined not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and each day

of such practice, or each day such unlicensed person is so employed,

shall constitute a separate offense. All fines under the provisions

of this section shall be paid into the common school fund of the

county wherein the conviction is had.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1301 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1301
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. Sections 1301 through 1341 of this title shall only apply to

the regulation of bail bonds for crimes, the punishment of which may

be in excess of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) fine or twenty (20) days in

jail, or both such fine and imprisonment.

B. As used in Sections 1301 through 1341 of this title:

1. "Commissioner" means the Insurance Commissioner of the State

of Oklahoma;

2. "Clerk" means the district or municipal court clerk;

3. "Insurer" means any domestic, foreign or alien surety

company which has qualified generally to transact surety business

and specifically to transact bail bond business in this state and

any professional bondsman or multicounty agent bondsman;

4. "Bail bondsman" means a surety bondsman, professional

bondsman, multicounty agent bondsman, property bondsman, or a cash

bondsman as hereinafter defined;

5. "Surety bondsman" means any person who has been approved by

the Commissioner and appointed by an insurer by power of attorney to

execute or countersign bail bonds for the insurer in connection with

judicial proceedings and charges and receives money for his or her

services;

6. "Managing general agent" (M.G.A.) means any person acting in

the capacity of supervisor or manager over a licensed bondsman, who

has been granted the authority or responsibility by an insurer to

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conduct surety business on its behalf, and to oversee the activities

and conduct of the appointed licensed bondsman agents of the

insurer, and who generally functions as an intermediate manager

between the insurer and its licensed bondsman agents. A managing

general agent fulfilling these functions shall be a natural person,

shall meet the qualifications of paragraph 5 of this subsection and

shall be licensed as a bondsman;

7. "Professional bondsman" means any person who has been

approved by the Commissioner and who pledges cash as security for a

bail bond in connection with a judicial proceeding and charges and

receives money for his or her services;

8. "Property bondsman" means any person who has been approved

by the Commissioner and who pledges real property as security for a

bail bond in a judicial proceeding and charges and receives money

for his or her services;

9. "Cash bondsman" means any person who has been approved by

the Commissioner and who deposits cash money as security for a bail

bond in a judicial proceeding and charges and receives money for his

or her services;

10. "Escrow deposit" means cash or valuable security deposited

by an insurer to secure the face amount of forfeiture pending

appeal;

11. "Solicitation" means to ask for earnestly, seek to obtain

by persuasion or entreaty, implore, beseech, tempt or entice a

person directly or through another person by personal, mechanical,

printed or published means to purchase a bail bond. Solicitation

shall not include mass communication advertising, which shall

include, but not be limited to, television, newspapers, magazines

and billboards;

12. "Bond" means an appearance bond for a specified monetary

amount which is executed by the defendant and a licensed bondsman

pursuant to the provisions of Section 1301 et seq. of this title and

which is issued to a court clerk as security for the subsequent

court appearance of the defendant upon release from actual custody

pending the appearance; and

13. "Multicounty agent bondsman" means a professional bondsman

who has been approved by the Commissioner and who otherwise complies

with the provisions of Section 1306.1 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1281 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1281
Purpose of Compact
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice

of Regulated Social Workers by improving public access to competent

Social Work Services. The Compact preserves the regulatory

authority of States to protect public health and safety through the

current system of State licensure.

This Compact is designed to achieve the following objectives:

A. Increase public access to Social Work Services;

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B. Reduce overly burdensome and duplicative requirements

associated with holding multiple licenses;

C. Enhance the Member States’ ability to protect the public’s

health and safety;

D. Encourage the cooperation of Member States in regulating

multistate practice;

E. Promote mobility and address workforce shortages by

eliminating the necessity for licenses in multiple states by

providing for the mutual recognition of other Member State licenses;

F. Support military families;

G. Facilitate the exchange of licensure and disciplinary

information among Member States;

H. Authorize all Member States to hold a Regulated Social

Worker accountable for abiding by a Member State’s laws,

regulations, and applicable professional standards in the Member

State in which the client is located at the time care is rendered;

and

I. Allow for the use of telehealth to facilitate increased

access to regulated Social Work Services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-816 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-816
Annual certification of system to validate an
Status: in_force

appraiser's performance.

Each AMC seeking to be registered or to renew a registration in

this state shall certify to the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board

on a form prescribed by the Board on an annual basis that it has a

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system in place to perform an appraisal review of the work product

of a statistically significant number of appraisal reports submitted

by each appraiser who is performing appraisals for the AMC on a

periodic basis to validate that the appraisals are being conducted

in accordance with the USPAP and the Oklahoma Certified Real Estate

Appraisers Act and the rules promulgated thereunder. An AMC shall

report to the Board the results of any appraisal reviews in which an

appraisal is found to be substantially noncompliant with USPAP.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-889.10 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-889.10
License required to advertise or represent – Violations
Status: in_force

of act - Penalties.

A. No person shall advertise, in any manner, or otherwise

represent himself or herself as a licensed music therapist or as a

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provider of music therapy services unless the person is licensed

pursuant to the provisions of the Music Therapy Practice Act.

B. It shall be a misdemeanor for a person to violate any

provision of the Music Therapy Practice Act and, upon conviction,

such person shall be subject to one or more of the following actions

which may be taken by the Board in consultation with the Music

Therapy Committee:

1. Revocation of license;

2. Suspension of license not to exceed six (6) months from the

date of hearing; or

3. Invocation of restrictions in the form of probation as

defined by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1273 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1273
Enforcement of act - Surety for costs
Status: in_force

The Board shall enforce the provisions of this law and they

shall be exempt from providing surety for the costs in connection

with the commencement of any legal proceedings under this law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1820.17 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1820.17
Fire Extinguisher Industry Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Office of the State Fire Marshal, to be designated the "Fire

Extinguisher Industry Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies received by the Office of the State Fire

Marshal pursuant to the Fire Extinguisher Licensing Act. All monies

accruing to the credit of such fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended by the Office of the State Fire Marshal for

the purpose of implementing the Fire Extinguisher Licensing Act.

Expenditures from such fund shall be made upon warrants issued by

the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.