Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-540.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-540.3
License required
Status: in_force

A. No person shall practice or hold himself or herself out as

being able to practice therapeutic recreation or provide therapeutic

recreation services in this state unless the person is licensed in

accordance with the provisions of the Therapeutic Recreation

Practice Act.

B. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent or

restrict the practice, services, or activities of:

1. Any person of other licensed professions or personnel

supervised by licensed professions in this state from performing

work incidental to the practice of his or her profession or

occupation, if that person does not represent himself or herself as

a therapeutic recreation specialist;

2. Any person enrolled in a course of study leading to a degree

or certificate in therapeutic recreation from performing therapeutic

recreation services incidental to the person's course work when

supervised by a licensed professional, if the person is designated

by a title which clearly indicates his or her status as a student;

3. Any person whose training and national certification attests

to the individual’s preparation and ability to practice his or her

profession, if that person does not represent himself or herself as

a therapeutic recreation specialist;

4. Any therapeutic recreation assistant providing therapeutic

recreation services under the direct supervision of a licensed

therapeutic recreation specialist. Such an individual would not be

permitted to conduct assessments and/or develop treatment plans;

5. Any individual providing recreational programs to a person

with disabilities as a normal part of the leisure lifestyle of the

person with disabilities;

6. Any person employed by an agency, bureau or division of the

federal government while in the discharge of official duties;

provided, however, if such individual engages in the practice of

therapeutic recreation outside the line of official duty, the

individual must be licensed as herein provided;

7. Any occupational therapist or occupational therapy

assistants in the area of play and leisure; and

8. Any individual providing services in a state facility or to

children in state custody.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1284 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1284
Multistate License eligibility
Status: in_force

A. To be eligible for a Multistate License under the terms and

provisions of the Compact, an applicant, regardless of category

must:

1. Hold or be eligible for an active, Unencumbered License in

the Home State;

2. Pay any applicable fees, including any State fee, for the

Multistate License;

3. Submit, in connection with an application for a Multistate

License, fingerprints or other biometric data for the purpose of

obtaining criminal history record information from the Federal

Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining

that State’s criminal records;

4. Notify the Home State of any Adverse Action, Encumbrance, or

restriction on any professional license taken by any Member State or

non-Member State within thirty (30) days from the date the action is

taken;

5. Meet any continuing competence requirements established by

the Home State;

6. Abide by the laws, regulations, and applicable standards in

the Member State where the client is located at the time care is

rendered.

B. An applicant for a clinical-category Multistate License must

meet all of the following requirements:

1. Fulfill a competency requirement, which shall be satisfied

by either:

a. passage of a clinical-category Qualifying National

Exam, or

b. licensure of the applicant in their Home State at the

clinical category, beginning prior to such time as a

Qualifying National Exam was required by the Home

State and accompanied by a period of continuous Social

Work licensure thereafter, all of which may be further

governed by the Rules of the Commission, or

c. the substantial equivalency of the foregoing

competency requirements which the Commission may

determine by Rule;

2. Attain at least a master’s degree in Social Work from a

program that is:

a. operated by a college or university recognized by the

Licensing Authority, and

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b. accredited, or in candidacy that subsequently becomes

accredited, by an accrediting agency recognized by

either:

(1) the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or

its successor, or

(2) the United States Department of Education;

3. Fulfill a practice requirement, which shall be satisfied by

demonstrating completion of either:

a. a period of postgraduate supervised clinical practice

equal to a minimum of three thousand (3,000) hours, or

b. a minimum of two (2) years of full-time postgraduate

supervised clinical practice, or

c. the substantial equivalency of the foregoing practice

requirements which the Commission may determine by

Rule.

C. An applicant for a master’s-category Multistate License must

meet all of the following requirements:

1. Fulfill a competency requirement, which shall be satisfied

by either:

a. passage of a master's-category Qualifying National

Exam,

b. licensure of the applicant in their Home State at the

master’s category, beginning prior to such time as a

Qualifying National Exam was required by the Home

State at the master’s category and accompanied by a

continuous period of Social Work licensure thereafter,

all of which may be further governed by the Rules of

the Commission, or

c. the substantial equivalency of the foregoing

competency requirements which the Commission may

determine by Rule;

2. Attain at least a master’s degree in Social Work from a

program that is:

a. operated by a college or university recognized by the

Licensing Authority, and

b. accredited, or in candidacy that subsequently becomes

accredited, by an accrediting agency recognized by

either:

(1) the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or

its successor, or

(2) the United States Department of Education.

D. An applicant for a bachelor’s-category Multistate License

must meet all of the following requirements:

1. Fulfill a competency requirement, which shall be satisfied

by either:

a. passage of a bachelor’s-category Qualifying National

Exam,

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b. licensure of the applicant in their Home State at the

bachelor’s category, beginning prior to such time as a

Qualifying National Exam was required by the Home

State and accompanied by a period of continuous Social

Work licensure thereafter, all of which may be further

governed by the Rules of the Commission, or

c. the substantial equivalency of the foregoing

competency requirements which the Commission may

determine by Rule;

2. Attain at least a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from a

program that is:

a. operated by a college or university recognized by the

Licensing Authority, and

b. accredited, or in candidacy that subsequently becomes

accredited, by an accrediting agency recognized by

either:

(1) the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or

its successor, or

(2) the United States Department of Education.

E. The Multistate License for a Regulated Social Worker is

subject to the renewal requirements of the Home State. The

Regulated Social Worker must maintain compliance with the

requirements of subsection A of this section to be eligible to renew

a Multistate License.

F. The Regulated Social Worker’s services in a Remote State are

subject to that Member State’s regulatory authority. A Remote State

may, in accordance with due process and that Member State’s laws,

remove a Regulated Social Worker’s Multistate Authorization to

Practice in the Remote State for a specific period of time, impose

fines, and take any other necessary actions to protect the health

and safety of its citizens.

G. If a Multistate License is encumbered, the Regulated Social

Worker’s Multistate Authorization to Practice shall be deactivated

in all Remote States until the Multistate License is no longer

encumbered.

H. If a Multistate Authorization to Practice is encumbered in a

Remote State, the regulated Social Worker’s Multistate Authorization

to Practice may be deactivated in that State until the Multistate

Authorization to Practice is no longer encumbered.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1641 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1641
Construction of act
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect or modify any

unexpired welder certification issued prior to the adoption hereof.

Holders of unexpired welder certifications issued by the

Commissioner of Labor shall be entitled to renew said certificates

as herein provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-495a.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-495a.1
License reregistration
Status: in_force

A. At regular intervals set by the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision, no less than one time per annum, each

licensee licensed by the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical

Licensure and Supervision Act shall demonstrate to the Board the

licensee's continuing qualification to practice medicine and

surgery. The licensee shall apply for license reregistration on a

form or forms provided by the Board, which shall be designed to

require the licensee to update or add to the information in the

Board's file relating to the licensee and his or her professional

activity. It shall also require the licensee to report to the Board

the following information:

1. Any action taken against the licensee for acts or conduct

similar to acts or conduct described in the Oklahoma Allopathic

Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act as grounds for

disciplinary action by:

a. any jurisdiction or authority (United States or

foreign) that licenses or authorizes the practice of

medicine and surgery,

b. any peer review body,

c. any health care institution,

d. any professional medical society or association,

e. any law enforcement agency,

f. any court, or

g. any governmental agency;

2. Any adverse judgment, settlement, or award against the

licensee arising from a professional liability claim;

3. The licensee's voluntary surrender of or voluntary

limitation on any license or authorization to practice medicine and

surgery in any jurisdiction, including military, public health and

foreign;

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4. Any denial to the licensee of a license or authorization to

practice medicine and surgery by any jurisdiction, including

military, public health or foreign;

5. The licensee's voluntary resignation from the medical staff

of any health care institution or voluntary limitation of the

licensee's staff privileges at such an institution if that action

occurred while the licensee was under formal or informal

investigation by the institution or a committee thereof for any

reason related to alleged medical incompetence, unprofessional

conduct, or mental or physical impairment;

6. The licensee's voluntary resignation or withdrawal from a

national, state, or county medical society, association, or

organization if that action occurred while the licensee was under

formal or informal investigation or review by that body for any

reason related to possible medical incompetence, unprofessional or

unethical conduct, or mental or physical impairment;

7. Whether the licensee has abused or has been addicted to or

treated for addiction to alcohol or any chemical substance during

the previous registration period, unless such person is in a

rehabilitation program approved by the Board;

8. Whether the licensee has had any physical injury or disease

or mental illness during the previous registration period that

affected or interrupted his or her practice of medicine and surgery;

and

9. The licensee's completion of continuing medical education or

other forms of professional maintenance or evaluation, including

specialty board certification or recertification, during the

previous registration period.

B. The Board may require continuing medical education for

license reregistration and require documentation of that education.

The Board shall promulgate rules on the specific requirements of the

amount of continuing medical education needed for reregistration.

Failure to meet the requirements in the allotted time may result in

the licensee being required to pay a nondisciplinary fine by the

Board secretary of up to but not more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00).

C. The Board shall require that the licensee receive not less

than one (1) hour of education in pain management or one (1) hour of

education in opioid use or addiction each year preceding an

application for renewal of a license, unless the licensee has

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board that the licensee does

not currently hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration

registration number.

D. The licensee shall sign and attest to the veracity of the

application form for license reregistration. Failure to report

fully and correctly shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the

Board.

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E. The Board shall establish a system for reviewing

reregistration forms. The Board may initiate investigations and

disciplinary proceedings based on information submitted by licensees

for license reregistration.

F. Upon a finding by the Board that the licensee is fit to

continue to practice medicine and surgery in this state, the Board

shall issue to the licensee a license to practice medicine and

surgery during the next registration period.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-540.8 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-540.8
Restrictions on the use of certain words and the letters
Status: in_force

TRS/L or CTRS/L in connection with a name or business.

A. A licensed therapeutic recreation specialist may use the

letters TRS/L or CTRS/L in connection with his or her name or place

of business. CTRS/L is contingent upon maintenance of the National

Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) credential.

B. A person or business entity, its employees, agents, or

representatives shall not use in conjunction with that person's name

or the activity of the business the words therapeutic recreation

specialist, therapeutic recreation, recreational therapy,

recreational therapist, recreation therapist, the letters CTRS, TRS,

or TR, or any other words, abbreviations or insignia indicating or

implying directly or indirectly that therapeutic recreation is

provided or supplied, including the billing of services labeled as

therapeutic recreation, unless such services are provided under the

direction of a therapeutic recreation specialist licensed pursuant

to this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.5a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1000.5a
License without examination - Reciprocity
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, by way of reciprocity

and without examination, an application for any license issued by

any committee or board under the authority of the Construction

Industries Board to engage in any work or trade in this state

subject to the Board's regulatory authority may be made to the Board

in writing on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board. The

application shall be accompanied by a fee pursuant to Section 1000.5

of this title, which shall not be refundable under any

circumstances. If the application is disapproved by the Board, it

shall be returned to the applicant with the reason for its

disapproval stated thereon.

B. The Board may, in its discretion, issue a license by

reciprocity to an applicant who is currently licensed to practice an

applicable trade in another state, country, territory, province or

city outside of the State of Oklahoma, upon a satisfactory showing

of the following:

1. That the requirements for licensure in the city, state,

country, territory or province in which the applicant is licensed

are deemed by the Board to be substantially the same or equivalent

to the requirements for obtaining an original license by examination

in force in this state at the date of such license;

2. That one (1) year immediately prior to the date of payment

of the required fee the applicant lawfully practiced an applicable

trade within and under the laws of city, state, country, territory

or province pursuant to a license issued thereby authorizing such

practice;

3. That no disciplinary matters are pending against the

applicant in any city, state, country, territory or province, and

relating to the applicable trade in which the applicant seeks

reciprocity;

4. That the license being reciprocated was obtained by

examination in the city, state, country, territory or province

wherein it was issued; and

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5. That the applicant meets all other requirements of the

Construction Industries Board Act, including payment of the

applicable license fee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-358 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-358
Duties of broker following termination, expiration or
Status: in_force

completion of performance.

Except as may be provided in a written brokerage agreement

between the broker and a party to a transaction, the broker owes no

further duties or responsibilities to the party after termination,

expiration, or completion of performance of the transaction, except:

1. To account for all monies and property relating to the

transaction; and

2. To keep confidential all confidential information received

by the broker during the broker's relationship with a party.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-4100.2 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-4100.2
Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in
Status: in_force

the Armed Services.

The Legislature hereby authorizes the public and private

institutions of higher education and the career and technology

centers in this state to utilize the Guide to the Evaluation of

Educational Experiences in the Armed Services, published by the

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American Council on Education (ACE), to compare and apply academic

credit for education, training and experience received through

military duty or service which is applicable to the selected program

of study for an honorably discharged military service member who

becomes a student at an institution of higher education or career

and technology center within three (3) years after separation from

military service.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1871 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1871
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors Act:

1. "Alcohol and drug counseling" means the application of

counseling principles for:

a. substance use disorders, or

b. substance abuse disorders and co-occurring disorders

in order to:

(1) develop an understanding of substance abuse and

co-occurring disorders,

(2) permit licensed alcohol and drug counselors to

prevent, diagnose or treat substance abuse and to

prevent, diagnose or treat co-occurring

disorders,

(3) permit licensed alcohol and drug counselors to

conduct assessments or diagnoses for the purpose

of establishing treatment goals and objectives

for substance abuse and to establish treatment

goals and objectives for co-occurring disorders,

and

(4) plan, implement or evaluate treatment plans using

counseling treatment interventions;

2. "Alcohol and drug counseling", as a certified alcohol and

drug counselor, means the application of counseling principles for:

a. substance use disorders, or

b. substance abuse disorders in order to:

(1) develop an understanding of alcoholism and drug

dependency problems,

(2) prevent, diagnose or treat alcohol and drug

dependency problems,

(3) conduct assessments or diagnosis for the purpose

of establishing treatment goals and objectives

for substance abuse,

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(4) plan, implement or evaluate treatment plans using

counseling treatment interventions for substance

abuse, and

(5) permit certified alcohol and drug counselors

certified in co-occurring disorders to recognize

co-occurring disorders and integrate that

recognition into substance abuse treatment,

provided the certified alcohol and drug counselor

is working in a nationally accredited or Oklahoma

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services certified agency and is working under

the supervision of a supervisor approved by the

Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol And Drug

Counselors pursuant to paragraph 13 of this

section and who is a licensed alcohol and drug

counselor that is licensed in mental health and

substance abuse, a licensed alcohol and drug

counselor that holds a co-occurring certification

from the Board or a licensed mental health

professional. Certified alcohol and drug

counselors shall meet or exceed the Certified Co-

Occurring Disorders Professional Standards as

laid out in the standards promulgated by the

International Certification & Reciprocity

Consortium, any successor organization to the

International Certification and Reciprocity

Consortium or another national or international

organization that has similar standards equal to

or higher than the International Certification

and Reciprocity Consortium.

Certified alcohol and drug counselors may not provide private or

independent practice for co-occurring disorders;

3. "Board" means the Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and

Drug Counselors, created by Section 1873 of this title;

4. "Certified alcohol and drug counselor" means any person who

is not exempt pursuant to the provisions of Section 1872 of this

title and is not licensed under the Licensed Alcohol and Drug

Counselors Act, but who provides alcohol and drug counseling

services within the scope of practice while employed by an entity

certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services, or who is exempt from such certification, or who is under

the supervision of a person recognized by the Oklahoma Board of

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors as a supervisor. A certified

alcohol and drug counselor may provide counseling services for co-

occurring disorders if he or she has been certified by the Board to

provide counseling as provided in this section for co-occurring

disorders;

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5. "Certified alcohol and drug counselor candidate" or

"licensed alcohol and drug counselor candidate" means a person who

has made application for certification or licensure and who has been

authorized by the board to practice alcohol and drug counseling

under supervision while completing the required work experience;

6. "Consulting" means interpreting or reporting scientific fact

or theory in counseling to provide assistance in solving current or

potential problems of individuals, groups or organizations;

7. "Co-occurring disorder" means a disorder in which

individuals have at least one mental health disorder as defined in

the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

and a substance abuse disorder as defined in paragraph 14 of this

section. While these disorders may interact differently in any one

person at least one disorder of each type can be diagnosed

independently of the other;

8. "International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium

Standards" means the standards enumerated by the International

Certification and Reciprocity Consortium, any successor organization

to the Consortium or another national or international organization

that has similar standards equal to or higher than the International

Certification and Reciprocity Consortium, that includes requirements

regarding education, exams, degrees, coursework, supervision,

continuing education, and ethics for individuals seeking a certified

co-occurring disorders professional certification from the

Consortium. The requirement to meet these standards shall never

fall below the requirements set forth by the Consortium on June 1,

2008.

9. "Licensed alcohol and drug counselor" means any person who

provides alcohol and drug counseling services within the scope of

practice, including co-occurring disorders, for compensation to any

person and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed

Alcohol and Drug Counselors Act. The term "licensed alcohol and

drug counselor" shall not include those professions exempted by

Section 1872 of this title;

10. "Licensed alcohol and drug counselor/mental health" or

"LADC/MH" means a licensed alcohol and drug counselor who has been

determined by the Board to meet the requirements to include the

assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders

within the counselor's scope of practice, regardless of whether the

mental health disorders are co-occurring;

11. "Recovery" means a voluntary lifestyle, maintained as the

result of one's diagnosis, treatment or self-disclosure of a

substance abuse disorder, characterized by complete abstinence from

alcohol, and all other mind altering drugs or chemicals except

tobacco and drugs used as prescribed by an authorized licensed

medical professional and the absence of pathological compulsive

behavior;

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12. "Relapse" means the resumption of use of alcohol or other

mind-altering drugs or chemicals, except tobacco and drugs used as

prescribed by an authorized licensed medical professional, or

resumption of pathological compulsive behavior, despite having

previously been diagnosed, treated or self-disclosed as having a

substance abuse disorder and been in recovery;

13. "Supervisor" means:

a. a licensed alcohol and drug counselor who meets the

requirements established by the board to supervise

certified alcohol and drug counselors, certified

alcohol and drug counselor candidates or licensed

alcohol and drug counselor candidates and has been

approved by the Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and

Drug Counselors as a supervisor, or

b. a licensed mental health professional approved by the

Board to supervise certified alcohol and drug

counselors who have received co-occurring

certification, certified alcohol and drug counselors

who are candidates for co-occurring certification or

licensed alcohol drug and counselors who are

candidates for co-occurring certification;

14. "Substance abuse disorder" means the repeated pathological

use of substances including alcohol and other mind-altering drugs or

chemicals, except tobacco, or repeated pathological compulsive

behaviors which cause physical, psychological, emotional, economic,

legal, social or other harm to the individual afflicted or to others

affected by the individual's affliction. As used in the Licensed

Alcohol and Drug Counselors Act, substance abuse disorder shall

include not only those instances where withdrawal from or tolerance

to the substance is present but also those instances involving use

and abuse of substances;

15. "Supervised practicum experience" means volunteer or paid

work experience in the core functions of substance abuse counseling

as delineated by the Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug

Counselors;

16. "Supervised work experience" means voluntary or paid work

experience in providing alcohol and drug counseling services to

individuals under the supervision of a licensed alcohol and drug

counselor; and

17. "Scope of practice" means acting within the boundaries of

competence based on education, training, supervised experience,

state and national professional credentials, and appropriate

professional experience.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.44a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.44a
Penalties - Judicial review
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Dentistry is authorized, after notice and

opportunity for a hearing pursuant to Article II of the

Administrative Procedures Act, to issue an order imposing one or

more of the following penalties whenever the Board finds, by clear

and convincing evidence, that a dentist, dental hygienist, dental

assistant, dental laboratory technician, holder of a permit to

operate a dental laboratory, or an entity operating pursuant to the

provisions of the Professional Entity Act or the State Dental Act

has committed any of the acts or occurrences prohibited by the State

Dental Act or rules of the Board:

1. Refusal to issue a license or permit, or a renewal thereof,

provided for in the State Dental Act;

2. Suspension of a license or permit issued by the Board for a

period of time deemed appropriate by the Board;

3. Revocation of a license or permit issued by the Board;

4. Imposition of an administrative penalty not to exceed One

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per violation;

5. Issuance of a censure;

6. Placement on probation for a period of time and under such

terms and conditions as deemed appropriate by the Board;

7. Probation monitoring fees, which shall be the responsibility

of the licensee on all probations; or

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8. Restriction of the services that can be provided by a

dentist or dental hygienist, under such terms and conditions as

deemed appropriate by the Board.

B. A dentist, dental hygienist, dental assistant, dental

laboratory technician, or holder of a permit to operate a dental

laboratory, against whom a penalty is imposed by an order of the

Board pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall have the

right to seek a judicial review of such order pursuant to Article II

of the Administrative Procedures Act.

C. The Board may issue a summary suspension on a licensee or

permit holder who is found guilty of a felony charge and is

sentenced to incarceration in a state or federal facility.

D. 1. A licensee or permit holder may petition the Board to

reopen and withdraw an order after the expiration of seven (7) years

from the date of issue if:

a. the order does not include allegations or a finding of

direct patient harm,

b. the licensee has maintained an active full-time

practice in good standing and has not received an

additional order or private reprimand since the issue

of the order,

c. the licensee has not been the subject of any

settlement reports in the National Practitioner Data

Bank within the previous seven (7) years, and

d. the order concerns an administrative violation and

does not include a direct action against the licensee

including, but not limited to, probation or suspension

of the license.

2. Upon receipt of a motion to reopen and withdraw an order,

the president of the Board shall assign a panel for review and

investigation to be brought to the Board. The Board shall take into

consideration the issues causing the order; any changes to laws

relevant to the order since its issue that may have resulted in a

different outcome if such laws had been in place at the time of the

complaint; any actions by the licensee to better his or her

abilities as a practicing licensee; current patient outcomes;

service to his or her community or state; and any other issues,

testimony, or other information relating to the licensee found

during an investigation or submitted to the Board.

3. The panel and the president may make a determination that

the case is not appropriate to bring before the Board and shall have

the authority to summarily deny the order and, if appropriate, to

advise the licensee of requirements to complete for future

consideration. The panel may choose to keep the matter pending

while the licensee completes the requirements advised.

4. Upon a case brought before the Board, the Board shall vote

to withdraw or stay the order. If the order is withdrawn, it shall

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revert to a private settlement agreement pursuant to Section 328.43a

of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-888.6v1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-888.6v1
Application for license - Information required
Status: in_force

An applicant applying for a license as an occupational therapist

or as an occupational therapy assistant shall file written

application on forms provided by the Board, as recommended by the

Committee, showing to the satisfaction of the Board that he meets

the following requirements:

1. Residence: Applicants need not be a resident of this state;

2. Education: Applicants shall present evidence satisfactory

to the Board of having successfully completed the academic

requirements of an educational program in occupational therapy

recognized by the Board, with concentration in biological or

physical science, psychology and sociology, and with education in

selected manual skills. For an occupational therapist the

educational program shall be accredited by the Committee on Allied

Health Education and Accreditation/American Medical Association in

collaboration with the American Occupational Therapy Association.

For an occupational therapy assistant, such a program shall be

approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association;

3. Experience: Applicants shall submit to the Board evidence

of having successfully completed a period of supervised field work

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experience at a recognized educational institution or a training

program approved by the educational institution where he met the

academic requirements. For an occupational therapist, a minimum of

six (6) months of supervised field work experience is required. For

an occupational therapy assistant, a minimum of two (2) months of

supervised field work experience is required;

4. Examination: Applicants shall submit to the Board evidence

of having successfully completed an examination as provided for in

Section 888.7 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1102 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1102
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. As used in the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator

Certification Act:

1. "Board" means the Environmental Quality Board of the State

of Oklahoma;

2. "Certificate" means a certificate of competency issued as

provided for herein;

3. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Environmental

Quality;

4. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the

Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality;

5. "Helper" means any person who performs or assists in the

performance of work which may affect the quality of either water or

wastewater;

6. "Operator" means any person who is at any time responsible

for the operation of a wastewater works or waterworks or associated

laboratories, in part or in whole. Operator shall not ordinarily

apply to an official exercising official general administrative

supervision but shall include any person who can, through a direct

act or command, affect the quality of the water or wastewater;

7. "Person" means and includes individuals, firms,

partnerships, associations, and corporations; and also means and

includes the State of Oklahoma, counties, districts, municipalities,

and all subdivisions, districts, officers, agencies, departments,

institutions, or instrumentalities of any thereof, whether

governmental or proprietary;

8. "Wastewater works" means wastewater treatment systems and

facilities used in the collection, transmission, storage, pumping,

treatment or disposal of liquid or waterborne wastes, except as

provided in subsection B of this section; and

9. "Waterworks" means facilities used in the procurement,

treatment, storage, pumping or distribution of water for human

consumption, except as provided in subsection B of this section.

B. The words "waterworks", or "wastewater works" shall not

include:

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1. Any waterworks used exclusively by a private residence or a

private business or industry, except when a waterworks has fifteen

or more permanent or temporary service connections available for

residential use, or regularly serves twenty-five or more of the same

individuals at least six (6) months in a year;

2. Any nonindustrial wastewater works treatment system which

has an average flow of five thousand (5,000) gallons per day or

less;

3. Any industrial wastewater works; and

4. Such classes of systems, which because of their size, type

of treatment, or the nature of wastes involved, the Board shall find

do not require general supervision by a certified operator in order

to safeguard life, health, property, or the water supplies or

streams of this state. Such classes shall be fixed by rules

promulgated by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-482 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-482
Tenure - Appointment list - Persons ineligible
Status: in_force

Physician members of the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision shall be appointed for terms of seven (7) years. The

lay members of the Board shall serve terms coterminous with that of

the Governor and until a qualified successor has been duly appointed

and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. No member shall be

appointed to serve more than two complete consecutive terms. Each

physician member shall hold office until the expiration of the term

for which appointed or until a qualified successor has been duly

appointed. An appointment shall be made by the Governor within

ninety (90) days after the expiration of the term of any member or

the occurrence of a vacancy on the Board due to resignation, death,

or any cause resulting in an unexpired term. The appointment of

allopathic physicians shall be made from a list of three names

submitted to the Governor by the Oklahoma State Medical Association.

The Association may submit names of members or nonmembers of the

Association. No member of the Board shall be a stockholder in any

medical school.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1460 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1460
Applications
Status: in_force

Applications for original licenses shall be made to the Council

in writing under oath on forms prescribed by the Board and shall be

accompanied by the required fee, which is not refundable. Any such

applications shall require such information as in the judgment of

the Board will enable it to pass on the qualifications of the

applicant for a license.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-4200.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-4200.1
Short title - Massage Therapy Practice Act
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Massage Therapy

Practice Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-504 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-504
Process - How served - Depositions - Subpoenas
Status: in_force

All citations and subpoenas, under the contemplation of this

act, shall be served in general accordance with the statutes of the

State of Oklahoma then in force applying to the service of such

documents, and all provisions of the statutes of the state then in

force, relating to citations and subpoenas, are hereby made

applicable to the citations and subpoenas herein provided for. The

secretary of the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision,

or the secretary's designee, during the course of an investigation,

shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of

witnesses, the inspection of premises and the production of

documents or things, including, but not limited to, pharmacy,

medical and hospital records. Such subpoenas shall carry the same

force and effect as if issued as an order from a district court of

competent jurisdiction. Patient confidentiality shall be maintained

by the Board and subpoena compliance shall not be considered a

violation of any state or federal confidentiality laws. All the

provisions of the statutes of the state, then in force, governing

the taking of testimony by depositions, are made applicable to the

taking of depositions under this act. The attendance of witnesses

shall be compelled in such hearings by subpoenas issued by the

secretary of the Board over the seal thereof, and the secretary

shall in no case refuse to issue such subpoenas upon praecipe filed

therefor accompanied with the fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each

subpoena issued. If any person refuse to obey such subpoena served

upon him in such manner, the fact of such refusal shall be certified

by the secretary of the Board, over the seal thereof, to the

district court of the county in which such service was had, and the

court shall proceed to hear said matter in accordance with the

statutes of the state then in force governing contempt as for

disobedience of its own process.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.14 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-567.14
Practice without compliance with act prohibited -
Status: in_force

Insignia or badge.

A. No person shall practice or offer to practice registered

nursing, practical nursing, or advanced practice nursing in this

state unless the person has complied with the provisions of the

Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act.

B. Any person licensed or certified by the Oklahoma Board of

Nursing who provides direct care to patients shall, while on duty,

wear an insignia or badge identifying the license or certification

issued to such person by the Board. The Board shall promulgate

rules to enact the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-493.6 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-493.6
Enactment of Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
Status: in_force

The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is hereby enacted into

law and the Governor shall enter into a compact on behalf of the

State of Oklahoma with any jurisdiction legally joined therein, in

the form substantially as set forth in Section 2 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1265 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1265
Title and abbreviation as Licensed Social Worker
Status: in_force

Associate.

Any person who has received a license as a licensed social work

associate shall have the right to use the title Licensed Social Work

Associate, and the abbreviation, LSWA. 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 work associate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-307.2 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-307.2
Renewal of license - Continuing education
Status: in_force

requirement.

A. Beginning November 1, 2004, as a condition of renewal or

reactivation of a real estate license, each licensee with the

exception of those exempt as set out in this section shall submit to

the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission evidence of completion of a

specified number of hours of continuing education courses approved

by the Commission, within the thirty-six (36) months immediately

preceding the term for which the license is to be issued. The

number of hours, or its equivalent, required for each licensed term

shall be determined by the Commission and promulgated by rule. Each

licensee shall be required to complete and include as part of such

continuing education a certain number of required subjects as

prescribed by rule.

B. The continuing education courses required by this section

shall be satisfied by courses approved by the Commission and offered

by:

1. The Commission;

2. A technology center school;

3. A college or university;

4. A private school;

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5. The Oklahoma Association of Realtors, the National

Association of Realtors, or any affiliate thereof;

6. The Oklahoma Bar Association, American Bar Association, or

any affiliate thereof; or

7. An education provider.

C. The Commission shall maintain a list of courses which are

approved by the Commission.

D. The Commission shall not issue an active renewal license or

reactivate a license unless the continuing education requirement set

forth in this section is satisfied within the prescribed time

period.

E. The provisions of this section do not apply:

1. During the period a license is on inactive status;

2. To a licensee who holds a provisional sales associate

license;

3. To a nonresident licensee licensed in this state if the

licensee maintains a current license in another state or states and

has satisfied the continuing education requirement for license

renewal in that state or states. If the nonresident licensee is

exempt from the continuing education requirements in all states

where the nonresident holds a license, the nonresident licensee

shall successfully complete this state’s continuing education

requirement for license renewal or reactivation; or

4. To a corporation, association, partnership, or branch

office.

F. The Commission shall require each licensee to receive a

specified number of hours of continuing education courses on deed

theft, as defined in Section 858-351 of this title. Each licensee

shall be required to complete such continuing education on or before

November 1, 2028.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-634 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-634
Administrative fines
Status: in_force

A. The Committee may impose administrative fines on any

licensee licensed pursuant to the Home Inspection Licensing Act.

Fines may be imposed as follows:

1. Any administrative fine imposed as a result of a violation

of the Home Inspection Licensing Act or rules promulgated pursuant

thereto shall not:

a. be less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and shall

not exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each

violation, or

b. exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for all

violations resulting from a single inspection;

2. All administrative fines shall be paid within thirty (30)

days of written notification to the licensee of the order imposing

the administrative fine or, if the licensee appeals the fine, within

thirty (30) days of the decision of the Construction Industries

Board in favor of the action of the Board unless the district court

stays the order of the Board pending an appeal pursuant to the

Administrative Procedures Act;

3. The Board may suspend the license until any fine imposed

upon the licensee is paid; and

4. If fines are not paid in full by the licensee as required by

this subsection, the Board shall revoke the license.

B. The administrative fines authorized by this section may be

imposed in addition to any other criminal penalties or civil actions

provided for by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

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As used in the State Dental Act, the following words, phrases,

or terms, unless the context otherwise indicates, shall have the

following meanings:

1. “Accredited dental college” means an institution whose

dental educational program is accredited by the Commission on Dental

Accreditation of the American Dental Association;

2. “Accredited dental hygiene program” means a dental hygiene

educational program which is accredited by the Commission on Dental

Accreditation of the American Dental Association;

3. “Accredited dental assisting program or class” means a

dental assisting program which is accredited by the Commission on

Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association or a class

approved by the Board of Dentistry;

4. “Advanced procedure” means a dental procedure for which a

dental hygienist has received special training in a course of study

approved by the Board;

5. “Board” means the Board of Dentistry;

6. “Certified dental assistant” means a dental assistant who

has earned and maintains current certified dental assistant

certification from the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB);

7. “Coronal polishing” means a procedure limited to the removal

of plaque and stain from exposed tooth surfaces, utilizing a slow

speed hand piece with a prophy/polishing cup or brush and polishing

agent and is not prophylaxis. To be considered prophylaxis,

examination for calculus and scaling must be done by a dental

hygienist or dentist;

8. “Deep sedation” means a drug-induced depression of

consciousness during which patients cannot be easily aroused but

respond purposefully following repeated or painful stimulation. The

ability to independently maintain ventilator function may be

impaired. Patients may require assistance in maintaining a patent

airway, and spontaneous ventilation may be inadequate.

Cardiovascular function is usually maintained;

9. “Dentistry” means the practice of dentistry in all of its

branches;

10. “Dentist” means a graduate of an accredited dental college

who has been issued a license by the Board to practice dentistry as

defined in Section 328.19 of this title;

11. “Dental ambulatory surgical center (DASC)” means a facility

that operates exclusively for the purpose of furnishing outpatient

surgical services to patients. A DASC shall have the same

privileges and requirements as a dental office and additionally must

be an accredited facility by the appropriate entity;

12. “Dental appliance” means a dental appliance, prosthetic

denture, bridge, restoration, or other device made for an individual

patient for a purpose listed in Section 328.19 of this title;

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13. “Dental office” means an establishment owned and operated

by a dentist for the practice of dentistry, which may be composed of

reception rooms, business offices, private offices, laboratories,

and dental operating rooms where dental operations are performed;

14. “Dental hygiene” means the science and practice of the

promotion of oral health and prevention and treatment of oral

disease through the provision of educational, therapeutic, clinical,

and preventive services;

15. “Dental hygienist” means an individual who has fulfilled

the educational requirements and is a graduate of an accredited

dental hygiene program and who has passed an examination and has

been issued a license by the Board and who is authorized to practice

dental hygiene as defined in this section;

16. “Dental assistant” means an individual working for a

dentist, under the dentist’s direct supervision or direct visual

supervision, and performing duties in the dental office or a

treatment facility including the limited treatment of patients in

accordance with the provisions of the State Dental Act. A dental

assistant may assist a dentist with the patient; provided, this

shall be done only under the direct supervision or direct visual

supervision and control of the dentist and only in accordance with

the educational requirements and rules promulgated by the Board;

17. “Dental laboratory” means a location, whether in a dental

office or not, where a dentist or a dental laboratory technician

performs dental laboratory technology;

18. “Dental laboratory technician” means an individual whose

name is duly filed in the official records of the Board, which

authorizes the technician, upon the laboratory prescription of a

dentist, to perform dental laboratory technology, which services

must be rendered only to the prescribing dentist and not to the

public;

19. “Dental laboratory technology” means using materials and

mechanical devices for the construction, reproduction or repair of

dental restorations, appliances or other devices to be worn in a

human mouth;

20. “Dental specialty” means a specialized practice of a branch

of dentistry, recognized by the Board, where the dental college and

specialty program are accredited by the Commission on Dental

Accreditation (CODA), or a dental specialty recognized by the Board,

requiring a minimum number of hours of approved education and

training and/or recognition by a nationally recognized association

or accreditation board;

21. “Direct supervision” means the supervisory dentist is in

the dental office or treatment facility and, during the appointment,

personally examines the patient, diagnoses any conditions to be

treated, and authorizes the procedures to be performed by a dental

hygienist or dental assistant. The supervising dentist is

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continuously on-site and physically present in the dental office or

treatment facility while the procedures are being performed and,

before dismissal of the patient, evaluates the results of the dental

treatment;

22. “Direct visual supervision” means the supervisory dentist

has direct ongoing visual oversight which shall be maintained at all

times during any procedure authorized to be performed by a dental

assistant;

23. “Expanded duty” means a dental procedure for which a dental

assistant has received special training in a course of study

approved by the Board;

24. “Fellowship” means a program designed for post-residency

graduates to gain knowledge and experience in a specialized field;

25. “General anesthesia” means a drug-induced loss of

consciousness during which patients are not arousable, even by

painful stimulation. The ability to independently maintain

ventilator function is often impaired. Patients often require

assistance in maintaining a patent airway, and positive pressure

ventilation may be required because of depressed spontaneous

ventilation or drug-induced depression of neuromuscular function.

Cardiovascular function may be impaired;

26. “General supervision” means the supervisory dentist has

diagnosed any conditions to be treated within the past thirteen (13)

months, has personally authorized the procedures to be performed by

a dental hygienist, and will evaluate the results of the dental

treatment within a reasonable time as determined by the nature of

the procedures performed, the needs of the patient, and the

professional judgment of the supervisory dentist. General

supervision may only be used to supervise a dental hygienist and may

not be used to supervise a dental assistant except as provided by

Section 328.58 of this title;

27. “Indirect supervision” means the supervisory dentist is in

the dental office or treatment facility and has personally diagnosed

any conditions to be treated, authorizes the procedures to be

performed by a dental hygienist, remains in the dental office or

treatment facility while the procedures are being performed, and

will evaluate the results of the dental treatment within a

reasonable time as determined by the nature of the procedures

performed, the needs of the patient, and the professional judgment

of the supervisory dentist. Indirect supervision may not be used

for a dental assistant;

28. “Investigations” means an investigation proceeding,

authorized under Sections 328.15A and 328.43a of this title, to

investigate alleged violations of the State Dental Act or the rules

of the Board;

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29. “Laboratory prescription” means a written description,

dated and signed by a dentist, of dental laboratory technology to be

performed by a dental laboratory technician;

30. “Minimal sedation” means a minimally depressed level of

consciousness, produced by a pharmacological method, that retains

the patient’s ability to independently and continuously maintain an

airway and respond normally to tactile stimulation and verbal

command. Although cognitive function and coordination may be

modestly impaired, ventilator and cardiovascular functions are

unaffected;

31. “Mobile dental anesthesia provider” means a licensed and

anesthesia-permitted dentist, physician or Certified Registered

Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) that has a mobile dental unit and provides

anesthesia in dental offices and facilities in the state;

32. “Mobile dental clinic” means a permitted motor vehicle or

trailer utilized as a dental clinic, and/or that contains dental

equipment and is used to provide dental services to patients on-site

and shall not include a mobile dental anesthesia provider. A mobile

dental clinic shall also mean and include a volunteer mobile dental

facility that is directly affiliated with a church or religious

organization as defined by Section 501(c)(3) or 501(d) of the United

States Internal Revenue Code, the church or religious organization

with which it is affiliated is clearly indicated on the exterior of

the volunteer mobile dental facility, and such facility does not

receive any form of payment either directly or indirectly for work

provided to patients other than donations through the affiliated

church or religious organization; provided, that the volunteer

mobile dental facility shall be exempt from any registration fee

required under the State Dental Act;

33. “Moderate sedation” means a drug-induced depression of

consciousness during which patients respond purposefully to verbal

commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile stimulation.

No interventions are required to maintain a patent airway, and

spontaneous ventilation is adequate. Cardiovascular function is

usually maintained;

34. “Prophylaxis” means the removal of any and all calcareous

deposits, stains, accretions or concretions from the supragingival

and subgingival surfaces of human teeth, utilizing instrumentation

by scaler or periodontal curette on the crown and root surfaces of

human teeth including rotary or power-driven instruments. This

procedure may only be performed by a dentist or dental hygienist;

35. “Patient” or “patient of record” means an individual who

has given a medical history and has been examined and accepted by a

dentist for dental care;

36. “Residencies” are programs designed for advanced clinical

and didactic training in general dentistry or other specialties or

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other specialists at the post-doctoral level recognized by the

Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) or the Board;

37. “Supervision” means direct supervision, direct visual

supervision, indirect supervision or general supervision;

38. “Teledentistry” means the remote delivery of dental patient

care via telecommunications and other technology for the exchange of

clinical information and images for dental consultation, preliminary

treatment planning and patient monitoring; and

39. “Treatment facility” means:

a. a federal, tribal, state or local public health

facility,

b. a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC),

c. a private health facility,

d. a group home or residential care facility serving the

elderly, disabled or juveniles,

e. a hospital or dental ambulatory surgery center (DASC),

f. a nursing home,

g. a penal institution operated by or under contract with

the federal or state government,

h. a public or private school,

i. a patient of record’s private residence,

j. a mobile dental clinic,

k. a dental college, dental program, dental hygiene

program or dental assisting program accredited by the

Commission on Dental Accreditation, or

l. such other places as are authorized by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-360.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-360.1
Tolling period to file a below-cost reimbursement appeal
Status: in_force

during a declared disaster.

A. If a disaster declaration is issued for a county in this

state, the time period for a provider, a provider’s representative,

or a pharmacy service administrative organization to file a below-

cost reimbursement appeal pursuant to Section 360 of Title 59 of the

Oklahoma Statutes shall be tolled for the duration of the disaster

declaration.

B. Upon the expiration of the disaster declaration, the tolling

of the filing period for below-cost reimbursement appeals shall

continue for an additional thirty (30) calendar days. Afterward,

the time period for filing a below-cost reimbursement appeal, as

otherwise provided under state law, shall resume.

C. The tolling provisions of this section shall apply only to

continuing counties included in the declared disaster area and to

below-cost reimbursement appeals arising from claims impacted during

the time period of the declared disaster.

D. A pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) shall not deny a below-

cost reimbursement appeal on timeliness if such appeal is filed

during the tolled period provided in this section.

E. The Attorney General may promulgate rules to implement the

provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-801 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-801
Oklahoma Appraisal Management Company Regulation Act
Status: in_force

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

Appraisal Management Company Regulation Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-209 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-209
Compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act
Status: in_force

A. In the exercise of all powers and the performance of all

duties provided in this Code, the Commission shall comply with the

procedures provided in the Administrative Procedures Act. Appeals

shall be taken as provided in said act.

B. The Commission may designate and employ a hearing examiner

or examiners who shall have the power and authority to conduct such

hearings in the name of the Commission at any time and place subject

to the provisions of this section and any applicable rules or orders

of the Commission. No person shall serve as a hearing examiner in

any proceeding in which any party to the proceeding is, or at any

time has been, a client of the hearing examiner or of any firm,

partnership or corporation with which the hearing examiner is, or at

any time has been, associated. No person who acts as a hearing

examiner shall act as attorney for the Commission in any court

proceeding arising out of any hearing in which he acted as hearing

examiner.

C. In any hearing before the Commission, the burden of proof

shall be upon the moving party.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3119 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3119
Renumbered as § 3-211 of Title 14A by Laws 2019, c. 89, §
Status: in_force

32, eff. Aug. 1, 2020.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-943.2 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-943.2
Prescriptions for spectacles or eyeglasses - Copies
Status: in_force

Any person who requests a copy of his prescription for

spectacles or eyeglasses, following an eye examination by a person

licensed under Sections 481 through 518 or Sections 581 through 606

of Title 59, shall be provided a written, signed copy of such

prescription. No extra charge shall be made for the prescription if

the patient chooses to take the prescription elsewhere. The

examining optometrist or physician shall not be responsible for the

accuracy of the optical materials furnished by another person.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-519.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-519.1
Short title
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be known and may be cited as

the "Physician Assistant Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1631 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1631
Unauthorized practive - Suspension, refused renewal or
Status: in_force

revocation of certification.

The Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor shall have the power to

suspend, refuse renewal of or revoke the welding inspector's

certification, and the power to place on probation or to reprimand

the holder, if he is found guilty of an unauthorized practice. The

Commissioner of Labor may apply to any court of competent

jurisdiction for an enforcement of its administrative decisions and

rulings.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-545.2 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-545.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Compact:

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1. "Adverse action" means any administrative, civil, equitable,

or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a

licensing board or other authority against a PA license or license

application or Compact privilege such as license denial, censure,

revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, or

restriction on the licensee's practice;

2. "Compact privilege" means the authorization granted by a

remote state to allow a licensee from another participating state to

practice as a PA to provide medical services and other licensed

activity to a patient located in the remote state under the remote

state's laws and regulations;

3. "Conviction" means a finding by a court that an individual

is guilty of a felony or misdemeanor offense through adjudication or

entry of a plea of guilt or no contest to the charge by the

offender;

4. "Criminal background check" means the submission of

fingerprints or other biometric-based information for a license

applicant for the purpose of obtaining that applicant's criminal

history record information, as defined in 28 C.F.R., Section

20.3(d), from the state's criminal history record repository as

defined in 28 C.F.R., Section 20.3(f);

5. "Data system" means the repository of information about

licensees, including, but not limited to, license status and adverse

actions, which is created and administered under the terms of the

Compact;

6. "Executive committee" means a group of directors and ex

officio individuals elected or appointed pursuant to paragraph 2 of

subsection F of Section 7 of this Compact;

7. "Impaired practitioner" means a PA whose practice is

adversely affected by health-related conditions that impact his or

her ability to practice;

8. "Investigative information" means information, records, or

documents received or generated by a licensing board pursuant to an

investigation;

9. "Jurisprudence requirement" means the assessment of an

individual's knowledge of the laws and rules governing the practice

of a PA in a state;

10. "License" means current authorization by a state, other

than authorization pursuant to a Compact privilege, for a PA to

provide medical services, which would be unlawful without current

authorization;

11. "Licensee" means an individual who holds a license from a

state to provide medical services as a PA;

12. "Licensing board" means any state entity authorized to

license and otherwise regulate PAs;

13. "Medical services" means health care services provided for

the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health

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condition, injury, or disease, as defined by a state's laws and

regulations;

14. "Model Compact" means the model for the PA Licensure

Compact on file with The Council of State Governments or other

entity as designated by the Commission;

15. "Participating state" means a state that has enacted the

Compact;

16. "PA" means an individual who is licensed as a physician

assistant in a state. For purposes of the Compact, any other title

or status adopted by a state to replace the term "physician

assistant" shall be deemed synonymous with "physician assistant" and

shall confer the same rights and responsibilities to the licensee

under the provisions of the Compact at the time of its enactment;

17. "PA Licensure Compact Commission", "Compact Commission", or

"Commission" means the national administrative body created pursuant

to subsection A of Section 7 of this Compact;

18. "Qualifying license" means an unrestricted license issued

by a participating state to provide medical services as a PA;

19. "Remote state" means a participating state where a licensee

who is not licensed as a PA is exercising or seeking to exercise the

Compact privilege;

20. "Rule" means a regulation promulgated by an entity that has

the force and effect of law;

21. "Significant investigative information" means investigative

information that a licensing board, after an inquiry or

investigation that includes notification and an opportunity for the

PA to respond if required by state law, has reason to believe is not

groundless and, if proven true, would indicate more than a minor

infraction; and

22. "State" means any state, commonwealth, district, or

territory of the United States.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-541.6 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-541.6
License renewal, reinstatement or replacement – Written
Status: in_force

notice of intent not to practice or to resume practice – Continuing

education.

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Radiologist Assistant

Licensure Act, a license shall be renewed biennially. The State

Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall mail notices at

least thirty (30) days prior to expiration for renewal of licenses

to every person to whom a license was issued or renewed during the

preceding renewal period. The licensee shall complete the notice of

renewal and return it to the Board with the renewal fee determined

by the Board before the date of expiration.

B. Upon receipt of the notice of renewal and the fee, the Board

shall verify its contents and shall issue the licensee a license for

the current renewal period, which shall be valid for the period

stated thereon.

C. A licensee who allows the license to lapse by failing to

renew it may be reinstated by the Board upon payment of the renewal

fee and reinstatement fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00);

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provided, that such request for reinstatement must be received

within thirty (30) days of the end of the renewal period.

D. 1. A licensed radiologist assistant who does not intend to

engage in the practice shall send a written notice to that effect to

the Board and is not required to submit a notice of renewal and pay

the renewal fee as long as the practitioner remains inactive. Upon

desiring to resume practicing as a radiologist assistant, the

practitioner shall notify the Board in writing of this intent and

shall satisfy the current requirements of the Board in addition to

submitting a notice of renewal and remitting the renewal fee for the

current renewal period and the reinstatement fee.

2. Rules of the Board shall provide for a specific period of

time of continuous inactivity after which retesting is required.

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

replacement and duplicate licenses not to exceed One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) per license.

F. The Board shall by rule prescribe continuing education

requirements as a condition for renewal of license. The program

criteria with respect thereto shall be approved by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3116 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3116
Additional powers of Administrator
Status: in_force

A. In addition to other powers granted by this act, the

Administrator of Consumer Credit may, within the limitations

provided by law:

1. Maintain a list of licensees, which shall be available to

interested persons and the public. The Administrator shall also

provide a toll-free number whereby consumers may obtain information

about licensees;

2. Establish a complaint process whereby an aggrieved debtor or

a member of the public may file a complaint against a licensee or

nonlicensee who violates any provision of this act. The

Administrator shall hold hearings upon the request of a party to the

complaint, make findings of fact and conclusions of law, issue cease

and desist orders and suspend or revoke a license granted under this

act;

3. Take action designed to obtain voluntary compliance with

this act or commence proceedings on the Administrator’s own

initiative;

4. Counsel persons and groups on their rights and duties under

this act; and

5. With approval of the Commission on Consumer Credit,

promulgate, amend and repeal administrative rules to carry out the

provisions of the act, as provided by the Administrative Procedures

Act.

B. The Administrator may conduct a study regarding the system

of verification of the existence of deferred deposit loans as

provided in paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 9 of this act to

determine:

1. If the system adequately provides lenders with information

as to the existence of outstanding deferred deposit loans made by

other lenders; and

2. If it is feasible for the Department of Consumer Credit to

develop and maintain a database of outstanding deferred deposit

loans to provide such information to lenders.

The Administrator shall consult with representatives of deferred

deposit lenders, advocates for consumers of this state and other

interested parties to conduct the study. The Administrator shall

issue a report of any such findings to the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives not later

than December 1, 2004.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-135.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-135.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 135.1 through 160.2 of this title shall be known and

may be cited as the "Podiatric Medicine Practice Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-356.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-356.5
Retrospective application – Audits not covered by act
Status: in_force

A. The audit criteria set forth in the Pharmacy Audit Integrity

Act shall apply only to audits of claims for services provided and

claims submitted for payment after this act becomes law.

B. The Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act shall not apply to any

audit, including but not limited to audits conducted by or on behalf

of a state agency, which involves fraud, willful misrepresentation,

abuse or Medicaid payments including, without limitation,

investigative audits or any other statutory provision which

authorizes investigations relating to insurance fraud.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1369 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1369
List of licensed psychologists
Status: in_force

The State Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall maintain and

publish an up-to-date list of all psychologists licensed under this

act on the website of the Board. The list shall contain the name

and address of the psychologist and such other information that the

Board deems desirable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1151.9 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1151.9
Public contracts - Applicability of Roofing Contractor
Status: in_force

Registration Act.

A. Any administrative or governing body with authority to enter

into public contracts shall require individual roofing contractor

registration for purposes of such persons submitting or entering

into any bid or contract involving roofing contractor work.

B. The Roofing Contractor Registration Act does not apply to:

1. An actual owner of residential or farm property who

physically performs, or has family member, employee or employees who

perform with or without remuneration, roofing services including,

construction, installation, renovation, repair, maintenance,

alteration, waterproofing, or removal of materials or structures on

property owned by such person;

2. Any authorized employee, representative or representatives

of the United States Government, the State of Oklahoma, or any

county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state;

3. Any person who furnishes any fabricated or finished product,

material, or article of merchandise which is not incorporated into

or attached to real property by such person so as to become affixed

thereto;

4. Any person including churches or other charitable entities

that provide roof repairs or replacements at no charge using

volunteer labor;

5. Any employee of a registrant who does not hold himself or

herself out for hire, advertise, or engage in contracting, except as

an employee of a registrant;

6. Licensed engineers, licensed architects, licensed HVAC and

any other person licensed by the jurisdiction, operating under the

purview and within the scope of their respective license;

7. A person who only furnishes roofing materials, roofing

supplies or equipment and does not, nor do the person's employees,

install or fabricate them into or consume them in the performance of

the work of the roofing contractor;

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8. Prime contractors, general contractors, property managers

and project managers who bid on construction trade work in areas

additional to roofing contractor work, and subcontract the roofing

contractor work as long as they subcontract the roofing work to a

currently registered roofing contractor who is in good standing; if

the bid is solely for roofing contractor work, then a registration

is required;

9. Owners of commercial properties including residential rental

properties consisting of four dwelling units or less, when acting as

their own roofing contractor and providing all material supervision

themselves, lessees of residential properties with the consent of

the owner, who, whether themselves or with their own employees,

perform roofing construction in or upon the properties, all

installing roofing materials according to the International Building

Code, as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission,

or the manufacturer's installation instructions;

10. Owners of property when acting as their own roofing

contractor, providing all material supervision themselves, and

installing roofing materials according to the International

Residential Code, as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code

Commission, or the manufacturer's installation instructions when

building or improving a single-family dwelling residence on such

property for the occupancy of such owners and not intended for sale

or rent. In any action brought under the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act, proof of the sale or offering for sale of such

structure or the renting or offering to rent of such structure by

the owners of the property within one (1) year after substantial

completion of the structure when the structure can be occupied and

used as intended but punch list items may remain, is presumptive

evidence that the construction was undertaken with the intent of

sale or rent; or

11. Metal building erectors who install prefabricated- or pre-

engineered-metal-building packages, known as PEMBs, as defined by

the Construction Science Institute and Construction Specifications

Institute in Division 13, Special Construction: Metal Building

Systems.

C. Labor-only crews performing the installation of asphalt

shingles, tile shingles, synthetic shakes or wood shakes to a sloped

roof must be registered but are not required to have a commercial

endorsement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-545.8 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-545.8
Commission duties
Status: in_force

A. The Commission shall provide for the development,

maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data and

reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the

reporting of the existence of significant investigative information

on all licensed PAs and applicants denied a license in participating

states.

B. Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary, a

participating state shall submit a uniform data set to the data

system on all PAs to whom the Compact is applicable (utilizing a

unique identifier) as required by the rules of the Commission,

including:

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1. Identifying information;

2. Licensure data;

3. Adverse actions against a license or Compact privilege; and

4. Any denial of application for licensure and the reason for

such denial, excluding the reporting of any criminal history record

information where prohibited by law;

5. The existence of significant investigative information; and

6. Other information that may facilitate the administration of

the Compact, as determined by the rules of the Commission.

C. Significant investigative information pertaining to a

licensee in any participating state shall only be available to other

participating states.

D. The Commission shall promptly notify all participating

states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or an

individual applying for a license that has been reported to it.

This adverse action information shall be available to any other

participating state.

E. Participating states contributing information to the data

system may, in accordance with state or federal law, designate

information that may not be shared with the public without the

express permission of the contributing state. Notwithstanding any

such designation, such information shall be reported to the

Commission through the data system.

F. Any information submitted to the data system that is

subsequently expunged pursuant to federal law or the laws of the

participating state contributing the information shall be removed

from the data system upon reporting of such by the participating

state to the Commission.

G. The records and information provided to a participating

state pursuant to the Compact or through the data system, when

certified by the Commission or an agent thereof, shall constitute

the authenticated business records of the Commission and shall be

entitled to any associated hearsay exception in any relevant

judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative proceedings in a

participating state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1020 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1020
Local regulation by municipalities not prohibited
Status: in_force

Nothing in The Plumbing License Law of 1955 shall prohibit

cities and towns from having full authority to provide full

supervision and inspection of plumbing by the enactment of codes and

rules in such form as they may determine and prescribe; provided,

that no such ordinances, bylaw or rule shall be inconsistent with

the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Act or any rule

adopted or prescribed by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code

Commission, The Plumbing License Law of 1955, or any rule adopted or

prescribed by the Construction Industries Board through authority of

The Plumbing License Law of 1955 and the provisions of the

Construction Industries Board Act. Each state-licensed master

plumber or plumbing contractor shall be required to register with

the plumbing inspector of every city and town in whose jurisdiction

the plumber operates, and each such city or town is hereby

authorized to register such master plumber or plumbing contractor to

revoke the same, to charge fees for such registration, for permits

and for inspections of plumbing and fixtures. Provided, further,

that no master plumber or plumbing contractor shall be permitted to

do business or work in any city or town wherein the local

registration of the plumber has been revoked.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-806 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-806
Duration of registration
Status: in_force

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A registration or a renewal of a registration granted by the

Board pursuant to the Oklahoma Appraisal Management Company

Regulation Act shall be valid for one (1) year from the date on

which it is issued.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1627 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1627
Welding inspectors - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A welding inspector shall have the following powers and duties:1. Verify that the work which he inspects conforms to the requirements of the applicable codes, standards and job specifications;

2. Verify that the base materials and consumable welding

materials conform to the specification requirements and that the

specified welding filler metals are used on each base metal or

combination of base metals;

3. Verify that the welding equipment to be used for the work is

that which is specified in the welding procedure and has the

capability to produce the specified welds;

4. Verify that the welding procedures are as specified,

qualified and available to the welders for reference;

5. Verify that the welders have been properly qualified in

accordance with the applicable codes and standards, and that their

qualification authorizes them to use the welding procedures

specified for the work. If there is evidence that the welder's work

does not conform to the requirements of the applicable code,

standard or specification, the welding inspector may require

requalification of a welder, if that person's qualification is not

current by the requirements of the applicable codes, standards or

specifications;

6. When qualifying welders, the welding inspector shall observe

the qualification tests;

7. Verify that only specified and properly qualified welding

procedures are used for the work;

8. Verify that the joint preparation and fit-up meets the

requirements of the welding procedure and drawings;

9. Verify that the specified filler metals are used and that

the filler metals are maintained in proper condition for use as

specified;

10. Observe the technique and performance of each welder;

11. Examine the work for conformance to the requirements of the

applicable codes, standards, specifications and drawings;

12. Identify the work he inspects with specified marking

methods or appropriate records;

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13. Perform the necessary visual inspections;

14. Verify that the required visual and other nondestructive

examinations have been performed by qualified personnel in the

specified manner. He shall review the resulting information to

assure that the results are complete. The welding inspector may

perform nondestructive examinations that are specified, providing he

is qualified in accordance with the specified requirements; and

15. Prepare clear and concise reports and keep necessary

records of the welding procedure, the welding procedure

qualifications, the welding qualifications, the control of welding

materials and the results of inspections and tests. It shall be the

duty of the welding inspector to see that all test results are

forwarded to the Department of Labor for issuance of welder

certification cards.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.8a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.8a
Unlawful practice or use of title - License—Reciprocity
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to directly or

indirectly engage in the practice of architecture in this state or

use the title "Architect", "Registered or Licensed Architect",

"Architectural Designer", or display or use any words, letters,

figures, titles, signs, cards, advertisements, or other symbols or

devices indicating or tending to indicate that such person is an

architect or is practicing architecture, unless the person is

licensed under the provisions of this act. No person shall aid or

abet any person, not licensed under the provisions of this act, in

the practice of architecture.

B. Every person applying to the Board for an initial license

shall submit an application accompanied by the fee established in

accordance with the rules of the Board, with satisfactory evidence

that such person holds an accredited professional degree in

architecture or has completed such other education as the Board

deems equivalent to an accredited professional degree and with

satisfactory evidence that such person has completed such practical

training in architectural work as the Board requires. If an

applicant is qualified in accordance with this subsection, the Board

shall, by means of a written examination, examine the applicant on

such technical and professional subjects as are prescribed by the

Board. None of the examination materials shall be considered public

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records. The Board may exempt from such written examination an

applicant who holds a certification issued by the National Council

of Architectural Registration Boards or its successor or in any case

the Board decides the interest of the public will be served and the

person is determined to be qualified and competent by equivalent

standards for education, training and examination.

The Board shall adopt as its own rules governing practical

training and education and may use those guidelines published from

time to time by the National Council of Architectural Registration

Boards or its successor. The Board may also adopt the examinations

and grading procedures of the National Council of Architectural

Registration Boards or its successor and the accreditation decisions

of the National Architectural Accrediting Board or its successor.

The Board shall issue its license to each applicant who is found to

be of good moral character and who satisfies the requirements set

forth in this section and the Board's current rules. Such license

shall be effective upon issuance.

C. Pursuant to this act and such rules as it may have adopted,

the Board shall have the power to issue licenses without requiring

an examination to persons who have been licensed to practice

architecture in states other than the State of Oklahoma, in a

territory of the United States, in the District of Columbia, or in a

country other than the United States; provided that the state or

country has a similar reciprocal provision to authorize the issuance

of licenses to persons who have been licensed in this state. If a

person who has been licensed in a state other than the State of

Oklahoma, or in a territory of the United States, in the District of

Columbia, or in a country other than the United States complies with

this act and the rules of the Board, the secretary-treasurer, acting

in the exercise of his or her discretion or upon the order of the

Board in the exercise of its discretion and upon the receipt of the

stated payment to the Board pursuant to the rules of the Board,

shall issue to the person a license to practice architecture in this

state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-6005 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-6005
Franchises - Employer/employee relationships
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this act:

1. "Franchisor" means any person who grants a franchise and

participates in the franchise relationship. Unless otherwise

stated, it includes subfranchisors. For purposes of this

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definition, a "subfranchisor" means a person who functions as a

franchisor by engaging in both pre-sale activities and post-sale

performance;

2. "Franchisee" means any person who is granted a franchise;

and

3. "Franchise" means any continuing commercial relationship or

arrangement, whatever it may be called, in which the terms of the

offer or contract specify, or the franchise seller promises or

represents, orally or in writing, that:

a. the franchisee will obtain the right to operate a

business that is identified or associated with the

franchisor's trademark, or to offer, sell or

distribute goods, services or commodities that are

identified or associated with the franchisor's

trademark,

b. the franchisor will exert or has authority to exert a

significant degree of control over the franchisee's

method of operation, or provide significant assistance

in the franchisee's method of operation, and

c. as a condition of obtaining or commencing operation of

the franchise, the franchisee makes a required payment

or commits to make a required payment to the

franchisor or its affiliate.

B. A franchisor shall not be considered the employer of a

franchisee or a franchisee's employees.

C. The employees of a franchisee shall not be considered

employees of the franchisor neither shall the employees of a

franchisor be considered employees of a franchisee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1750.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1750.3
Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training -
Status: in_force

Powers and Duties.

A. The director of the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training, and any staff member designated by the director, shall

have all the powers and authority of peace officers of this state

for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of the Oklahoma

Security Guard and Private Investigator Act, and all other duties

which are or may be conferred upon the Council by the Oklahoma

Security Guard and Private Investigator Act. The powers and duties

conferred on the director or any staff member appointed by the

director as a peace officer shall not limit the powers and duties of

other peace officers of this state or any political subdivision

thereof. The director, or any staff member appointed by the

director as a peace officer shall, upon request, assist any federal,

state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency.

B. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall

have the following powers and duties:

1. To promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of the

Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act;

2. To establish and enforce standards governing the training of

persons required to be licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Security

Guard and Private Investigator Act with respect to:

a. issuing, denying, or revoking certificates of approval

to security training schools, and programs

administered by the state, a county, a municipality, a

private corporation, or an individual,

b. certifying instructors at approved security training

schools,

c. establishing minimum requirements for security

training schools and periodically reviewing these

standards, and

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d. providing for periodic inspection of all security

training schools or programs;

3. To establish minimum curriculum requirements for training as

the Council may require for security guards, armed security guards,

and private investigators that shall include, but not be limited to,

recognizing and managing a person appearing to require mental health

treatment or services, crisis intervention, and techniques to assist

with de-escalating interactions between security guards, private

investigators, and the public. Training requirements for unarmed

security guards shall not exceed forty (40) hours of instruction;

4. To establish minimum requirements for a mandatory continuing

education program for all licensed private investigators and

security guards which shall include, but not be limited to:

a. establishing a designated minimum number of clock

hours of required attendance, not to exceed twenty-

four (24) clock hours during the licensing period, at

accredited educational functions,

b. establishing the penalties to be imposed upon a

licensee for failure to comply with the continuing

education requirements,

c. designating the Private Security Advisory Committee to

assist the Council in establishing the criteria for

determining the qualifications of proposed continuing

education programs that would be submitted to the

Council for accreditation to meet this requirement,

and

d. providing that the expense of such continuing

education shall be paid by the licensee participating

therein;

5. To grant a waiver of any training requirement, except

firearms training which shall be required for an armed security

guard license, if the applicant has completed not less than one (1)

year of full-time employment as a security guard, armed security

guard, private investigator, or law enforcement officer within a

three-year period immediately preceding the date of application and

the applicant provides sufficient documentation thereof as may be

required by the Council;

6. To grant an applicant credit for fulfilling any prescribed

course or courses of training, including firearms training, upon

submission of acceptable documentation of comparable training. The

Council may grant or refuse any such credit at its discretion;

7. To issue the licenses and identification cards provided for

in the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act;

8. To investigate alleged violations of the Oklahoma Security

Guard and Private Investigator Act or rules relating thereto and to

deny, suspend, or revoke licenses and identification cards if

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necessary, or to issue notices of reprimand to licensees with or

without probation under rules to be prescribed by the Council;

9. To investigate alleged violations of the Oklahoma Security

Guard and Private Investigator Act by persons not licensed pursuant

to such act and to impose administrative sanctions pursuant to rules

or to seek an injunction pursuant to Section 1750.2A of this title;

10. To provide all forms for applications, identification

cards, and licenses required by the Oklahoma Security Guard and

Private Investigator Act;

11. To enter into reciprocal agreements with officials of other

states;

12. To immediately suspend a license if a licensee's actions

present a danger to the licensee or to the public, a family

household member, or involve a crime against a minor; and

13. To require additional testing for continuation or

reinstatement of a license if a licensee exhibits an inability to

exercise reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3117 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3117
Civil penalties - Repayment of fees
Status: in_force

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A. The Administrator of Consumer Credit may order and impose

civil penalties upon a person subject to the provisions of the

Deferred Deposit Lending Act for violations of the Deferred Deposit

Lending Act or the rules promulgated to implement the Deferred

Deposit Lending Act in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) per violation. The Administrator may also order

repayment of unlawful fees charged to debtors.

B. Any administrative order or settlement agreement imposing a

civil penalty pursuant to this section may be enforced in the same

manner as civil judgments in this state. The Administrator may file

an application to enforce an administrative order or settlement

agreement imposing a civil penalty in the district court of Oklahoma

County.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.73 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.73
Election of remedies - Patient's rights
Status: in_force

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A. A person may pursue any remedy now available through the

courts, without first utilizing the provisions of the Oklahoma

Dental Mediation Act.

B. No provisions of the Oklahoma Dental Mediation Act shall in

any manner limit, alter, modify, delay, compromise or otherwise

affect in any respect a patient's right to initiate litigation for

relief.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-698.8a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-698.8a
Veterinary faculty license
Status: in_force

The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners may issue a

veterinary faculty license to any qualified applicant associated

with one of the state's institutions of higher learning and involved

in the instructional program of either undergraduate or graduate

veterinary medical students, subject to the following conditions:

1. The holder of the veterinary faculty license shall be

remunerated for the practice aspects of the services of the holder

solely from state, federal or institutional funds and not from the

patient-owner beneficiary of his practice efforts;

2. The applicant will furnish the Board with such proof as the

Board may deem necessary to demonstrate that:

a. the applicant is a graduate of a reputable school or

college of veterinary medicine,

b. the applicant has or will have a faculty position at

one of the state's institutions of higher learning and

will be involved in the instructional program of

either undergraduate or graduate veterinary medical

students, as certified by an authorized administrative

official at such institution, and

c. the applicant understands and agrees that the faculty

license is valid only for the practice of veterinary

medicine as a faculty member of the institution;

3. The license issued pursuant to this section may be revoked,

suspended or not renewed or the licensee may be placed on probation

or otherwise disciplined in accordance with the provisions of the

Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act; and

4. The license issued pursuant to this section may be canceled

by the Board upon receipt of information that the holder of the

veterinary faculty license has left or has otherwise been

discontinued from faculty employment at an institution of higher

learning of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.33 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.33
Restoration of license - Application
Status: in_force

The Board may restore a license to any person whose license has

lapsed or has been revoked or suspended. Application for the

reissuance of a license shall be made in the manner as the Board may

direct. The fees prescribed by the rules shall accompany the

application for reissuance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1586 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1586
Effective date of Compact – Withdrawal - Amendment
Status: in_force

A. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the

Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The

provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to

the powers granted to the Commission relating to assembly and the

promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet and

exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and

administration of the Compact.

B. Any state that joins the Compact subsequent to the

Commission's initial adoption of the rules shall be subject to the

rules as they exist on the date on which the Compact becomes law in

that state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the

Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day

the Compact becomes law in that state.

C. Any member state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting

a statute repealing the same.

1. A member state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six

(6) months after enactment of the repealing statute.

2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of

the withdrawing state's audiology or speech-language pathology

licensing board to comply with the investigative and adverse action

reporting requirements of this act prior to the effective date of

withdrawal.

D. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to

invalidate or prevent any audiology or speech-language pathology

licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a

member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the

provisions of this Compact.

E. This Compact may be amended by the member states. No

amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon

any member state until it is enacted into the laws of all member

states.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.19 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.19
Acts constituting practice of dentistry - Acts not
Status: in_force

prevented.

A. The following acts by any person shall be regarded as

practicing dentistry within the meaning of the State Dental Act:

1. Representing oneself to the public as being a dentist or as

one authorized to practice dentistry;

2. Representing oneself to the public as being able to diagnose

or examine clinical material or contract for the treating thereof;

3. Representing oneself as treating or professing to treat by

professional instructions or by advertised use of professional

equipment or products;

4. Representing oneself to the public as treating any of the

diseases or disorders or lesions of the oral cavity, teeth, gums,

maxillary bones, and associate structures;

5. Removing human teeth;

6. Repairing or filling cavities in human teeth;

7. Correcting or attempting to correct malposed teeth;

8. Administering anesthetics, general or local;

9. Treating deformities of the jaws and adjacent structures;

10. Using x-ray and interpreting dental x-ray film;

11. Offering, undertaking or assisting, by any means or

methods, to remove stains, discolorations, or concretions from the

teeth; provided, that this paragraph shall not preclude or prohibit

the sale of any teeth whitening kit designed for self-administration

as approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;

12. Operating or prescribing for any disease, pain, injury,

deficiency, deformity, or any physical condition connected with the

human mouth;

13. Taking impressions of the teeth and jaws;

14. Furnishing, supplying, constructing, reproducing, or

repairing, or offering to furnish, supply, construct, reproduce, or

repair, prosthetic dentures, sometimes known as plates, bridges, or

other substitutes for natural teeth for the user or prospective user

thereof;

15. Adjusting or attempting to adjust any prosthetic denture,

bridge, appliance, or any other structure to be worn in the human

mouth;

16. Diagnosing, making, and adjusting appliances to artificial

casts of malposed teeth for treatment of the malposed teeth in the

human mouth, without instructions;

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17. Writing a laboratory prescription to a dental laboratory or

dental laboratory technician for the construction, reproduction or

repair of any appliance or structure to be worn in the human mouth;

18. Owning, maintaining, or operating an office or offices by

holding a financial interest in same for the practice of dentistry;

or

19. Any other procedure otherwise defined in the State Dental

Act requiring a valid license or permit to perform while the person

does not hold such valid license or permit issued by the Board.

B. The fact that a person uses any dental degree, or

designation, or any card, device, directory, poster, sign or other

media representing oneself to be a dentist shall be prima facie

evidence that the person is engaged in the practice of dentistry;

provided that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to

prevent the following:

1. Physicians or surgeons, who are licensed under the laws of

this state, from administering any kind of treatment coming within

the province of medicine or surgery;

2. The practice of dentistry in the discharge of the person’s

official duties by dentists in the United States Army, the United

States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Marine

Corps, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public

Health Service, or the United States Veterans Administration;

3. Dental schools or colleges, as now conducted and approved,

or as may be approved, and the practice of dentistry by students in

dental schools, colleges or hospitals, approved by the Board, when

acting under the direction and supervision of licensed dentists or

dentists holding properly issued permits acting as instructors;

4. Acts of a dental clinician or other participant at a dental

educational meeting or at an accredited dental college, when no fee

is charged to or paid by a patient;

5. The practice of dental hygiene, as defined herein, by a

person granted a license by the Board;

6. The performing of acts by a dental assistant who performs

the acts under the direct supervision or direct visual supervision

of a dentist and in accordance with the provisions of the State

Dental Act and the rules promulgated by the Board; or

7. The fabrication of dental appliances pursuant to a

laboratory prescription of a dentist, by a dental laboratory

technician in a dental laboratory using inert materials and

mechanical devices for the fabrication of any restoration, appliance

or thing to be worn in the human mouth.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3001 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3001
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Orthotics and

Prosthetics Practice Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1379 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1379
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Adverse action" means any action taken by a state

psychology regulatory authority, which is identified by that

authority as discipline, which action is taken upon the finding of a

violation and is a matter of public record;

2. "Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards

(ASPPB)" means the recognized membership organization composed of

state and provincial psychology regulatory authorities responsible

for the licensure and registration of psychologists throughout the

United States and Canada;

3. "Authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology"

means a licensed psychologist's authority to practice

telepsychology, within the limits authorized under this Compact, in

another compact state;

4. "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the Psychology

Interjurisdictional Compact Commission pursuant to Section 11 of

this act for its governance, or for directing and controlling its

actions and conduct;

5. "Client/patient" means the recipient of psychological

services, whether psychological services are delivered in the

context of healthcare, corporate, supervision and/or consulting

services;

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6. "Commissioner" means the voting representative appointed by

each state psychology regulatory authority pursuant to Section 11 of

this act;

7. "Compact state" means a state, the District of Columbia or

United States territory that has enacted this Compact and which has

not withdrawn pursuant to Section 14 of this act or been terminated

pursuant to Section 13 of this act;

8. "Coordinated Licensure Information System" or "Coordinated

Database" means an integrated process for collecting, storing and

sharing information on psychologists' licensure and enforcement

activities related to psychology licensure laws, which is

administered by the recognized membership organization composed of

the state psychology regulatory authorities;

9. "Confidentiality" means the principle that data or

information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized

persons or processes;

10. "Day" means any part of a day in which psychological work

is performed;

11. "Distant state" means the compact state where a

psychologist is physically present, not through using

telecommunications technologies, to provide temporary in-person,

face-to-face psychological services;

12. "E-Passport" means a certificate issued by the Association

of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) that promotes the

standardization in the criteria of interjurisdictional

telepsychology practice and facilitates the process for licensed

psychologists to provide telepsychological services across state

lines;

13. "Executive Board" means a group of directors elected or

appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them

by, the Commission;

14. "Home state" means a compact state where a psychologist is

licensed to practice psychology. If the psychologist is licensed in

more than one compact state and is practicing under the

authorization to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology, the

home state is the compact state where the psychologist was

physically present when the telepsychological services were

delivered. If the psychologist is licensed in more than one compact

state and is practicing under the temporary authorization to

practice, the home state is any compact state where the psychologist

is licensed;

15. "Identity history summary" means a summary of information

retained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or other designee

with similar authority, in connection with arrests and, in some

instances, federal employment, naturalization or military service;

16. "In-person, face-to-face" means interactions in which the

psychologist and the client/patient are in the same physical space

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and which does not include interactions that may occur through the

use of telecommunication technologies;

17. "Interjurisdictional practice certificate (IPC)" means a

certificate issued by the Association of State and Provincial

Psychology Boards (ASPPB) that grants temporary authority to

practice based on notification to the state psychology regulatory

authority of the intention to practice temporarily, and verification

of one's qualifications for such practice;

18. "License" means authorization by a state psychology

regulatory authority to engage in the independent practice of

psychology, which would be unlawful without the authorization;

19. "Noncompact state" means any state which is not at the time

a compact state;

20. "Psychologist" means an individual licensed for the

independent practice of psychology;

21. "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission" or

"Commission" means the national administration of which all compact

states are members;

22. "Receiving state" means a compact state where the

client/patient is physically located when the telepsychological

services are delivered;

23. "Rule" means a written statement by the Psychology

Interjurisdictional Compact Commission promulgated pursuant to

Section 12 of this act that is of general applicability, implements,

interprets or prescribes a policy or provision of the Compact, or an

organizational, procedural or practice requirement of the Commission

and has the force and effect of statutory law in a compact state,

and includes the amendment, repeal or suspension of an existing

rule;

24. "Significant investigatory information" means:

a. investigative information that a state psychology

regulatory authority, after a preliminary inquiry that

includes notification and an opportunity to respond if

required by state law, has reason to believe, if

proven true, would indicate more than a violation of

state statute or ethics code that would be considered

more substantial than a minor infraction, or

b. investigative information that indicates that the

psychologist represents an immediate threat to the

public health and safety, regardless of whether the

psychologist has been notified or had an opportunity

to respond;

25. "State" means a state, commonwealth, territory or

possession of the United States or the District of Columbia;

26. "State psychology regulatory authority" means the board,

office or other agency with the legislative mandate to license and

regulate the practice of psychology;

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27. "Telepsychology" means the provision of psychological

services using telecommunication technologies;

28. "Temporary authorization to practice" means a licensed

psychologist's authority to conduct temporary in-person, face-to-

face practice, within the limits authorized under this Compact, in

another compact state; and

29. "Temporary in-person, face-to-face practice" means where a

psychologist is physically present, not through using

telecommunications technologies, in the distant state to provide for

the practice of psychology for thirty (30) days within a calendar

year and based on notification to the distant state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-164b — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-164b
Renumbered as Section 161.9 of Title 59 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

265, § 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1389 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1389
Compact oversight – Dispute resolution - Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. Oversight.

1. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of state

government in each compact state shall enforce this Compact and take

all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact's

purposes and intent. The provisions of this Compact and the rules

promulgated hereunder shall have standing as statutory law.

2. All courts shall take judicial notice of the Compact and the

rules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a compact

state pertaining to the subject matter of this Compact which may

affect the powers, responsibilities or actions of the Commission.

3. The Commission shall be entitled to receive service of

process in any such proceeding and shall have standing to intervene

in such a proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide service

of process to the Commission shall render a judgment or order void

as to the Commission, this Compact or promulgated rules.

B. Default, Technical Assistance and Termination.

1. If the Commission determines that a compact state has

defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities

under this Compact or the promulgated rules, the Commission shall:

a. provide written notice to the defaulting state and

other compact states of the nature of the default, the

proposed means of remedying the default and any other

action to be taken by the Commission, and

b. provide remedial training and specific technical

assistance regarding the default.

2. If a state in default fails to remedy the default, the

defaulting state may be terminated from the Compact upon an

affirmative vote of the majority of the compact states, and all

rights, privileges and benefits conferred by this Compact shall be

terminated on the effective date of termination. A remedy of the

default does not relieve the offending state of obligations or

liabilities incurred during the period of default.

3. Termination of membership in the Compact shall be imposed

only after all other means of securing compliance have been

exhausted. Notice of intent to suspend or terminate shall be

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submitted by the Commission to the Governor, the majority and

minority leaders of the defaulting state's legislature, and each of

the compact states.

4. A compact state which has been terminated is responsible for

all assessments, obligations and liabilities incurred through the

effective date of termination, including obligations which extend

beyond the effective date of termination.

5. The Commission shall not bear any costs incurred by the

state which is found to be in default or which has been terminated

from the Compact, unless agreed upon in writing between the

Commission and the defaulting state.

6. The defaulting state may appeal the action of the Commission

by petitioning the United States District Court for the State of

Georgia or the federal district where the Compact has its principal

offices. The prevailing member shall be awarded all costs of such

litigation, including reasonable attorney fees.

C. Dispute Resolution.

1. Upon request by a compact state, the Commission shall

attempt to resolve disputes related to the Compact which arise among

compact states and between compact and noncompact states.

2. The Commission shall promulgate a rule providing for both

mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes that arise

before the Commission.

D. 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 State of Georgia or the

federal district where the Compact has its principal offices against

a compact 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 such litigation, including reasonable attorney

fees.

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, § 59-1151.15 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1151.15
Investigation of complaints by the Board -
Status: in_force

Notification of contractor - Referral of complaint to district

attorney.

A. The Roofing Hearing Board is authorized to investigate any

written complaint received pursuant to the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act, including any person to the extent necessary to

determine if the person is engaged in violations of the provisions

of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act, including unlawful

activity of the practice of contracting for roofing work without a

valid registration, whether the matter is prosecuted

administratively through the Roofing Hearing Board or referred for

criminal prosecution. The Board may refer the matter for

prosecution whether or not the person ceases the unlawful practice

of contracting for roofing work without a valid registration.

B. Service of the notice of violation or citation may be in

person or by certified mail at the last-known business address or

residence address of the person cited.

C. A notice of violation and citation may contain a cease and

desist order for residential roofing contractor work if the

homeowner has been provided the required disclosure and has

exercised the homeowner’s option to cancel the contract as provided

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in subsection I of Section 1151.5 of this title, or at any time

during commercial roofing contractor work.

D. The registrar shall read each complaint received and shall

record the date that the verified complaint was received and process

the complaint as provided by law. The registrar shall notify the

roofing contractor against whom the complaint is made, in writing,

within five (5) days of the receipt of the written complaint. The

roofing contractor shall have ten (10) days to respond, in writing,

to the registrar. If a response to the complaint is received by the

registrar, whether admitting or denying the basis of the complaint,

a copy of both the complaint and the response shall be sent to the

district attorney along with the results of any investigation by the

Board, if the Board does not retain the matter and refers the

complaint to the district attorney. If no response is received, the

complaint may still be referred to the district attorney, along with

the results of any investigation by the Board. The Board or a

Committee of Roofing Examiners member is authorized to assist in any

investigation of a roofing complaint referred to the district

attorney, if requested by the district attorney.

E. Following referral of a complaint to the district attorney,

if the roofing contractor is adjudicated by the court for an act or

omission specified in subsection A of Section 1151.14 of this title,

or upon a conviction for any violation of the provisions of the

Roofing Contractor Registration Act, the registrar, when ordered by

the court, shall suspend, revoke or deny the roofing contractor’s

registration for the period of time specified by the court, and if

the court orders the registration suspended, revoked or denied, and

yet fails to set the term of such suspension, revocation or denial,

the period shall be six (6) months.

F. The registrar shall not renew, reinstate, or issue a new

roofing contractor registration to any person subject to any term of

denial, suspension or revocation until such term has been completed,

and thereafter, the person makes application and pays required fees

pursuant to Sections 1151.8 and 1151.12 of this title.

G. It shall be unlawful for a person to obtain or attempt to

obtain a roofing contractor registration certificate under any other

name during any period when the roofing contractor’s registration is

suspended or revoked. Upon conviction of a violation of this

subsection, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as provided

in Section 1151.3 of this title. A business firm, partnership,

association, corporation, limited liability company, or other group

or combination thereof acting as a unit whose registration

certificate is suspended or revoked includes all of the members,

partners, officers, and agents acting under that roofing contractor

registration certificate when such persons are specified on and did

sign the application or renewal form.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1910 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1910
Information acquired in professional capacity -Disclosure
Status: in_force

- Privileges and immunities - Court proceeding.

A. No person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the

Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall knowingly and willfully

disclose any information the licensee may have acquired from persons

consulting the licensee in his professional capacity as a

professional counselor or be compelled to disclose such information

except:

1. With the written consent of the client, or in the case of

death or disability of the client, the consent of his personal

representative or other person authorized to sue or the beneficiary

of any insurance policy on his life, health or physical condition;

2. If the person is a child under the age of eighteen (18)

years and the information acquired by the licensed person indicated

that the child was the victim or subject of a crime, the licensed

person may be required to testify fully in relation thereto upon an

examination, trial or other proceeding in which the commission of

such a crime is a subject of inquiry;

3. If the client waives the privilege by bringing charges

against the licensed person;

4. When failure to disclose such information presents a danger

to the health of any person; or

5. If the licensed professional counselor is a party to a

civil, criminal or disciplinary action arising from such therapy, in

which case any waiver of the privilege accorded by this section

shall be limited to that action.

B. No information shall be treated as privileged and there

shall be no privileges created by the Licensed Professional

Counselors Act as to any information acquired by the person licensed

pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act when such

information pertains to criminal acts or violation of any law.

C. The Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall not be

construed to prohibit any licensed person from testifying in court

hearings concerning matters of adoption, child abuse, child neglect,

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battery or matters pertaining to the welfare of children or from

seeking collaboration or consultation with professional colleagues

or administrative superiors on behalf of this client.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-161.15 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-161.15
Doctors of chiropractic governed by public health laws
Status: in_force

Doctors of chiropractic shall be bound by all the provisions of

the Oklahoma Public Health Code that apply to them, and shall be

qualified to sign:

1. Death certificates, pursuant to Section 1-317 of Title 63 of

the Oklahoma Statutes; and

2. All other certificates, including those relating to public

health, the same as doctors of medicine and surgery and doctors of

osteopathic medicine, and with like effect.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1015 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1015
Municipal water and sewage systems - Rules and
Status: in_force

regulations.

Each city and/or incorporated town with a population of two

thousand (2,000) or more in the state, having a system of water

supply or sewerage shall, and any incorporated town, or any sewer

district Commission may, by ordinance or regulation, prescribe rules

and regulations for the material, construction, installation and

inspection of all plumbing and sewerage placed in, or in connection

with any building, structure, or conveyance in such city, town or

sewer district, and the board of health or other proper authority of

such city, town or sewer district shall further provide that no

plumbing work shall be done, except in the case of repairing leaks,

without permit being issued therefor upon such terms and conditions

as such city, town or sewer commission shall prescribe.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1514 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1514
Municipal regulation
Status: in_force

Municipalities may enact ordinances which are in compliance with

but not more restrictive than the provisions of the Oklahoma

Pawnshop Act, Section 1501 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma

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Statutes. Any existing or future order, ordinance or regulation

which conflicts with this provision shall be null and void.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1321 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1321
Qualifications of sureties
Status: in_force

Each and every surety for the release of a person on bail shall

be qualified as:

1. An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen;

2. A professional bondsman properly qualified and approved by

the Insurance Commissioner;

3. A cash bondsman;

4. A property bondsman;

5. A multicounty agent bondsman properly qualified and approved

by the Insurance Commissioner; or

6. A natural person who has reached the age of twenty-one (21)

years, a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of

Oklahoma for a period of six (6) months immediately last past and

who holds record title to property in Oklahoma, cash or other things

of value, acceptable to the proper authority approving the bail

bond.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1370 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1370
Standards of conduct - Suspension, probation, remediation, revocation of license - Notice
Status: in_force

of hearing - Orders - Service - Restoration of license, reduction of suspension or probation period,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 29remediation, revocation of license - Notice of hearing - Orders -

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Service - Restoration of license, reduction of suspension or

probation period, withdrawal of reprimand – Definitions.

A. A psychologist and any other persons under the supervision

of the psychologist shall conduct their professional activities in

conformity with ethical and professional standards promulgated by

the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists by rule.

B. The Board shall have the power and duty to suspend, place on

probation, require remediation, revoke any license to practice

psychology, impose an administrative fine not to exceed Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per incident, or assess reasonable

costs or to take any other action specified in the rules whenever

the Board shall find by clear and convincing evidence that the

psychologist has engaged in any of the following acts or offenses:

1. Fraud in applying for or procuring a license to practice

psychology;

2. Immoral, unprofessional, or dishonorable conduct as defined

in the rules promulgated by the Board;

3. Practicing psychology in a manner as to endanger the welfare

of clients or patients;

4. Conviction of a felony crime that substantially relates to

the business practices of psychology or poses a reasonable threat to

public safety;

5. Harassment, intimidation, or abuse, sexual or otherwise, of

a client or patient;

6. Engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual contact with

a client or patient;

7. Use of repeated untruthful, deceptive or improbable

statements concerning the licensee's qualifications or the effects

or results of proposed treatment, including practicing outside of

the psychologist's professional competence established by education,

training, and experience;

8. Gross malpractice or repeated malpractice or gross

negligence in the practice of psychology;

9. Aiding or abetting the practice of psychology by any person

not approved by the Board or not otherwise exempt from the

provisions of Section 1351 et seq. of this title;

10. Conviction of or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to

fraud in filing Medicare or Medicaid claims or in filing claims with

any third-party payor. A copy of the record of plea or conviction,

certified by the clerk of the court entering the plea or conviction,

shall be conclusive evidence of the plea or conviction;

11. Exercising undue influence in a manner to exploit the

client, patient, student, or supervisee for financial advantage

beyond the payment of professional fees or for other personal

advantage to the practitioner or a third party;

12. The suspension or revocation by another state of a license

to practice psychology. A certified copy of the record of

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suspension or revocation of the state making such a suspension or

revocation shall be conclusive evidence thereof;

13. Refusal to appear before the Board after having been

ordered to do so in writing by the executive officer or chair of the

Board;

14. Making any fraudulent or untrue statement to the Board;

15. Violation of the code of ethics adopted in the rules and

regulations of the Board; and

16. Inability to practice psychology with reasonable skill and

safety to patients or clients by reason of illness, inebriation,

misuse of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or any other

substance, or as a result of any mental or physical condition.

C. No license shall be suspended or revoked nor the licensee

placed on probation or reprimanded until the licensee has been given

an opportunity for a hearing before the Board pursuant to the

provisions of subsection D of this section. Whenever the Board

determines that there has been a violation of any of the provisions

of the Psychologists Licensing Act or of any order of the Board, it

shall give written notice to the alleged violator specifying the

cause of complaint. The notice shall require that the alleged

violator appear before the Board at a time and place specified in

the notice and answer the charges specified in the notice. The

notice shall be delivered to the alleged violator in accordance with

the provisions of subsection E of this section not less than ten

(10) days before the time set for the hearing.

D. On the basis of the evidence produced at the hearing, the

Board shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and enter

an order thereon in writing or stated in the record. A final order

adverse to the alleged violator shall be in writing. An order

stated in the record shall become effective immediately, provided

the Board gives written notice of the order to the alleged violator

and to the other persons who appeared at the hearing and made

written request for notice of the order. If the hearing is held

before any person other than the Board itself, such person shall

transmit the record of the hearing together with recommendations for

findings of fact and conclusions of law to the Board, which shall

thereupon enter its order. The Board may enter its order on the

basis of such record or, before issuing its order, require

additional hearings or further evidence to be presented. The order

of the Board shall become final and binding on all parties unless

appealed to the district court as provided for in the Administrative

Procedures Act.

E. Except as otherwise expressly provided for by law, any

notice, order, or other instrument issued by or pursuant to the

authority of the Board may be served on any person affected, by

publication or by mailing a copy of the notice, order, or other

instrument by registered mail directed to the person affected at the

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last-known post office address of such person as shown by the files

or records of the Board. Proof of the service shall be made as in

case of service of a summons or by publication in a civil action.

Proof of mailing may be made by the affidavit of the person who

mailed the notice. Proof of service shall be filed in the office of

the Board.

F. Every certificate or affidavit of service made and filed as

provided for in this section shall be prima facie evidence of the

facts stated therein, and a certified copy thereof shall have same

force and effect as the original certificate or affidavit of

service.

G. If the psychologist fails or refuses to appear, the Board

may proceed to hearing and determine the charges in his or her

absence. If the psychologist pleads guilty, or if upon hearing the

charges, a majority of the Board finds them to be true, the Board

may enter an order suspending or revoking the license of the

psychologist, reprimanding the psychologist, or placing the

psychologist on probation or any combination of penalties authorized

by the provisions of this section.

H. The secretary of the Board shall preserve a record of all

proceedings of the hearings and shall furnish a transcript of the

hearings to the defendant upon request. The defendant shall prepay

the actual cost of preparing the transcript.

I. Upon a vote of four of its members, the Board may restore a

license which has been revoked, reduce the period of suspension or

probation, or withdraw a reprimand.

J. As used in this section:

1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct

for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the

fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or

responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and

2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal

conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat

of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability

to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.

K. The Board may keep confidential its investigative files.

L. The forfeiture, nonrenewal, surrender or voluntary

relinquishment of a license by a licensee shall not bar jurisdiction

by the Board to proceed with any investigation, action or proceeding

to revoke, suspend, condition or limit the licensee's license or

fine the licensee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1304 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1304
Expiration date
Status: in_force

Each bail bondsman license issued shall expire biennially at

12:00 o'clock midnight on the last day of the birth month of the

bondsman, unless revoked or suspended prior thereto by the Insurance

Commissioner.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1328 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1328
Procedure for surrender of defendant - Recommitment
Status: in_force

procedure.

A. The bondsman or insurer, or a licensed bail enforcer

pursuant to a client contract authorized by the Bail Enforcement and

Licensing Act, desiring to make a surrender of the defendant shall

procure or have in his or her possession a certified copy of the

undertakings and deliver such documents together with the defendant

to the official in whose custody the defendant was at the time bail

was taken, or to the official into whose custody he or she would

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have been given had he or she been committed, who shall detain the

defendant in custody thereon, as upon a commitment, and by a

certificate in writing acknowledge the surrender.

Upon the presentation of a certified copy of the undertaking and

the certificate of the official, the court before which the

defendant has been held to answer, or the court in which the

preliminary examination, indictment, information or appeal is

pending, shall upon notice of three (3) days given by the person

making the surrender to the prosecuting officer of the court having

jurisdiction of the offense, together with a copy of the

undertakings and certificate, order that the obligors be exonerated

from liability on their undertakings, and, if money has been

deposited as bail, that such money or bonds be refunded. If

property pledged, a certificate of exoneration be issued and the

lien previously filed be released and the undertakings of whatever

nature be canceled.

If certified copies of bonds are not reasonably available, the

bondsman or insurer may recommit the defendant to be held in custody

on the charges for which the bondsman or insurer has previously

posted appearance bonds thereon in accordance with the following

procedure:

1. On a Recommitment of Defendant by Bondsman form approved by

the Administrative Office of the Courts, the bondsman or insurer

shall personally affix his or her signature to an affidavit

attesting to the following:

a. the bondsman or insurer has posted a bond or bonds for

the defendant and is hereby presented to the official

in whose custody the defendant was at the time bail

was taken,

b. the case number, if any, assigned to each bond, and

c. the specific charges and bond amount or amounts;

2. The bondsman or insurer shall present the Recommitment of

Defendant by Bondsman form to the official in whose custody the

defendant is being surrendered, and the official shall detain the

defendant in his or her custody thereon, as upon a commitment, and

by a certificate in writing acknowledging the surrender; and

3. When a bondsman or insurer recommits a defendant pursuant to

this subsection, the bondsman or insurer shall file a written

notification thereof to the court clerk, and after such

notification, the bond or bonds shall be exonerated and the clerk

shall enter a minute in the case exonerating the bond or bonds.

B. Any bail bondsman engaged in the apprehension or surrender

of his or her defendant client, and any bail bondsman assisting

another bondsman pursuant to Section 1311.4 of this title, shall at

all times while engaged in the apprehension or surrender of the

defendant client have his or her bail bondsman license in his or her

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possession and shall present the license to any law enforcement

officer immediately upon request.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-513 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-513
Psychologically impacted real estate - Factors
Status: in_force

included - Nondisclosure of facts - Certain actions prohibited -

Disclosure in certain circumstances.

A. The fact or suspicion that real estate might be or is

psychologically impacted, such impact being the result of facts or

suspicions, including but not limited to:

1. That an occupant of the real estate is, or was at any time

suspected to be infected, or has been infected, with Human

Immunodeficiency Virus or diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency

Syndrome, or other disease which has been determined by medical

evidence to be highly unlikely to be transmitted through the

occupancy of a dwelling place; or

2. That the real estate was, or was at any time suspected to

have been the site of a suicide, homicide or other felony,

is not a material fact that must be disclosed in a real estate

transaction.

B. No cause of action shall arise against an owner of real

estate or any licensee assisting the owner for the failure to

disclose to the purchaser or lessee of such real estate or any

licensee assisting the purchaser or lessee that such real estate was

psychologically impacted as provided for in subsection A of this

section.

C. Notwithstanding the fact that this information is not a

material defect or fact, in the event that a purchaser or lessee,

who is in the process of making a bona fide offer, advises the

licensee assisting the owner, in writing, that knowledge of such

factor is important to the person's decision to purchase or lease

the property, the licensee shall make inquiry of the owner and

report any findings to the purchaser or lessee with the consent of

the owner and subject to and consistent with applicable laws of

privacy; provided further, if the owner refuses to disclose, the

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licensee assisting the owner shall so advise the purchaser or

lessee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-509 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-509
Unprofessional conduct - Definition
Status: in_force

The words “unprofessional conduct” as used in Sections 481

through 518.1 of this title are hereby declared to include, but

shall not be limited to, the following:

1. Procuring, aiding or abetting a criminal operation;

2. The obtaining of any fee or offering to accept any fee,

present or other form of remuneration whatsoever, on the assurance

or promise that a manifestly incurable disease can or will be cured;

3. Willfully betraying a professional secret to the detriment

of the patient;

4. Habitual intemperance or the habitual use of habit-forming

drugs;

5. Conviction or confession of, or plea of guilty, nolo

contendere, no contest or Alford plea to a felony or any offense

involving moral turpitude;

6. All advertising of medical business in which statements are

made which are grossly untrue or improbable and calculated to

mislead the public;

7. Conviction or confession of, or plea of guilty, nolo

contendere, no contest or Alford plea to a crime involving violation

of:

a. the antinarcotic or prohibition laws and regulations

of the federal government,

b. the laws of this state,

c. State Commissioner of Health rules, or

d. a determination by a judge or jury;

8. Dishonorable or immoral conduct which is likely to deceive,

defraud, or harm the public;

9. The commission of any act which is a violation of the

criminal laws of any state when such act is connected with the

physician’s practice of medicine. A complaint, indictment or

confession of a criminal violation shall not be necessary for the

enforcement of this provision. Proof of the commission of the act

while in the practice of medicine or under the guise of the practice

of medicine shall be unprofessional conduct;

10. Failure to keep complete and accurate records of purchase

and disposal of controlled drugs or of narcotic drugs;

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11. The writing of false or fictitious prescriptions for any

drugs or narcotics declared by the laws of this state to be

controlled or narcotic drugs;

12. Prescribing or administering a drug or treatment without

sufficient examination and the establishment of a valid physician-

patient relationship and not prescribing in a safe, medically

accepted manner;

13. The violation, or attempted violation, direct or indirect,

of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and

Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act, either as a principal,

accessory or accomplice;

14. Aiding or abetting, directly or indirectly, the practice of

medicine by any person not duly authorized under the laws of this

state;

15. The inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill

and safety to patients by reason of age, illness, drunkenness,

excessive use of drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of

material or as a result of any mental or physical condition. In

enforcing this section the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision may, upon probable cause, request a physician to submit

to a mental or physical examination by physicians designated by it.

If the physician refuses to submit to the examination, the Board

shall issue an order requiring the physician to show cause why the

physician will not submit to the examination and shall schedule a

hearing on the order within thirty (30) days after notice is served

on the physician, exclusive of the day of service. The physician

shall be notified by either personal service or by certified mail

with return receipt requested. At the hearing, the physician and

the physician’s attorney are entitled to present any testimony and

other evidence to show why the physician should not be required to

submit to the examination. After a complete hearing, the Board

shall issue an order either requiring the physician to submit to the

examination or withdrawing the request for examination. The medical

license of a physician ordered to submit for examination may be

suspended until the results of the examination are received and

reviewed by the Board;

16. a. Prescribing, dispensing or administering of controlled

substances or narcotic drugs in excess of the amount

considered good medical practice,

b. Prescribing, dispensing or administering controlled

substances or narcotic drugs without medical need in

accordance with pertinent licensing board standards,

or

c. Prescribing, dispensing or administering opioid drugs

in excess of the maximum limits authorized in Section

2-309I of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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17. Engaging in physical conduct with a patient which is sexual

in nature, or in any verbal behavior which is seductive or sexually

demeaning to a patient;

18. Failure to maintain an office record for each patient which

accurately reflects the evaluation, treatment, and medical necessity

of treatment of the patient;

19. Failure to provide necessary ongoing medical treatment when

a doctor-patient relationship has been established, which

relationship can be severed by either party providing a reasonable

period of time is granted;

20. Performance of an abortion as defined by Section 1-730 of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except for an abortion necessary

to prevent the death of the mother or to prevent substantial or

irreversible physical impairment of the mother that substantially

increases the risk of death. The performance of an abortion on the

basis of the mental or emotional health of the mother shall be a

violation of this paragraph, notwithstanding a claim or diagnosis

that the woman may engage in conduct which she intends to result in

her death. The Board shall impose a penalty as provided in Section

509.1 of this title on a licensee who violates this paragraph. The

penalty shall include, but not be limited to, suspension of the

license for a period not less than one (1) year;

21. Failure to provide a proper and safe medical facility

setting and qualified assistive personnel for a recognized medical

act, including but not limited to an initial in-person patient

examination, office surgery, diagnostic service or any other medical

procedure or treatment. Adequate medical records to support

diagnosis, procedure, treatment or prescribed medications must be

produced and maintained; or

22. Knowingly providing gender transition procedures as defined

in Section 1 of this act to a child.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1689 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1689
Electrical Hearing Board - Investigations - Revocation or
Status: in_force

suspension of licenses - Jurisdiction of political subdivisions.

A. The Construction Industries Board or its designee and the

Committee of Electrical Examiners shall act as the Electrical

Hearing Board and shall comply with the provisions of Article II of

the Administrative Procedures Act, Section 308a et seq. of Title 75

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Any administrative hearing on suspensions, revocations or

fines shall be conducted by a hearing examiner appointed by the

Board. The hearing examiner’s decision shall be a final decision

which may be appealed to a district court in accordance with the

Administrative Procedures Act.

C. The Electrical Hearing Board may, upon its own motion, and

shall, upon written complaint filed by any person, investigate the

business transactions of any electrical contractor, journeyman

electrician, electrical apprentice, student apprentice or poultry

house contractor license. Upon a finding by clear and convincing

evidence, the Board shall suspend or revoke any license or

registration obtained by false or fraudulent representation. Upon a

finding by clear and convincing evidence, the Board shall also

suspend or revoke any license or registration for any of the

following:

1. Making a material misstatement in the application for a

license or registration, or the renewal of a license or

registration;

2. Loaning or illegally using a license;

3. Demonstrating incompetence to act as a journeyman

electrician or electrical contractor;

4. Violating any provisions of the Electrical License Act, or

any rule or order prescribed by the Board or any ordinance for the

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installation of electrical facilities made or enacted by a city or

town by authority of the Electrical License Act;

5. Willfully failing to perform normal business obligations

without justifiable cause; or

6. Failing to maintain a registration or license as required by

law in another state while registered in this state as a nonresident

contractor.

D. Any person whose license or registration has been revoked by

the Electrical Hearing Board may apply for a new license one (1)

year from the date of such revocation.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a political

subdivision of this state that has adopted a nationally recognized

electrical code and appointed an inspector pursuant to the

provisions of Section 1693 of this title or pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors Act for such work shall have

jurisdiction over the interpretation of the code and the

installation of all electrical work done in that political

subdivision, subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors

Act. Provided, a state inspector may work directly with an

electrical contractor, journeyman electrician, electrical apprentice

or student apprentice in such a locality if a violation of the code

creates an immediate threat to life or health.

F. In the case of a complaint about, investigation of or

inspection of any license, registration, permit or electrical work

in any political subdivision of this state which has not adopted a

nationally recognized electrical code and appointed an inspector

pursuant to the provisions of Section 1693 of this title or pursuant

to the provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors Act for such work, the

Construction Industries Board shall have jurisdiction over such

matters.

G. 1. No individual, business, company, corporation,

association or other entity subject to the provisions of the

Electrical License Act shall install, modify or alter electrical

facilities in any incorporated area of this state which has not

adopted a nationally recognized electrical code and appointed an

inspector pursuant to the provisions of Section 1693 of this title

or pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors Act for

such work without providing notice of such electrical work to the

Construction Industries Board. A notice form for reproduction by an

individual or entity required to make such notice shall be provided

by the Construction Industries Board upon request.

2. Notice to the Construction Industries Board pursuant to this

subsection shall not be required for electrical maintenance or

replacement of existing electrical appliances or fixtures or of any

petroleum refinery or its research facilities.

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3. Enforcement of this subsection is authorized pursuant to the

Electrical License Act, or under authority granted to the

Construction Industries Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1902 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1902
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act:

1. "Licensed professional counselor" or "LPC" means any person

who offers professional counseling services for compensation to any

person and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed

Professional Counselors Act. The term shall not include those

professions exempted by Section 1903 of this title;

2. "Board" means the State Board of Behavioral Health

Licensure;

3. "Counseling" means the application of mental health and

developmental principles in order to:

a. facilitate human development and adjustment throughout

the life span,

b. prevent, diagnose or treat mental, emotional or

behavioral disorders or associated distress which

interfere with mental health,

c. conduct assessments or diagnoses for the purpose of

establishing treatment goals and objectives, and

d. plan, implement or evaluate treatment plans using

counseling treatment interventions;

4. "Counseling treatment interventions" means the application

of cognitive, affective, behavioral and systemic counseling

strategies which include principles of development, wellness, and

pathology that reflect a pluralistic society. Such interventions

are specifically implemented in the context of a professional

counseling relationship;

5. "Consulting" means interpreting or reporting scientific fact

or theory in counseling to provide assistance in solving current or

potential problems of individuals, groups or organizations;

6. "Referral activities" means the evaluating of data to

identify problems and to determine the advisability of referral to

other specialists;

7. "Research activities" means reporting, designing, conducting

or consulting on research in counseling;

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8. "Specialty" means the designation of a subarea of counseling

practice that is recognized by a national certification agency or by

the Board;

9. "Supervisor" means a person who meets the requirements

established by the Board and who is licensed pursuant to the

Licensed Professional Counselors Act;

10. "Licensed professional counselor candidate" means a person

whose application for licensure has been accepted and who is under

supervision for licensure as provided in Section 1906 of this title;

and

11. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the

State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.25 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-15.25
Misrepresentation or fraud - Violations of act -
Status: in_force

Penalty.

Any individual or entity who:

1. Represents himself, herself or itself as having received a

certificate, license, or permit and otherwise presents himself,

herself or itself to the public as having specialized knowledge or

skills associated with CPAs and PAs without having received such

certificate, license, or permit; or

2. Continues to use such title or designation after such

certificate, license, or permit has been recalled, revoked,

surrendered, canceled, or suspended or refuses to surrender such

certificate, license, or permit; or

3. Falsely represents himself, herself or itself as being a CPA

or licensed as a public accountant, or firm of CPAs or licensed

public accountants, or who incorrectly designates the character of

the certificate, license or permit which he, she or it holds; or

4. Otherwise violates any of the provisions of the Oklahoma

Accountancy Act;

upon conviction shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

Provided, however, that an individual granted practice

privileges under Section 15.12A of this title or a firm exempt from

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the permit and registration requirements under Section 15.15C of

this title or paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 15.15 of this

title may hold out as a CPA or a firm of CPAs, respectively, without

violation of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.27 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.27
Prohibition against architects bidding or holding
Status: in_force

financial interests in bidding entities for certain contracts.

It shall be unlawful for an architect, at any time, to bid or

hold a financial interest in any entity competitively bidding for a

contract for the reparation, alteration or erection of a building or

other structure for which he or she has prepared the plans and

specifications unless the contract is a design/build contract.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-154 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-154
Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners' Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 153

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, to be designated as

the "Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners' Revolving Fund". The

fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year

limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Board

pursuant to the provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act.

All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby

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

purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of the

Podiatric Medicine Practice Act. Expenditures from said fund shall

be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

signed by the secretary-treasurer of the Board or by an authorized

employee or employees of the Board and filed as prescribed by law

with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1800.4 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1800.4
Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Committee
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire

Sprinkler Industry Committee, which shall consist of nine (9)

members. One member shall be the Commissioner of Labor or the

Commissioner's designated representative and eight members shall be

appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. Seven of

the appointed members shall have at least five (5) years of

experience in the alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler industry or in

a closely related field with broad working knowledge of the alarm,

locksmith or fire sprinkler industry and active employment status in

such field during the term of appointment. At least one of the

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appointed members shall be from each working field or closely

related industries of burglar alarm, fire alarm, fire sprinkler,

electronic access control, locksmith, closed circuit television,

video surveillance, and nurse call system, except when a qualified

candidate for appointment is not available in the working field.

One of the appointed members shall be a lay member. No member shall

be employed by the same person as any other member of the Committee.

B. The term of office of each appointed member shall be a

staggered term of four (4) years with a limit of two full terms.

Notwithstanding the term of office, each appointed member shall

continue to serve until his or her successor has been duly qualified

and appointed. All appointees must qualify under the Alarm,

Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act.

C. Members of the Committee may be removed from office by the

Governor at any time. A member missing two or more committee

meetings in a single year without justifiable cause may be removed

and replaced by the Governor at the request of the Committee.

D. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor

with the consent of the Senate for the unexpired term of the

vacancy. Should an appointment from a working field become vacant

or be without qualified candidates for appointment, that working

field may be filled by a person from another working field.

E. The members of the Committee shall serve without pay but may

be reimbursed for actual expenses pursuant to the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

F. The Committee shall elect from among its membership a chair,

vice-chair and secretary to serve terms of not more than two (2)

years ending on May 31 of the year designated by the Committee. The

chair or vice-chair shall preside at all meetings. The chair, vice-

chair and secretary shall perform such duties as may be decided by

the Committee in order to effectively administer the Alarm,

Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act or as directed by the

Commissioner of Labor.

G. A majority of Committee members shall constitute a quorum to

transact official business.

H. The Committee shall meet at such times as the Committee

deems necessary to implement the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler

Industry Act.

I. The Committee shall assist and advise the Commissioner on

all matters relating to the formulation of rules, regulations and

standards in accordance with the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler

Industry Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.43a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.43a
Complaints - Review and investigative panels - Panel
Status: in_force

authority.

A. 1. Upon the receipt of a complaint to the Board of

Dentistry alleging a violation of the State Dental Act or other

state or federal law by a licensee, permit holder or other

individual under the authority of the Board, the Board president

shall assign up to three Board members as the review and

investigative panel. The remaining Board members shall constitute

the Board member jury panel. In the event the complaint is

anesthesia-related, the Board president or acting president may, at

his or her discretion, add one or more members of the anesthesia

committee to the review and investigative panel.

2. The review and investigative panel, in its discretion, may

notify the respondent of the complaint at any time prior to its

dismissal of the complaint or making a recommendation to the Board.

B. The review and investigative panel shall confer and shall

conduct or cause to be conducted any investigation of the

allegations in the complaint as it reasonably determines may be

needed to establish, based on the evidence available to the panel,

whether it is more likely than not that:

1. A violation of the provisions of the State Dental Act or the

rules of the Board has occurred; and

2. The person named in the complaint has committed the

violation.

C. 1. In conducting its investigation, a review and

investigative panel may seek evidence, take statements, take and

hear evidence, and administer oaths and affirmations and shall have

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any other powers as defined by the Administrative Procedures Act. A

review and investigative panel may also use Board attorneys and

investigators appointed by the Board to seek evidence.

2. The review and investigative panel shall not have contact or

discussions regarding the investigation with the other Board members

that shall be on the jury panel during the investigative phase.

3. No Board member that is a dentist living in the same

district as a dentist that is the subject of a complaint shall serve

on a review and investigative panel or on the Board member jury

panel.

4. All records, documents, and other materials during the

review and investigative panel portion shall be considered

investigative files and not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records

Act.

D. The Board president or other member of the Board shall act

as the presiding administrative judge during any proceeding. The

presiding administrative judge shall be allowed to seek advice from

judicial counsel or other legal counsel appointed by the Board.

E. The review and investigative panel shall have the authority

to:

1. Dismiss the complaint as unfounded;

2. Refer the case to mediation pursuant to the Oklahoma Dental

Mediation Act. The mediation panel shall report to the review and

investigative panel that a mediation was successful or refer the

matter back to the review and investigative panel at which time they

will reassume jurisdiction or dismiss the complaint;

3. Issue a private reprimand, settlement agreement, or

remediation agreement that shall not include any restriction upon

the licensee’s or permit holder’s license or permit;

4. Assess an administrative fine not to exceed One Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per violation pursuant to a private

settlement agreement; and

5. Issue a formal complaint for a hearing of the Board member

jury panel pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures

Act against the licensee or permit holder.

The review and investigative panel and the Board president shall

have the authority to authorize the Executive Director or the

Board’s attorney to file an injunction in district court for illegal

activity pursuant to the State Dental Act when needed.

F. In the event of a majority of members of the Board being

recused from the Board member jury panel, the Board president or

presiding administrative judge shall appoint one or more previous

Board members with a current active license in good standing to

serve as a jury panel member.

G. Any action as set forth in paragraphs 1 through 3 of

subsection E of this section shall remain part of the investigation

file, and may be disclosed or used against the respondent only if

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the respondent violates the settlement agreement or if ordered by a

court of competent jurisdiction.

H. The Board of Dentistry, its employees, independent

contractors, appointed committee members and other agents shall keep

confidential all information obtained in the following

circumstances:

1. During an investigation into allegations of violations of

the State Dental Act, including but not limited to:

a. any review or investigation made to determine whether

to allow an applicant to take an examination, or

b. whether the Board shall grant a license, certificate,

or permit;

2. In the course of conducting an investigation;

3. Reviewing investigative reports provided to the Board by a

registrant; and

4. Receiving and reviewing examination and test scores.

I. The president of the Board or presiding administrative judge

shall approve any private settlement agreement.

J. The review and investigative panel may make a recommendation

for an agreed settlement order to be approved by the Board. The

agreed settlement order may include any recommendation agreed upon

between the license holder including, but not limited to, any

penalty available to the Board pursuant to Section 328.44a of this

title.

K. A formal complaint issued by the review and investigative

panel shall specify the basic factual allegations and the provisions

of the State Dental Act, state law or rules that the license or

permit holder is alleged to have violated. The formal notice of a

complaint shall be served to the license or permit holder either in

person, to his or her attorney, by agreement of the individual, by

an investigator of the Board or a formal process server pursuant to

Section 2004 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

L. Any information obtained and all contents of any

investigation file shall be exempt from the provisions of the

Oklahoma Open Records Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1742.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1742.1
Dietitian Licensure Compact enactment
Status: in_force

The Dietitian Licensure Compact is hereby enacted into law and

the Governor shall enter into the Compact on behalf of the State of

Oklahoma with any jurisdiction legally joined therein, in the form

substantially as set forth in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1688 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1688
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 59-1688v1 (HB 3215, Laws 2024, c. 269, § 2).

OS 59-1688v2 (SB 1572, Laws 2024, c. 355, § 3).
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1428 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1428
Renumbered as § 11-97 of Title 2 by Laws 2014, c. 18, §
Status: in_force

10, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1620 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1620
Jurisdiction of district court
Status: in_force

A. The Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and

Audiology, the Attorney General or the local district attorney may

apply to the district court in the county in which a violation of

the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act is alleged

to have occurred for an order enjoining or restraining the

commission or continuance of such alleged violations. Thereupon,

the court has jurisdiction over the proceedings, and may grant such

temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order, without

bond, as it deems just and proper.

B. The remedy provided by this section is in addition to, and

independent of, any other remedies available for the enforcement of

the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3150.25 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3150.25
Local government units – Authority to regulate small
Status: in_force

loans.

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Local government units including, but not limited to, cities,

towns and counties shall have no authority to regulate small loans.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1925.17 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1925.17
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure, to be designated

the "Licensed Marital and Family Therapist Revolving Fund". The

fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year

limitations, and shall consist of all monies received pursuant to

the provisions of the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act.

All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Executive

Director to meet expenses necessary for carrying out the purpose of

the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act. Expenditures from

said fund shall be approved by the Board and 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1295 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1295
Construction of Compact — Severability
Status: in_force

A. This Compact and the Commission’s rulemaking authority shall

be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the

implementation and administration of the Compact. Provisions of the

Compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of Rules

shall not be construed to limit the Commission’s rulemaking

authority solely for those purposes.

B. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any

phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is held by a

court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution

of any Member State, a State seeking participation in the Compact,

or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any

government, agency, person, or circumstance is held to be

unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity

of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to

any other government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be

affected thereby.

C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, the Commission

may deny a State’s participation in the Compact or, in accordance

with the requirements of subsection C of Section 13 of this act,

terminate a Member State’s participation in the Compact, if it

determines that a constitutional requirement of a Member State is a

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material departure from the Compact. Otherwise, if this Compact

shall be held to be 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, § 59-1504 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1504
Applications - Contents - Bonds - Statutory agent
Status: in_force

A. Applications for a pawnshop license shall be under oath and

shall state the full name and place of residence of the applicant.

If the applicant is a partnership, the full name and place of

residence of each member thereof shall be stated. If the applicant

is a corporation, the full name and place of residence of each

officer or major stockholder thereof shall be stated. The

application shall give the approximate location from which the

business is to be conducted, and shall contain such relevant

information as the Administrator may require.

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B. Each applicant for a pawnshop license at the time of filing

application shall file with the Administrator a bond satisfactory to

him and in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each

license with a surety company qualified to do business in this

state. The said bond shall run to the state for the use of the

state and of any person or persons who may have cause of action

against the obligor of said bond under the provisions of this act.

Such bond shall be conditioned that the obligor will comply with the

provisions of this act and of all rules and regulations lawfully

made by the Administrator hereunder, and will pay to the state and

to any such person or persons any and all amounts of money that may

become due or owing to the state or to such person or persons from

said obligor under and by virtue of the provisions of this act

during the time such bond is in effect.

C. Each licensee shall maintain on file with the Administrator

a written appointment of a resident of this state as his agent for

service of all judicial or other process or legal notice, unless the

licensee has appointed an agent under another statute of this state.

In case of noncompliance, such service may be made on the

Administrator.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3006 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3006
Qualifications for licensure and registration -
Status: in_force

Alternative requirements – Temporary licensure without examination.

A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, with

the assistance of the Advisory Committee on Orthotics and

Prosthetics, shall establish qualifications for licensure and

registration under the Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice Act.

Until November 1, 2004, the Board shall provide, as set forth

herein, an alternative qualification licensure opportunity for

current practitioners in this state who are unable to meet standard

qualifications. Persons meeting the qualifications of more than one

discipline may be licensed in more than one discipline.

B. To be licensed to practice orthotics or prosthetics

according to standard qualifications, a person shall:

1. Demonstrate certification by the Board for

Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification (BOC), or the American Board for

Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC); or

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2. a. Possess a baccalaureate degree from an institution of

higher education accredited by a general accrediting

agency recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education;

b. Have completed an orthotic or prosthetic education

program that meets or exceeds the requirements,

including clinical practice, of the Commission on

Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs;

c. Have completed a clinical residency in the

professional area for which the license is sought that

meets or exceeds the standards, guidelines, and

procedures for residencies of the National Commission

on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education or of any other

such group that is recognized by the State Board of

Medical Licensure and Supervision; and

d. Demonstrate attainment of internationally accepted

standards of orthotic and prosthetic care as outlined

by the International Society of Prosthetics and

Orthotics professional profile for Category I orthotic

and prosthetic personnel.

C. To be licensed to practice orthotics or prosthetics under

alternative qualification requirements, a person shall:

1. Pass an examination in the area of licensure, which may be

an available examination designated by the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision or an examination developed by the Board;

and

2. Execute an alternative qualification contract with the State

Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision the conditions of which

shall be based on the Board's evaluation of the applicant's

experience and the Board's determination of further experience

needed or other requirements to be met, which contract shall specify

a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years for completion of the

further experience or requirements.

D. Upon execution of the alternative qualification contract,

the Board shall issue a license and shall renew the license subject

to the licensee's making satisfactory progress as required by the

contract. Persons who satisfactorily complete the alternative

qualification contract shall be thereafter considered as having met

the qualifications necessary for license renewal.

E. No person shall be permitted to enter into an alternative

qualification contract after October 31, 2004. A person who has not

done so by October 31, 2004, shall not be issued a license to

practice orthotics or prosthetics without meeting standard

qualifications.

F. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a

person who has practiced full time during the three-year period

preceding the effective date of this act in a prosthetic or orthotic

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facility as a prosthetist or orthotist and has a high school diploma

or equivalent, or who has practiced as an assistant or technician,

may file an application with the Board within ninety (90) days from

the effective date of this act for permission to continue to

practice at his or her identified level of practice. The Board,

after verifying the applicant's work history and receiving payment

of the application fee as established pursuant to this act, shall,

without examination of the applicant, issue the applicant a license

or certificate of registration. To make the investigations

necessary to verify the applicant’s work history, the Board may

require that the applicant complete a questionnaire regarding the

work history and scope of practice. The Board shall take no more

than six (6) months to verify the work history. Applicants applying

after the ninety-day application period of this subsection has

expired shall meet the qualifications elsewhere set forth for

standard or alternative qualification for licensure or for

registration as determined by the Board.

G. The Board may authorize the Board Secretary to issue a

temporary license for up to two (2) years to individuals who have

graduated from a program and completed their residency as outlined

in subsection B of this section, but not yet passed the licensure

exam. A temporary license authorizing practice under supervision

shall be granted only when the Board Secretary is satisfied as to

the qualifications of the applicant to be licensed under the

Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice Act except for examination. A

temporary license shall be granted only to an applicant demonstrably

qualified for a full and unrestricted license under the requirements

set by the Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice Act and the rules of

the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-530 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-530
Qualifications of applicants - Applications - Examination
Status: in_force

fee - Apprentice athletic trainers license.

A. An applicant to be eligible for an athletic trainer license

must meet one of the following qualifications:

1. Has successfully completed the athletic training curriculum

requirements of an accredited college or university approved by the

Board and provide proof of graduation;

2. Be licensed or certified in physical therapy and has spent

at least eight hundred (800) hours working under the direct

supervision of a licensed athletic trainer; or

3. Holds a four-year degree from an accredited college or

university and has completed at least two (2) consecutive years of

supervision, military duty excepted, as an apprentice athletic

trainer under the direct supervision of a licensed athletic trainer.

B. An applicant for an athletic trainer license shall submit an

application to the Board and submit the required examination fee.

The applicant is entitled to an athletic trainer license if he is

qualified as provided in subsection A of this section,

satisfactorily completes the examination administered by the Board,

pays the applicable license fee, and has not committed an act which

constitutes grounds for denial of a license under Section 8 of this

act.

C. An applicant for an apprentice athletic trainer license must

submit an application to the Board accompanied by a written

commitment to supervise signed by the licensed athletic trainer who

will be supervising the applicant. The Board may require the taking

of an apprentice athletic trainer license examination, which would

be administered without cost to the applicant. Fees for such

examination may be established by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-6011 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-6011
Temporary critical need license – Conditions -
Status: in_force

Application.

A. As used in this section:

1. "Appropriate licensing board" means:

a. for an allopathic physician, physician assistant, or

respiratory care practitioner, the State Board of

Medical Licensure and Supervision,

b. for an osteopathic physician, the State Board of

Osteopathic Examiners,

c. for a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, the Oklahoma Board

of Nursing, or

d. for a perfusionist, the State Board of Examiners of

Perfusionists; and

2. "Health care provider" means an individual who holds a

valid, unexpired license or credential granted by another state or

territory that authorizes or qualifies the individual to perform

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acts that are substantially the same as the acts that any of the

following are licensed to perform:

a. an allopathic physician licensed under Section 480 et

seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

b. an osteopathic physician licensed under Section 620 et

seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

c. a physician assistant licensed under Section 519.1 et

seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

d. a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse licensed under

Section 567.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma

Statutes,

e. a respiratory care practitioner licensed under Section

2026 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or

f. a perfusionist licensed under Section 2051 et seq. of

Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The licensing staff of the appropriate licensing board may

grant a health care provider a temporary critical need license under

the following conditions:

1. The health care provider provides health care services

within his or her scope of practice:

a. only during the period covered by one of the

following:

(1) a state of emergency declared by the Governor, or

(2) a national emergency declared by the President of

the United States pursuant to Section 1621 of

Title 50 of the United States Code, and

b. that are directly related to the particular emergency

as described in subparagraph a of this paragraph;

2. The health care provider holds a valid, unexpired license or

credential granted by another state or territory; and

3. The health care provider is not currently under

investigation and no restrictions or limitations are currently

placed on the health care provider's license or credential by the

licensing or credentialing state or territory or any other

jurisdiction.

C. To apply for a temporary critical need license, the health

care provider must submit an application through a form developed by

the appropriate licensing board, which at minimum must contain an

attestation by the applicant to abide by all state and federal

statutes and regulatory rules and the applicant's:

1. Full name;

2. Date of birth;

3. Email address;

4. Residential address;

5. Temporary medical practice address;

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6. Area of practice or specialty or level of licensure or

credentialing;

7. Practice status in any state or territory where the

applicant has been licensed or credentialed or currently holds a

license or credential to practice the type of health care services

for which the applicant is seeking temporary critical need licensure

under this section; and

8. Social Security number.

D. Any temporary critical need license granted under this

section to a health care provider shall expire ninety (90) days

after the expiration of the state or national emergency declaration.

E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow

allopathic or osteopathic physicians or surgeons, physician

assistants, or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with prescriptive

authority who are issued a temporary critical need license to

initiate a prescription for controlled dangerous substances

including but not limited to opioids without:

1. Obtaining the proper registration from the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control under Section 2-301

et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the proper

registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration;

2. Complying with all requirements pertaining to the access of

prescription monitoring information from the central repository as

provided by the Anti-Drug Diversion Act, Section 2-309A et seq. of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

3. Complying with all other laws pertaining to the prescription

of controlled dangerous substances.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow

allopathic or osteopathic physicians or surgeons who are issued a

temporary critical need license to recommend medical marijuana.

G. Any temporary critical need license issued under this

section shall be ratified by the appropriate licensing board at the

next regular meeting of the board.

H. Each appropriate licensing board may charge a fee for the

issuance of a temporary critical need license under this section.

I. Each appropriate licensing board may promulgate rules to

implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-205 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-205
Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission, to be designated the

"Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Revolving Fund". The fund shall

consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Real Estate

Commission other than the Oklahoma Real Estate Education and

Recovery Fund fees or appropriated funds. The revolving fund shall

be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and

shall be under the control and management of the Oklahoma Real

Estate Commission.

B. The Oklahoma Real Estate Commission may invest all or part

of the monies of the fund in securities offered through the

"Oklahoma State Treasurer's Cash Management Program". Any interest

or dividends accruing from the securities and any monies generated

at the time of redemption of the securities shall be deposited in

the General Operating Fund of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.

All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Real

Estate Commission.

C. Expenditures from this fund shall be made pursuant to the

purposes of this Code and without legislative appropriation.

Warrants for expenditures shall be drawn by the State Treasurer

based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the

Oklahoma Real Estate Commission and approved for payment by the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.29A — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-15.29A
Unlawful use of titles or abbreviations - Injunction,
Status: in_force

restraining order, or other order.

Whenever, as a result of an investigation under Section 15.23 of

this title or otherwise, the Oklahoma Accountancy Board believes

that any person or firm has engaged, or is about to engage, in any

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acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of

Section 15.11 of this title, the Board may make application to the

appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, and

upon a showing by the Board that such person or firm has engaged, or

is about to engage, in any such acts or practices, an injunction,

restraining order, or other order as may be appropriate shall be

granted by such court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1639 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1639
Owner may require welder to qualify with appropriate code
Status: in_force

- Exempt equipment.

If a welder holds a state certificate, the owner may require the

welder to qualify in accordance with the appropriate code whenever

deemed necessary, and reject the welder if qualifying test is

failed. Any equipment fabricated in compliance with existing codes

is exempt from this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1363 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1363
Application form
Status: in_force

Application for examination for a license as a psychologist or

for a license without examination shall be upon the forms prescribed

by the Board. The Board may require that the application be

verified. The fee for the license shall accompany the application.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-475.6 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-475.6
Removal of Board members - Vacancies
Status: in_force

The Governor may remove any member of the Board for misconduct,

incompetence, neglect of duty or any sufficient cause, in the manner

prescribed by law for removal of state officials. Vacancies in the

membership of the Board shall be filled for the unexpired term by

appointment by the Governor as provided in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-519.4A — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-519.4A
Criminal history background check
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is

authorized to obtain a national criminal history background check as

a condition of eligibility for individuals seeking:

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1. Licensure to practice as a physician assistant for initial

licensure in this state pursuant to the provisions of the Physician

Assistant Act, Section 519.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma

Statutes; or

2. A Compact privilege under the PA Licensure Compact, Section

545.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Applicants shall be fingerprinted for the national criminal

history background check. Applicant fingerprints shall be submitted

to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the national

criminal history background check shall be conducted in accordance

with Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Bureau

shall return national criminal history results to the Board.

C. Results obtained from the national criminal history

background check shall be used solely for the screening of

applicants and shall be retained by the Board. The Board shall not

disseminate criminal history record information resulting from the

background check.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2095 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-2095
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 3 through 29 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage

Licensing Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.21 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-199.21
Nonprofit 501(c)(3) school within correctional facility
Status: in_force

— Requirements.

A. Any nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt school located within a

correctional facility licensed by the State Board of Cosmetology and

Barbering to provide cosmetology or barbering training courses

designed to qualify persons for licensure to practice cosmetology or

barbering shall adhere to the following:

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1. Schools located within a correctional facility shall not

provide:

a. individual student lockers, vending machines, or

cosmetic or wig displays,

b. a private facial and skin care room. All facial and

skin care education shall take place where everyone

may be seen,

c. a break area. Restrooms shall be gender-specific to

the institution housing the programs,

d. a drinking fountain or water cooler,

e. hand sanitizer; provided, that dry sanitizer may be

permitted provided it is located in a dispensary area.

Individual containers are not permitted per Department

of Corrections policy, or

f. individual containers for soiled items. The soiled

items shall be cleaned and disinfected immediately

after service is completed; and

2. Schools located within a correctional facility shall:

a. hold all supplies required by the school. Supplies

shall be checked out and checked in by students and

master instructors, except for metal implements, which

shall be held in a secured area and checked out and

checked in by a designated clerk,

b. only be required to have one facial chair,

c. provide the facial supply cabinet located inside the

dispensary area,

d. provide a container to store hair pins and clips that

shall be located in the dispensary area. Students

shall check out and check in these items as needed,

e. provide a secure location for all metal implements,

which shall include, but not be limited to, shears,

thinning shears, razors, nail clippers, nail and

cuticle trimmers, and metal cuticle pushers. A log

shall be available to document the administration of

all tools and implements by a designated clerk, and

f. store all supplies, other than instructional books, in

the dispensary area or, as required by this section,

in a secure area.

If an inspector by the Board provides evidence of the need for

additional equipment not specified in this section for the

appropriate and safe instruction of the enrolled students, the

school located within a correctional facility shall provide the

additional equipment.

B. In the event of a lockdown at a correctional facility where

a school is housed, the school shall remain closed until the

lockdown is lifted. School may resume upon confirmation of the

ended lockdown. Students may only be exempt from the weekly time

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requirements due to lockdown or outside medical appointments;

provided, that the Department of Corrections has found reasonable

cause to make such exception.

C. Nothing in this section shall allow schools providing

instruction within the correctional facilities to operate

inconsistently with Department rules.