Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-943.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-943.1
Advertisement of ophthalmic lenses, frames, eyeglasses,
Status: in_force

spectacles or parts.

A. No person, firm or corporation shall publish or display, or

cause or permit to be published or displayed in any newspaper or by

radio, television, window display, poster, sign, billboard or any

other means, any statement or advertisement concerning ophthalmic

lenses, frames, eyeglasses, spectacles or parts thereof, that is

fraudulent, deceitful or misleading, including statements or

advertisements of discount, premiums, price, gifts or any statements

or advertisements of a similar nature, import or meaning or which is

likely to mislead or deceive because in context it makes only a

partial disclosure of relevant facts.

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B. No person, firm or corporation shall publish or display or

cause or permit to be published or displayed in any newspaper, or by

radio, television, window display, poster, sign, billboard or any

other means of media, any statement or advertisement of or reference

to the price or prices of any eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, frames

or any other optical device or materials or parts thereof requiring

a prescription from a licensed physician or optometrist unless such

person, firm or corporation complies with the provisions of

subsections C through E of this section.

C. Any advertisement or statement published or displayed that

contains the price of an item in any of the following categories:

1. Single vision lenses;

2. Kryptok bifocal lenses;

3. Regular bifocal lenses;

4. Trifocal lenses;

5. Aphakic lenses;

6. Prism lenses;

7. Double segment bifocal lenses;

8. Subnormal vision lenses;

9. Tinted lenses; and

10. Frames;

or any other items advertised shall also contain the prices of all

items in the same category. All items and prices shall be published

or displayed with equal prominence. No advertisement that shows the

price of items listed in the categories shown above shall contain

any language which directly or indirectly compares the prices so

quoted with any other prices of similar items. In showing the price

of all items in any category, it shall be permissible to combine two

or more categories into one general category of "all other lenses"

and designate the price thereby of "up to $_____," which represents

the highest price of any lenses included within this combined

general category. Should there be a category in which two or more

price differentials exist, it shall be permissible for the category

to have a single listing in the advertisement with the lowest and

the highest price in the category designated.

D. In the event the dispensing optician owns more than one

office, the prices for all eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, frames or

other optical devices or materials or parts thereof in the same

category shall be the same in all offices located within the same

county or city regardless of the name under which the dispensing

optician operates the offices.

E. All items advertised by price in accordance with this

section shall be available at the advertised price without limit to

quantity unless the advertisement contained quantity limitations to

all persons including, but not limited to, individuals, physicians,

optometrists and dispensing opticians.

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F. Any advertisement quoting a price or prices of spectacles,

eyeglasses and other optical appliances only, shall contain a

readily legible statement that the quoted price or prices "Does not

include professional services of an examining optometrist or

physician."

G. Dispensers of optical appliances or devices are subject to

the Oklahoma Deceptive Trade Practices Act, as provided in Sections

51 through 55 of Title 78 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and in addition

to the civil remedies provided therein, it shall be a misdemeanor

for any dispenser of optical appliances or devices as defined herein

to knowingly commit a deceptive trade practice as defined in the

Oklahoma Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

H. A person who violates any provision of this act is guilty of

a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not

less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) or by confinement in the county jail for not less than two

(2) months nor more than six (6) months, or both. A separate

offense is committed each day a violation of this act occurs or

continues. Should the violator be an optometrist, such violation

also constitutes grounds for revocation of his license to practice

optometry. Provided, however, the owner, officer or employee of any

advertising media, not otherwise having a pecuniary interest in any

advertising authorized by the provisions of this act, shall not be

guilty of the misdemeanor hereinabove defined by reason of the

publishing or other delivery of any advertising furnished by a

vendor of the service or material so advertised.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1331 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1331
Property bond - Forfeiture - Filing fee - Collection of
Status: in_force

forfeiture.

A. If the undertaking is a property bond, the clerk shall

record the order and judgment of forfeiture in the proper records of

said county. Any filing fees shall be paid by the party filing such

property bond.

B. Collection of such property bond forfeiture shall be

accomplished by the proper court authorities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-149.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-149.1
Guidance to podiatric physicians for recommending
Status: in_force

medical marijuana – Disciplinary action.

A. The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners is hereby

authorized to issue guidance to all podiatric physicians in this

state on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients.

B. The Board may take disciplinary action as provided for in

the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act against any podiatric physician

who willfully violates or aids another in the willful violation of

the provisions of Section 420 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes or the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No. 2612 of the

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1151.29 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1151.29
Oklahoma State Roofing Installation Code Variance and
Status: in_force

Appeals Board.

A. 1. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State Roofing

Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board. The Variance and

Appeals Board shall hear testimony and shall review sufficient

technical data submitted by an applicant to substantiate the

proposed installation of any material, assembly or manufacturer-

engineered components, equipment or system that is not specifically

prescribed by an appropriate installation code, an industry

consensus standard or fabricated or installed according to

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recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices, where

no ordinance of a governmental subdivision applies. If it is

determined that the evidence submitted is satisfactory proof of

performance for the proposed installation, the Variance and Appeals

Board shall approve such alternative, subject to the requirements of

the appropriate installation code. Applications for the use of an

alternative material or method of construction shall be submitted in

writing to the Construction Industries Board for approval prior to

use. Applications shall be accompanied by a filing fee, not to

exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00), as set by rule of the Board.

2. The Variance and Appeals Board shall also hear appeals from

contractors, registered by the Construction Industries Board, and

any person who has ownership interest in or is in responsible charge

of the design of or work on the installation, who contest the

Construction Industries Board's interpretation of the statewide code

as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission, as

applied to a particular installation. Such appeals shall be based

on a claim that:

a. the true intent of the installation code has been

incorrectly interpreted,

b. the provisions of the code do not fully apply, or

c. an equal or better form of installation is proposed.

Such appeals to the Variance and Appeals Board shall be made in

writing to the Construction Industries Board within fourteen (14)

days after a code interpretation or receipt of written notice of the

alleged code violation by the licensed contractor.

B. The Variance and Appeals Board shall consist of the

designated representative of the Construction Industries Board and

the following members who, except for the State Fire Marshal or

designee, shall be appointed by the Construction Industries Board

from a list of names submitted by the professional organizations of

the professions represented on the Variance and Appeals Board and

who shall serve at the pleasure of the Construction Industries

Board:

1. Two members shall be appointed from the Committee of Roofing

Examiners; one shall be a commercial contractor with five (5) years

of experience and one shall be a residential contractor with five

(5) years of experience;

2. One member shall be a registered design professional who is

a registered architect with at least ten (10) years of experience,

five (5) years of which shall have been in responsible charge of

work;

3. One member shall be a registered design professional with at

least ten (10) years of structural engineering or architectural

experience, five (5) years of which shall have been in responsible

charge of work;

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4. One member shall be a registered design professional with

mechanical or plumbing engineering experience; provided, such member

shall have at least ten (10) years of experience, five (5) years of

which shall have been in responsible charge of work;

5. One member shall be a registered design professional with

electrical engineering experience; provided, such member shall have

at least ten (10) years of experience, five (5) years of which shall

have been in responsible charge of work; and

6. One member shall be the State Fire Marshal or a designee of

the State Fire Marshal.

C. Members, except the designee of the Construction Industries

Board and the State Fire Marshal, or the designated representative

of the State Fire Marshal, and employees of the Construction

Industries Board, shall be reimbursed for travel expenses pursuant

to the State Travel Reimbursement Act from the revolving fund

created pursuant to Section 1151.20 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

D. The Variance and Appeals Board shall meet after the

Construction Industries Board receives proper application for a

variance, accompanied by the filing fee, or proper notice of an

appeal, as provided in subsection A of this section.

E. The designated representative of the Construction Industries

Board, shall serve as chair of the Variance and Appeals Board. A

majority of the members of the Variance and Appeals Board shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.4a — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-567.4a
Prescriptive authority recognition - Rules
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Board of Nursing may grant prescriptive authority

through the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license to Certified

Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Certified

Nurse-Midwives who meet the requirements for prescriptive authority

identified by law and in the Board’s rules. The rules regarding

prescriptive authority recognition promulgated by the Oklahoma Board

of Nursing pursuant to this section, Section 567.3a of this title,

and Sections 1 and 4 of this act shall:

1. Define the procedure for documenting supervision by a

supervising physician, as defined in Section 567.3a of this title,

of a Certified Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, or

Certified Nurse-Midwife who has not obtained independent

prescriptive authority under Section 1 of this act. Such procedure

shall include a written supervision agreement that meets the

requirements of Section 4 of this act. The supervision agreement

shall be part of the initial application and the renewal application

submitted to the Board for recognition for prescriptive authority

for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Changes to the

supervision agreement shall be filed with the Board within thirty

(30) days of the change and shall be effective on filing;

2. Define procedures for assessing the qualifications of

applicants for independent prescriptive authority as provided by

Section 1 of this act;

3. Define minimal requirements for initial application for

prescriptive authority which shall include, but not be limited to,

evidence of completion of a minimum of forty-five (45) contact hours

or three (3) academic credit hours of education in

pharmacotherapeutics, clinical application, and use of

pharmacological agents in the prevention of illness, and in the

restoration and maintenance of health in a program beyond basic

registered nurse preparation, approved by the Board. Such contact

hours or academic credits shall be obtained within a time period of

three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application for

prescriptive authority;

4. Define minimal requirements for application for renewal of

prescriptive authority which shall include, but not be limited to,

documentation of a minimum of:

a. fifteen (15) contact hours or one (1) academic credit

hour of education in pharmacotherapeutics, clinical

application, and use of pharmacological agents in the

prevention of illness, and in the restoration and

maintenance of health in a program beyond basic

registered nurse preparation, and

b. two (2) hours of education in pain management or two

(2) hours of education in opioid use or addiction,

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unless the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse has

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board that the

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse does not currently

hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration

registration number,

approved by the Board, within the two-year period immediately

preceding the effective date of application for renewal of

prescriptive authority. Such minimal requirements for renewal of

prescriptive authority for an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse who

has obtained independent prescriptive authority under Section 1 of

this act shall include, but not be limited to, documentation that

the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse has successfully earned at

least forty (40) hours of Category I continuing medical education

hours within the two-year period immediately preceding the effective

date of application for renewal of independent prescriptive

authority, which may include the continuing education described in

subparagraphs a and b of this paragraph if such continuing education

meets the criteria for Category I continuing medical education;

5. Require that an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

demonstrates successful completion of a master’s degree or higher in

one of the following Advanced Practice Registered Nurse roles:

a. Certified Nurse Practitioner,

b. Clinical Nurse Specialist, or

c. Certified Nurse-Midwife,

in order to be eligible for initial application for prescriptive

authority under the provisions of the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act;

6. Define the method for communicating authority to prescribe

or termination of same, and the formulary to the State Board of

Pharmacy, all pharmacies, and all registered pharmacists;

7. Define terminology used in such rules;

8. Define the parameters for the prescribing practices of the

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse;

9. Define the methods for termination of prescriptive authority

for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; and

10. a. Establish a Formulary Advisory Council that shall

develop and submit to the Board recommendations for an

exclusionary formulary that shall list drugs or

categories of drugs that shall not be prescribed by an

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognized to

prescribe by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing. The

Formulary Advisory Council shall also develop and

submit to the Board recommendations for practice-

specific prescriptive standards for each category of

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognized to

prescribe by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing pursuant to

the provisions of the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act.

The Board shall either accept or reject the

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recommendations made by the Council. No amendments to

the recommended exclusionary formulary may be made by

the Board without the approval of the Formulary

Advisory Council.

b. The Formulary Advisory Council shall be composed of

twelve (12) members as follows:

(1) four members, to include a pediatrician, an

obstetrician-gynecological physician, a general

internist, and a family practice physician;

provided, that three of such members shall be

appointed by the Oklahoma State Medical

Association, and one shall be appointed by the

Oklahoma Osteopathic Association,

(2) four members who are registered pharmacists,

appointed by the Oklahoma Pharmacists

Association, and

(3) four members, one of whom shall be a Certified

Nurse Practitioner, one of whom shall be a

Clinical Nurse Specialist, one of whom shall be a

Certified Nurse-Midwife, and one of whom shall be

a current member of the Oklahoma Board of

Nursing, all of whom shall be appointed by the

Oklahoma Board of Nursing.

c. All professional members of the Formulary Advisory

Council shall be in active clinical practice, at least

fifty percent (50%) of the time, within their defined

area of specialty. The members of the Formulary

Advisory Council shall serve at the pleasure of the

appointing authority for a term of three (3) years.

The terms of the members shall be staggered. Members

of the Council may serve beyond the expiration of

their term of office until a successor is appointed by

the original appointing authority. A vacancy on the

Council shall be filled for the balance of the

unexpired term by the original appointing authority.

d. Members of the Council shall elect a chair and a vice

chair from among the membership of the Council. For

the transaction of business, at least seven members,

with a minimum of two members present from each of the

identified categories of physicians, pharmacists, and

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, shall constitute

a quorum. The Council shall recommend and the Board

shall approve and implement an initial exclusionary

formulary on or before January 1, 1997. The Council

and the Board shall annually review the approved

exclusionary formulary and shall make any necessary

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revisions utilizing the same procedures used to

develop the initial exclusionary formulary.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1576 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1576
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Compact:

1. "Active duty military" means full-time duty status in the

active uniformed service of the United States, including members of

the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10

U.S.C., Sections 1209 and 1211;

2. "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 an audiologist or speech

language pathologist, including actions against an individual's

license or privilege to practice such as revocation, suspension,

probation, monitoring of the licensee or restriction on the

licensee's practice;

3. "Alternative program" means a nondisciplinary monitoring

process approved by an audiology or speech-language pathology

licensing board to address impaired practitioners;

4. "Audiologist" means an individual who is licensed by a state

to practice audiology;

5. "Audiology" means the care and services provided by a

licensed audiologist as set forth in the member state's statutes and

rules;

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6. "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission"

or "Commission" means the national administrative body whose

membership consists of all states that have enacted the Compact;

7. "Audiology and speech-language pathology licensing board",

"audiology licensing board", "speech-language pathology licensing

board" or "licensing board" means the agency of a state that is

responsible for the licensing and regulation of audiologists and/or

speech-language pathologists;

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

remote state to allow a licensee from another member state to

practice as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist in the

remote state under its laws and rules. The practice of audiology or

speech-language pathology occurs in the member state where the

patient, client or student is located at the time of the patient,

client, or student encounter;

9. "Current significant investigative information" means

investigative information that a licensing board, after an inquiry

or investigation that includes notification and an opportunity for

the audiologist or speech-language pathologist to respond, if

required by state law, has reason to believe is not groundless and,

if proved true, would indicate more than a minor infraction;

10. "Data system" means a repository of information about

licensees including, but not limited to, continuing education,

examination, licensure, investigative, Compact privilege and adverse

action;

11. "Encumbered license" means a license in which an adverse

action restricts the practice of audiology or speech-language

pathology by the licensee and said adverse action has been reported

to the National Practitioners Data Bank (NPDB);

12. "Executive Committee" means a group of directors elected or

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

by, the Commission;

13. "Home state" means the member state that is the licensee's

primary state of residence;

14. "Impaired practitioner" means individuals whose

professional practice is adversely affected by substance abuse,

addiction or other health-related conditions;

15. "Licensee" means an individual who currently holds an

authorization from the state licensing board to practice as an

audiologist or speech-language pathologist;

16. "Member state" means a state that has enacted the Compact;

17. "Privilege to practice" means a legal authorization

permitting the practice of audiology or speech-language pathology in

a remote state;

18. "Remote state" means a member state other than the home

state where a licensee is exercising or seeking to exercise the

Compact privilege;

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19. "Rule" means a regulation, principle or directive

promulgated by the Commission that has the force of law;

20. "Single-state license" means an audiology or speech

language pathology license issued by a member state that authorizes

practice only within the issuing state and does not include a

privilege to practice in any other member state;

21. "Speech-language pathologist" means an individual who is

licensed by a state to practice speech-language pathology;

22. "Speech-language pathology" means the care and services

provided by a licensed speech-language pathologist as set forth in

the member state's statutes and rules;

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

territory of the United States of America that regulates the

practice of audiology and speech-language pathology;

24. "State practice laws" means a member state's laws, rules

and regulations that govern the practice of audiology or speech

language pathology, define the scope of audiology or speech-language

pathology practice, and create the methods and grounds for imposing

discipline; and

25. "Telehealth" means the application of telecommunication

technology to deliver audiology or speech-language pathology

services at a distance for assessment, intervention and/or

consultation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1583 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1583
Coordinated database and reporting system
Status: in_force

A. The Commission shall provide for the development,

maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting

system containing licensure, adverse action and investigative

information on all licensed individuals in member states.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the

contrary, a member state shall submit a uniform data set to the data

system on all individuals to whom this Compact is applicable as

required by the rules of the Commission, including:

1. Identifying information;

2. Licensure data;

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3. Adverse actions against a license or Compact privilege;

4. Nonconfidential information related to alternative program

participation;

5. Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason(s)

for denial; and

6. Other information that may facilitate the administration of

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

C. Investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any

member state shall only be available to other member states.

D. The Commission shall promptly notify all member states of

any adverse action taken against a licensee or an individual

applying for a license. Adverse action information pertaining to a

licensee in any member state shall be available to any other member

state.

E. Member states contributing information to the data system

may designate information that shall not be shared with the public

without the express permission of the contributing state.

F. Any information submitted to the data system that is

subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the member state

contributing the information shall be removed from the data system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-312 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-312
Investigations - Cause for suspension or revocation of
Status: in_force

license.

The Oklahoma Real Estate Commission may, upon its own motion,

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

the business transactions of any real estate licensee, and may, upon

showing good cause, impose sanctions as provided for in Section 858-

208 of this title. Cause shall be established upon the showing that

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

or is attempting to perform any of the following acts:

1. Making a materially false or fraudulent statement in an

application for a license;

2. Making substantial misrepresentations or false promises in

the conduct of business, or through real estate licensees, or

advertising, which are intended to influence, persuade, or induce

others;

3. Failing to comply with the requirements of Sections 858-351

through 858-363 of this title;

4. Accepting a commission or other valuable consideration as a

real estate associate for the performance of any acts as an

associate, except from the real estate broker with whom the

associate is associated;

5. Representing or attempting to represent a real estate broker

other than the broker with whom the associate is associated without

the express knowledge and consent of the broker with whom the

associate is associated;

6. Failing, within a reasonable time, to account for or to

remit any monies, documents, or other property coming into

possession of the licensee which belong to others;

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7. Paying a commission or valuable consideration to any person

for acts or services performed in violation of the Oklahoma Real

Estate License Code;

8. Any other conduct which constitutes untrustworthy, improper,

fraudulent, or dishonest dealings;

9. Disregarding or violating any provision of the Oklahoma Real

Estate License Code or rules promulgated by the Commission;

10. Guaranteeing or having authorized or permitted any real

estate licensee to guarantee future profits which may result from

the resale of real estate;

11. Advertising or offering for sale, rent or lease any real

estate, or placing a sign on any real estate offering it for sale,

rent or lease without the consent of the owner or the owner’s

authorized representative;

12. Using prizes, money, gifts or other valuable consideration

as an inducement to secure customers or clients to purchase specific

property; however, licensees may use prizes, money, gifts or other

valuable consideration for marketing purposes provided they are not

contingent or limited to individuals making an offer or purchasing a

specific property;

13. Accepting employment or compensation for appraising real

estate contingent upon the reporting of a predetermined value or

issuing any appraisal report on real estate in which the licensee

has an interest unless the licensee’s interest is disclosed in the

report. All appraisals shall be in compliance with the Oklahoma

real estate appraisal law, and the person performing the appraisal

or report shall disclose in writing to the employer whether the

person performing the appraisal or report is licensed or certified

by the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board;

14. Paying a commission or any other valuable consideration to

any person for performing the services of a real estate licensee as

defined in the Oklahoma Real Estate License Code who has not first

secured a real estate license pursuant to the Oklahoma Real Estate

License Code;

15. Unworthiness to act as a real estate licensee, whether of

the same or of a different character as specified in this section,

or because the real estate licensee has been convicted of, or

pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a crime involving moral

turpitude;

16. Commingling with the licensee’s own money or property the

money or property of others which is received and held by the

licensee, unless the money or property of others is received by the

licensee and held in an escrow account that contains only money or

property of others;

17. Conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction of having

violated any provision of the federal fair housing laws, 42 U.S.C.

Section 3601 et seq.;

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18. Failure by a real estate broker, after the receipt of a

commission, to render an accounting to and pay to a real estate

licensee the licensee’s earned share of the commission received;

19. Conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction in this or

any other state of the crime of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining

money under false pretenses, extortion, conspiracy to defraud,

fraud, or any similar offense or offenses, or pleading guilty or

nolo contendere to any such offense or offenses;

20. Advertising to buy, sell, rent, or exchange any real estate

without disclosing in writing that the licensee is a real estate

licensee;

21. Paying any part of a fee, commission, or other valuable

consideration received by a real estate licensee to any person not

licensed;

22. Offering, loaning, paying, or making to appear to have been

paid, a down payment or earnest money deposit for a purchaser or

seller in connection with a real estate transaction;

23. Violation of the Residential Property Condition Disclosure

Act;

24. Placing or causing to be placed upon the public records of

any county any contract, assignment, affidavit, or other writing,

which purports to affect title of or encumber any real property for

the purpose of collection of a commission, or to coerce the payment

of money to the individual or entity. Nothing in this paragraph

shall be construed to prohibit a licensee from recording a judgment;

25. Being unworthy or incompetent to act as a real estate

broker in a manner as to endanger the interest of the public;

26. Failure to provide an adequate written response to the

Commission within fifteen (15) days after receiving written notice

of a complaint or investigation;

27. Failure to notify the Commission in writing of the

conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony

offense within thirty (30) days after the plea is taken and also

within thirty (30) days of the entering of the judgment and

sentencing as required by Section 858-301.2 of Title 59 in the

Oklahoma Statutes; and

28. Soliciting, selling, or offering for sale real property by

means of a deceptive practice.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1937 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1937
Issuance of license – Renewal – Forfeiture - Expiration
Status: in_force

A. An applicant who meets the requirements for licensure

pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner

Act, has paid the required license fees, and has otherwise complied

with the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act

shall be licensed by the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure.

B. Each initial license issued pursuant to the Licensed

Behavioral Practitioner Act shall expire twenty-four (24) months

from the date of issuance unless revoked. A license may be renewed

upon application and payment of fees. The application for renewal

shall be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Board that the

licensed behavioral practitioner has completed relevant professional

or continued educational experience during the previous twenty-four

(24) months. Failure to renew a license shall result in forfeiture

of the rights and privileges granted by the license. A person whose

license has expired may make application within one (1) year

following the expiration in writing to the Board requesting

reinstatement in a manner prescribed by the Board and payment of the

fees required by the provisions of Licensed Behavioral Practitioner

Act. The license of a person whose license has expired for more

than one (1) year shall not be reinstated. A person may apply for a

new license as provided in Section 1935 of this title.

C. A licensed behavioral practitioner whose license is current

and in good standing, who wishes to retire the license, may do so by

informing the Board in writing and returning the license to the

Board. A license so retired shall not be reinstated but retirement

of the license shall preclude a person from applying for a new

license at a future date.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1006 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1006
Licenses – Transferability – Armed forces candidates
Status: in_force

A. The Construction Industries Board shall issue licenses to

persons who have been certified by the Board as having successfully

passed the examination for journeyman plumber or plumbing

contractor, as the case may be, and who have paid the fees and have

otherwise complied with the applicable requirements of The Plumbing

License Law of 1955.

B. All licenses shall be nontransferable. It shall be unlawful

for any holder of a license under The Plumbing License Law of 1955

to loan or allow the use of such license by any other person, firm

or corporation, except as specifically provided in The Plumbing

License Law of 1955.

C. The Board shall adopt procedures and rules to review and

accept proof and documentation of an applicant's qualified training

and experience as a journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor while

on active duty with the armed forces of the United States when such

service member has been honorably discharged from active duty within

one (1) year of the application for examination or licensure in this

state as a journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-312.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-312.1
Certain persons prohibited from participation in
Status: in_force

real estate business.

A. No person whose license is revoked or suspended shall

operate directly or indirectly or have a participating interest, or

act as a member, partner or officer, in any real estate business,

corporation, association or partnership that is required to be

licensed pursuant to this Code.

B. No person whose license is cancelled, surrendered or lapsed

pending investigation or disciplinary proceedings shall operate

directly or indirectly or have a participating interest, or act as a

member, partner or officer, in any real estate business,

corporation, association or partnership that is required to be

licensed pursuant to this Code until such time as the Commission

makes a determination on the pending investigation or disciplinary

proceedings and approves an application for license.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1584 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1584
Rulemaking
Status: in_force

A. The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant

to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted

thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the

date specified in each rule or amendment.

B. If a majority of the legislatures of the member states

rejects a rule, by enactment of a statute or resolution in the same

manner used to adopt the Compact within four (4) years of the date

of adoption of the rule, the rule shall have no further force and

effect in any member state.

C. Rules or amendments to the rules shall be adopted at a

regular or special meeting of the Commission.

D. Prior to promulgation and adoption of a final rule or rules

by the Commission, and at least thirty (30) days in advance of the

meeting at which the rule shall be considered and voted upon, the

Commission shall file a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:

1. On the website of the Commission or other publicly

accessible platform; and

2. On the website of each member state audiology or speech

language pathology licensing board or other publicly accessible

platform or the publication in which each state would otherwise

publish proposed rules.

E. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking shall include:

1. The proposed time, date and location of the meeting in which

the rule shall be considered and voted upon;

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2. The text of the proposed rule or amendment and the reason

for the proposed rule;

3. A request for comments on the proposed rule from any

interested person; and

4. The manner in which interested persons may submit notice to

the Commission of their intention to attend the public hearing and

any written comments.

F. Prior to the adoption of a proposed rule, the Commission

shall allow persons to submit written data, facts, opinions and

arguments, which shall be made available to the public.

G. The Commission shall grant an opportunity for a public

hearing before it adopts a rule or amendment if a hearing is

requested by:

1. At least twenty-five persons;

2. A state or federal governmental subdivision or agency; or

3. An association having at least twenty-five members.

H. If a hearing is held on the proposed rule or amendment, the

Commission shall publish the place, time and date of the scheduled

public hearing. If the hearing is held via electronic means, the

Commission shall publish the mechanism for access to the electronic

hearing.

1. All persons wishing to be heard at the hearing shall notify

the executive director of the Commission or other designated member

in writing of their desire to appear and testify at the hearing not

less than five (5) business days before the scheduled date of the

hearing.

2. Hearings shall be conducted in a manner providing each

person who wishes to comment a fair and reasonable opportunity to

comment orally or in writing.

3. All hearings shall be recorded. A copy of the recording

shall be made available on request.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a

separate hearing on each rule. Rules may be grouped for the

convenience of the Commission at hearings required by this section.

I. Following the scheduled hearing date, or by the close of

business on the scheduled hearing date if the hearing was not held,

the Commission shall consider all written and oral comments

received.

J. If no written notice of intent to attend the public hearing

by interested parties is received, the Commission may proceed with

promulgation of the proposed rule without a public hearing.

K. The Commission shall, by majority vote of all members, take

final action on the proposed rule and shall determine the effective

date of the rule, if any, based on the rulemaking record and the

full text of the rule.

L. Upon determination that an emergency exists, the Commission

may consider and adopt an emergency rule without prior notice,

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opportunity for comment or hearing; provided, that the usual

rulemaking procedures provided in the Compact and in this section

shall be retroactively applied to the rule as soon as reasonably

possible, in no event later than ninety (90) days after the

effective date of the rule. For the purposes of this provision, an

emergency rule is one that shall be adopted immediately in order to:

1. Meet an imminent threat to public health, safety or welfare;

2. Prevent a loss of Commission or member state funds; or

3. Meet a deadline for the promulgation of an administrative

rule that is established by federal law or rule.

M. The Commission or an authorized committee of the Commission

may direct revisions to a previously adopted rule or amendment for

purposes of correcting typographical errors, errors in format,

errors in consistency or grammatical errors. Public notice of any

revisions shall be posted on the website of the Commission. The

revision shall be subject to challenge by any person for a period of

thirty (30) days after posting. The revision may be challenged only

on grounds that the revision results in a material change to a rule.

A challenge shall be made in writing and delivered to the chair of

the Commission prior to the end of the notice period. If no

challenge is made, the revision shall take effect without further

action. If the revision is challenged, the revision may not take

effect without the approval of the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-518.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-518.1
Allied Professional Peer Assistance Program – Committees
Status: in_force

- Records.

A. There is hereby established the Allied Professional Peer

Assistance Program to rehabilitate allied medical professionals

whose competency may be compromised because of the abuse of drugs or

alcohol, so that such allied medical professionals can be treated

and can return to or continue the practice of allied medical

practice in a manner which will benefit the public. The program

shall be under the supervision and control of the State Board of

Medical Licensure and Supervision.

B. The Board may appoint one or more peer assistance evaluation

advisory committees, hereinafter called “allied peer assistance

committees”. Each of these committees shall be composed of members,

the majority of which shall be licensed allied medical professionals

with expertise in chemical dependency. The allied peer assistance

committees shall function under the authority of the State Board of

Medical Licensure and Supervision in accordance with the rules of

the Board. The program may be one hundred percent (100%) outsourced

to professional groups specialized in this arena. The committee

members shall serve without pay, but may be reimbursed for the

expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties in

accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

C. The Board may employ or contract with a qualified person or

persons to serve as program coordinators and shall fix such person’s

compensation. The program may employ or contract with a director

for purposes of ongoing nonclerical administrative duties and shall

fix the director’s compensation.

D. The Board is authorized to adopt and revise rules, not

inconsistent with the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical

Licensure and Supervision Act, as may be necessary to enable it to

carry into effect the provisions of this section.

E. A portion of licensing fees for each allied profession, not

to exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00), may be used to implement and

maintain the Allied Professional Peer Assistance Program.

F. All monies paid pursuant to subsection E of this section

shall be deposited in an agency special account revolving fund under

the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, and shall be

used for the general operating expenses of the Allied Professional

Peer Assistance Program, including payment of personal services.

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G. The records and management information system of the

professionals enrolled in the Allied Professional Peer Assistance

Program and reports shall be maintained in the program office in a

place separate and apart from the records of the Board. The records

shall be made public only by subpoena and court order; provided

however, confidential treatment shall be canceled upon default by

the professional in complying with the requirements of the program.

H. Any person making a report to the Board or to an allied peer

assistance committee regarding a professional suspected of

practicing allied medical practice while habitually intemperate or

addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs, or a professional’s

progress or lack of progress in rehabilitation, shall be immune from

any civil or criminal action resulting from such reports, provided

such reports are made in good faith.

I. A professional’s participation in the Allied Professional

Peer Assistance Program in no way precludes additional proceedings

by the Board for acts or omissions of acts not specifically related

to the circumstances resulting in the professional’s entry into the

program. However, in the event the professional defaults from the

program, the Board may discipline the professional for those acts

which led to the professional entering the program.

J. The Board may suspend the license immediately upon

notification that the licensee has defaulted from the Allied

Professional Peer Assistance Program, and shall assign a hearing

date for the matter to be presented to the Board.

K. All treatment information, whether or not recorded, and all

communications between a professional and therapist are both

privileged and confidential. In addition, the identity of all

persons who have received or are receiving treatment services shall

be considered confidential and privileged.

L. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise

requires:

1. “Board” means the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision; and

2. “Allied peer assistance committee” means the peer assistance

evaluation advisory committee created in this section, which is

appointed by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to

carry out specified duties.

M. The Allied Professional Peer Assistance Program may contract

with outside entities for services that are not available to it or

can be obtained for a lesser cost through such a contract. The

contract shall be ratified by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-588 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-588
Practice by unauthorized person - Impersonating
Status: in_force

optometrist - Evidence of violations - Criminal and civil penalties

- Students and instructors.

A. No person shall practice optometry in this state or make any

tests or measurements of the human eye for diagnostic purposes

unless said person has been issued a certificate pursuant to the

provisions of Section 584 of this title or is a physician or surgeon

authorized to practice medicine in this state. No person shall

impersonate a registered optometrist. No person shall buy, sell or

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obtain in any manner a certificate of registration or exemption

issued to another. Practicing or offering to practice optometry, or

the public representation of being qualified to practice optometry,

by any person not authorized to practice optometry shall be

sufficient evidence of the violation of the provisions of Sections

581 through 604 of this title. No optometrist shall aid or abet any

person not authorized to practice optometry in this state to

practice optometry. Any person who violates any of the provisions

of Sections 581 through 604 of this title shall be deemed guilty of

a misdemeanor, and upon conviction for each offense, shall be

punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more

than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county

jail not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than ninety (90) days,

or by both fine and imprisonment.

B. In addition to the criminal penalties prescribed above, any

natural person, partnership, or business entity, found by a

preponderance of the evidence to have practiced optometry within the

State of Oklahoma without a currently valid license or certificate

issued by the Board, or to have dispensed, supplied, fitted,

adjusted, adapted, or in any manner applied contact lenses to the

eyes of a person whether or not those contact lenses are designed to

aid or correct human vision or have no prescription power or are

cosmetic contact lenses, without a full contact lens prescription

issued by a person licensed pursuant to Chapter 11, Chapter 13 or

Chapter 14 of this title, shall, after notice and an opportunity to

be heard pursuant to the Board's rules and Article II of the

Administrative Procedures Act, be liable for a civil administrative

penalty of at least One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) but not more than

Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each instance of

unlicensed practice of optometry. This provision shall not apply to

any duly-licensed physician authorized to practice medicine and/or

surgery under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and any business

entity authorized to practice medicine or optometry in the State of

Oklahoma. Any administrative order or settlement agreement imposing

a civil administrative penalty pursuant to this section may be

enforced in the same manner as civil judgments in this state. The

Board may file an application to enforce an administrative order or

settlement agreement in the district court of Oklahoma County. Any

person aggrieved by a final agency order of the Board may obtain

judicial review in accordance with the Oklahoma Administrative

Procedures Act. All money received as civil administrative

penalties shall be placed in the operational account of the Board.

C. Nothing in the provisions of Sections 581 through 604 of

this title shall prohibit the performance of routine visual

screening by a person not licensed to practice optometry in this

state. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an optometry student

officially enrolled in a college of optometry which is approved by

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the State Regents for Higher Education from performing educational

functions within the institution or prohibit an instructor in such

optometry college from practicing optometry so long as such

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officially enrolled in a college of optometry which is approved by

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the State Regents for Higher Education from performing educational

functions within the institution or prohibit an instructor in such

optometry college from practicing optometry so long as such

practitioner is licensed in any state and his or her practice is

limited to instruction of optometry students in an accredited

Oklahoma college of optometry or state or federal hospital which is

utilized as a teaching institution for students of optometry,

provided such instructor has been issued a temporary license by the

Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1010.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1010.1
Administrative fines - Injunctions
Status: in_force

A. In addition to other penalties provided by law, if after a

hearing in accordance with the provisions of Section 1010 of this

title, the Plumbing Hearing Board shall find any person to be in

violation of any of the provisions of The Plumbing License Law of

1955, such person may be subject to an administrative fine of not

more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each violation. Each

day a person is in violation of The Plumbing License Law of 1955 may

constitute a separate violation. The maximum fine will not exceed

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). All administrative fines

collected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be

deposited in the fund established in Section 1018 of this title.

Administrative fines imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be

enforceable in the district courts of this state.

B. The Plumbing Hearing Board may make application to the

appropriate court for an order enjoining the acts or practices

prohibited by The Plumbing License Law of 1955, and upon a showing

by the Plumbing Hearing Board that the person has engaged in any of

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the prohibited acts or practices, an injunction, restraining order,

or other order as may be appropriate shall be granted by the court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-475.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-475.7
Meetings - Officers - Quorum
Status: in_force

The Board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year.

Special meetings may be held as the bylaws of the Board provide.

The Board shall elect or appoint annually the following officers:

Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary. A quorum of the Board shall

consist of a majority of the full Board that includes at least one

professional surveyor member.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3023.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3023.5
Scope of responsibility or liability
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to relieve or lessen the

responsibility or liability of any person, firm or corporation

owning, operating, controlling, maintaining, erecting, constructing,

installing, altering, inspecting, testing or repairing any elevator

or other related mechanism covered by this chapter for damages to

person or property caused by any defect therein, nor does the state

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assume any such liability or responsibility therefor or any

liability to any person for whatever reason whatsoever by the

enactment of this chapter or any acts or omissions arising

hereunder.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1354 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1354
Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Membership - Tenure
Status: in_force

- Oath.

There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2028,

pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the State

Board of Examiners of Psychologists. The Board shall administer the

provisions of the Psychologists Licensing Act. The Board shall

consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor. Five

members shall be psychologists from various areas in psychology and

two members shall be lay persons. At the expiration of the term of

each Board member who is a psychologist, the Governor shall appoint

a successor from a list of ten licensed psychologists which is

provided by the Oklahoma Psychological Association. Members shall

serve for a term of four (4) years and until a successor is

appointed and qualified. Before entering upon the duties of office,

each member of the Board shall take the constitutional oath of

office and file it with the Secretary of State.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2004 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-2004
Provisions to be included in contract or membership
Status: in_force

agreement.

Every health spa contract or membership agreement for the sale

of future health spa services which are paid for in advance or which

the buyer agrees to pay for in future installments shall be in

writing and shall contain the following provisions:

1. A provision for the penalty-free cancellation of the

contract or membership agreement within three (3) business days of

its making and refund upon such notice, of all monies paid under the

contract or membership agreement;

2. A provision for the cancellation of the contract or

membership agreement if the health spa relocates or goes out of

business and fails to provide alternative facilities within eight

(8) miles of the location designated in the health spa contract or

membership agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, the health spa

shall refund to the buyer funds paid or accepted in payment of the

contract or membership agreement in an amount computed by dividing

the contract price by the number of weeks in the contract or

membership agreement term and multiplying the result by the number

of weeks remaining in the contract or membership agreement term;

3. A provision for the cancellation of the contract or

membership agreement if the buyer dies or becomes physically unable

to use a substantial portion of the services for thirty (30) or more

consecutive days. Upon receipt of such notice, the health spa shall

refund to the buyer funds paid or accepted in payment of the

contract or membership agreement in an amount computed by dividing

the contract price by the number of weeks in the contract or

membership agreement term and multiplying the result by the number

of weeks remaining in the contract or membership agreement term. In

the case of disability, the health spa may require the buyer to

submit to a physical examination by a doctor agreeable to the buyer

and the health spa. The cost of the examination shall be borne by

the health spa;

4. A provision that:

a. to cancel a contract or membership agreement, the

buyer shall notify the health spa of cancellation in

writing, by certified mail, return receipt requested,

or personal delivery, to the address specified in the

health spa contract or membership agreement,

b. all moneys to be refunded upon cancellation of the

health spa contract or membership agreement shall be

paid within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice

of cancellation, and

c. if the customer has executed any credit or lien

agreement with the health spa to pay for all or part

of health spa services, any such agreement executed by

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the buyer shall also be returned within sixty (60)

days after such cancellation;

5. A provision for the penalty-free cancellation of the

contract or membership agreement if the health spa changes ownership

and relocates and fails to provide notice of the change of ownership

and relocation within thirty (30) days through certified mail to the

buyer; and

6. A provision for the penalty-free cancellation of the

contract or membership agreement if the health spa changes ownership

and relocates and fails to obtain written authorization from the

buyer to continue to collect automatic bank draft deductions. If

the health spa fails to secure written authorization from the buyer,

the health spa shall refund to the buyer any funds drafted after the

change of ownership and relocation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1920 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1920
Reimbursement under health insurance and nonprofit
Status: in_force

hospital or medical service plan not required.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to require reimbursement

under the policies of health insurers and nonprofit hospital or

medical service plans unless the contract specifically calls for

reimbursement to licensed professional counselors.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-889.12 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-889.12
License fees
Status: in_force

The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall

prescribe and publish, in the manner established by its rules and

regulations, fees in the amounts determined by the Board, but not

exceeding the following maximum amount, unless cost justification is

present:

Music Therapist License
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3040.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3040.5
Advisory Committee on Midwifery
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created, to continue until July 1, 2026, an

Advisory Committee on Midwifery, which shall consist of seven (7)

voting members to be appointed by the State Commissioner of Health

as follows:

1. Three licensed midwives, each of whom has at least three (3)

years of experience in the practice of midwifery;

2. One Certified Nurse-Midwife;

3. One physician who is certified by a national professional

organization of physicians that certifies obstetricians and

gynecologists and supports the practice of midwifery;

4. One physician who is certified by a national professional

organization of physicians that certifies family practitioners or

pediatricians and supports the practice of midwifery; and

5. One member of the general public who is not practicing or

trained in a health care profession, and who is a parent with at

least one child born with the assistance of a licensed midwife or a

Certified Nurse-Midwife.

B. Members of the Committee shall be divided into three

classes. The initial terms of the first class shall expire on

January 31, 2023, and subsequent terms shall expire on January 31 of

each sixth year thereafter. The initial terms of the second class

shall expire on January 31, 2025, and subsequent terms shall expire

on January 31 of each sixth year thereafter. The initial terms of

the third class shall expire on January 31, 2027, and subsequent

terms shall expire on January 31 of each sixth year thereafter.

Members shall serve until a qualified successor has been duly

appointed. The Commissioner shall fill a vacancy no later than

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sixty (60) days from the date the vacancy occurs. No person shall

be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

C. The Committee shall annually elect a chair and vice-chair

from among its members.

D. The Committee shall meet at least semiannually and at any

other time at the call of the chair or the Commissioner.

E. The Committee shall meet in accordance with the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act.

F. A majority of the members of the Committee, including at

least two licensed midwives, shall constitute a quorum for the

conduct of Committee business.

G. 1. The Committee shall advise the Commissioner on all

matters pertaining to midwifery including but not limited to:

a. scope and standards of practice,

b. licensure requirements, examination requirements,

exceptions thereto, renewal requirements, temporary

licensure and endorsement or reciprocity requirements,

c. methods and requirements for ensuring the continued

competence of licensed and registered persons

including the type of courses and number of hours

required to meet the basic midwifery education course

and continuing midwifery education course

requirements, and instructors or facilities used in

the basic and continuing education requirements,

d. procedures for reporting of outcomes including, but

not limited to, live births and fetal, newborn or

maternal deaths,

e. grounds for reporting and processing complaints,

violations, probation, revocation or suspension of

license or reinstatement provisions, and

f. all other matters which may pertain to the practice of

midwifery.

2. The Committee shall review and make recommendations to the

Commissioner on all applications for licensure.

3. The Committee shall assist and advise the Commissioner in

all hearings related to the enforcement of Shepherd's Law. The

Committee shall review all complaints and make recommendations to

the Commissioner on appropriate disciplinary action including, but

not limited to, administrative fines, license revocation and license

suspension.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.39 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.39
Alternative requirements for licensed interior designer
Status: in_force

registration.

Any person who applies to become a licensed interior designer

and remits the application and initial fees after July 1, 2007,

shall be licensed by the Board of Governors of the Architects,

Landscape Architects and Licensed Interior Designers of Oklahoma if

an applicant demonstrates, in accordance with this act, or in

compliance with the Military Service Occupation, Education and

Credentialing Act and requirements as the Board adopts by rule, that

the applicant has the interior design education and training that

the Board deems equivalent to an accredited professional degree in

interior design and the applicant has passed the examination of the

Council for Interior Design Qualification or its successor, or an

equivalent examination as determined by the Board.

In lieu of the requirement of any professional degree, an

applicant may provide documented proof of diversified and

appropriate experience in the practice of interior design for a

period of six (6) years and the applicant has passed the examination

of the Council for Interior Design Qualification or its successor,

or an equivalent examination as determined by the Board.

The Board has the authority to issue temporary licenses while

qualifying the applicant in compliance with the Military Service

Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.4 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-199.4
Executive director
Status: in_force

The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall employ an

executive director who shall be in charge of the office of the

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Board. The executive director shall have such qualifications as

shall be established by rules of the Board; provided, the executive

director shall not be actively engaged in the practice of

cosmetology or barbering while serving as executive director. The

executive director shall:

1. Devote his or her entire time to the duties of the office;

2. Receive salary and benefits as provided by law;

3. Keep and preserve all books and records pertaining to the

Board;

4. Have authority, in the name of and in behalf of the Board,

to issue all licenses, certificates of registration, permits,

orders, and notices;

5. Have authority to collect all fees and penalties provided

for by the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act;

6. Make quarterly reports to the Board of all monies collected

and the sources from which derived;

7. Have authority to approve payrolls and all claims for the

Board;

8. Have authority to employ staff;

9. Keep a continuous inventory of all properties, excluding

supplies, belonging to the Board; and

10. Perform such other duties as may be directed by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3115 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3115
Investigations - Powers of Administrator - Subpoenas -
Status: in_force

Censure, probation, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew license - Injunction - Notice andOrders compelling compliance - Censure, probation, suspension,

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revocation or refusal to renew license - Injunction - Notice and

hearing - Cease and desist orders - Judicial review.

A. If the Administrator of Consumer Credit has reasonable cause

to believe a lender has violated any provision of the Deferred

Deposit Lending Act, the Administrator may make an investigation to

determine whether the act has been committed, and, to the extent

necessary for this purpose, may administer oaths or affirmations,

and upon the Administrator’s own motion or upon request of any party

may subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, adduce evidence,

and require the production of any matter which is relevant to the

investigation, including the existence, description, nature,

custody, condition, and location of any books, documents, or other

tangible things and the identity and location of persons having

knowledge of relevant facts, or any other matter reasonably

calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

B. If the person's records are located outside this state, the

person shall, at the person’s option, either make them available to

the Administrator at a convenient location within this state, or pay

the reasonable and necessary expenses for the Administrator or a

representative to examine them at the place where they are

maintained. Payments for such necessary expenses shall be made to

the Commission on Consumer Credit. Any such payments so received by

the Department shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Deferred Deposit

Lending Regulatory Revolving Fund. The Administrator may designate

representatives, including comparable officials of the state in

which the records are located, to inspect them on the

Administrator’s behalf.

C. Upon failure without lawful excuse to obey a subpoena or to

give testimony and upon reasonable notice to all persons affected

thereby the Administrator may apply to a court for an order

compelling compliance, as provided by the Administrative Procedures

Act, Sections 250.1 through 323 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

D. The Administrator shall not make public the name or identity

of a person whose acts or conduct are investigated pursuant to this

section or the facts disclosed in the investigation, but this

subsection does not apply to disclosures in actions or enforcement

proceedings pursuant to the Deferred Deposit Lending Act.

E. The Administrator may, after notice and hearing, censure,

probate, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license or enjoin

violations of the Deferred Deposit Lending Act if the Administrator

finds that:

1. The licensee has failed to pay the annual license fee

imposed by the Deferred Deposit Lending Act, or an examination fee,

investigation fee or other fee or charge imposed by the

Administrator under the authority of the Deferred Deposit Lending

Act;

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2. The licensee, either knowingly or without the exercise of

due care to prevent the same, has violated any provision of the

Deferred Deposit Lending Act or any rule or order lawfully made

pursuant to and within the authority of the Deferred Deposit Lending

Act;

3. Any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed or had

been known to exist at the time of the original application for the

license, clearly would have justified the Administrator in refusing

to issue the license;

4. The licensee has refused to permit examination by the

Administrator;

5. The licensee has demonstrated incompetency or

untrustworthiness to engage in the business of making deferred

deposit loans; or

6. The licensee, as an individual, has been convicted of a

felony or misdemeanor involving fraud, misrepresentation or deceit.

F. The hearing shall be held on not less than twenty (20) days’

notice in writing setting forth the time and place of the hearing

and a concise statement of the facts alleged to sustain the

administrative action, and its effective date shall be set forth in

a written order accompanied by finding of fact and a copy of the

findings shall be delivered immediately to the licensee. The order,

findings and evidence considered by the Administrator shall be filed

with the public records of the Administrator.

G. Any licensee may surrender any license by delivering it to

the Administrator with written notice of its surrender, but the

surrender shall not affect the responsibility of the licensee for

acts occurring prior to surrender of a license.

H. No revocation, suspension, or surrender of any license shall

impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract

between the licensee and any debtor.

I. The Administrator may reinstate suspended licenses or issue

new licenses to a person whose license or licenses have been revoked

if no fact or condition then exists which clearly would have

justified the Administrator or the independent hearing examiner in

refusing originally to issue such license under these subsections.

J. Every licensee shall notify the Administrator of the

conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony

within thirty (30) days after the plea is taken and also within

thirty (30) days of the entering of an order of judgment and

sentencing and shall notify the Administrator of any administrative

action resulting in revocation, suspension or amendment of a license

taken against the licensee in another state within thirty (30) days

of the entering of the administrative order in that state.

K. Except as otherwise provided, the Administrative Procedures

Act applies to and governs all administrative action taken by the

Administrator pursuant to the Deferred Deposit Lending Act.

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L. 1. After notice and hearing, the Administrator may order a

lender or a person acting in the lender's behalf to cease and desist

from engaging in violations of the Deferred Deposit Lending Act.

2. A respondent aggrieved by an order of the Administrator may

obtain judicial review of the order as provided by the

Administrative Procedures Act. In such a review proceeding, the

Administrator may apply for a decree enforcing the order. All such

proceedings shall be conducted and the court's authority in review

shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of the

Administrative Procedures Act, with the following additions:

a. the court may grant any temporary relief or

restraining order it deems just,

b. if the court affirms or modifies the order, it shall

enter a decree enforcing and requiring compliance with

the order as affirmed or as modified,

c. an objection to the order not urged at the hearing

shall not be considered by the court unless the

failure to urge the objection is excused for good

cause shown, and

d. the copy of the testimony from the administrative

hearing shall be available at reasonable times to all

parties for examination without cost.

3. If no proceeding for review has been filed within the time

specified by law, the Administrator or a representative may obtain

from a court having jurisdiction over the respondent a decree for

enforcement of the order upon a showing that the order was issued in

compliance with this section, that no proceeding for review was

initiated within the time specified by law, and that the respondent

is subject to the jurisdiction of the court.

M. The Administrator shall appoint an independent hearing

examiner to conduct all administrative hearings involving alleged

violations of the Deferred Deposit Lending Act. The independent

hearing examiner shall have authority to exercise all powers granted

by Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act in conducting

hearings. The independent hearing examiner shall have authority to

recommend penalties authorized by the Deferred Deposit Lending Act

and issue proposed orders, with proposed findings of fact and

proposed conclusions of law, to the Administrator pursuant to

Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act. The Administrator

shall review the proposed order and issue a final agency order in

accordance with Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act. A

final agency order issued by the Administrator shall be appealable

by all parties to the district court as provided in Article II of

the Administrative Procedures Act. The costs of the hearing

examiner may be assessed by the hearing examiner against the

respondent, unless the respondent is the prevailing party.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.23 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1000.23
Power and duty to review and adopt codes and standards
Status: in_force

— Continuing education and certification process for construction

industry personnel.

A. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall have the

power and the duty to review and adopt all codes and standards for

residential and commercial construction to be used by all entities

within this state. Codes and standards adopted by the Commission

shall be the minimum standards for residential and commercial

construction in this state.

B. All public projects shall abide by such minimum standards

and requirements; provided, nothing in the Oklahoma Uniform Building

Code Commission Act shall prevent or take away from state agencies

the authority to enact and enforce requirements containing higher

standards and requirements than such minimum standards and

requirements.

C. Municipalities and other political subdivisions shall abide

by such minimum standards and requirements; provided, nothing in the

Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Act shall prevent or take

away from such municipalities and other political subdivisions the

authority to enact and enforce requirements containing higher

standards and requirements than such minimum standards and

requirements.

D. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall have the

power and duty to establish a continuing education and training and

certification process for all residential and commercial

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construction industry personnel affected by the codes adopted by the

Commission, including, but not limited to, code officials, design

professionals, and trade workers. The regional training shall be

offered at no cost to state-licensed building code officials and

shall be funded from the funds received pursuant to Section 1000.25

of this title. A fee may be assessed to all participants other than

state-licensed code officials. When assessed, the fee shall be

limited to any cost directly associated with the training and shall

be remitted to the State Treasury pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission Act. Such fees shall be deposited in the

Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Revolving Fund and shall

be used solely for the purposes of the Oklahoma Uniform Building

Code Commission Act. Each code official operating in this state on

behalf of any state agency or any municipal or county office may

complete regional training and be issued a certificate of completion

by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission. The training and

certification applications, qualifications and procedures shall be

promulgated by rules of the Commission. The Commission may

establish forms and procedures to implement and administer the

provisions of this section.

E. The Commission shall establish a workforce development

process with the purpose of increasing the number of available code

officials in Oklahoma. The Commission shall promulgate rules on the

workforce development applications, qualifications, forms, and

procedures to implement and administer the provisions of this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-475.40 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-475.40
XXX
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

1. "Design profession" means the practice of architecture,

landscape architecture, land surveying or engineering;

2. "Design professional" means an architect, landscape

architect, land surveyor or professional engineer or a business

entity authorized to practice one or more of the design professions

specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection;

3. "Architect" shall have the same meaning ascribed to such

term in Section 46.3 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. "Landscape architect" shall have the same meaning ascribed

to such term in Section 46.3 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. "Land surveyor" shall have the same meaning ascribed to such

term in Section 475.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

6. "Professional engineer" shall have the same meaning ascribed

to such term in Section 475.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. "Lessons learned" means any internal meeting, class,

publication in any medium, presentation, lecture or other means of

teaching and communicating after substantial completion of the

project which is conducted solely and exclusively by and with the

employees, partners, consultants and coworkers of the design

professional who prepared the project's design for the purpose of

learning best practices and reducing errors and omissions in design

documents and procedures;

8. "Peer review" or "peer review process" means any of the

following functions:

a. evaluating and improving the design, drawings

specifications or quality of services rendered by a

design professional,

b. evaluating the design, construction, procedures and

results of improvements to real property based upon

services rendered by a design professional during or

after completion of such improvements, or

c. preparing an internal lessons-learned review of any

project or services rendered for the purpose of

improving the quality of services rendered by a design

professional; and

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9. "Peer reviewer" or "peer review committee" means an

individual design professional or a committee of design

professionals retained, employed, designated or appointed by:

a. a state, county or local society of design

professionals, or

b. the board of directors, chief executive officer,

quality control director, risk manager or employed

design professional of a business entity authorized to

practice one or more of the design professions

specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection.

B. The reports, statements, memoranda, proceedings, findings

and other records submitted to or generated by any peer review

committee or peer reviewer shall be privileged and shall not be

subject to discovery, subpoena or other means of legal compulsion

for their release to any person or entity or be admissible in

evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding. Information

contained in such records shall not be discoverable or admissible at

trial in the form of testimony by an individual who participated in

the peer review process.

C. The design professional who retains, employs, designates or

appoints the peer reviewer or peer review committee is the holder of

the privilege established by this section. This privilege may be

claimed by such design professional and shall not be waived as a

result of any disclosure by a peer reviewer or peer review

committee.

D. A peer review committee or peer reviewer may report to and

discuss activities, information and findings with other peer review

committees or peer reviewers or to the design professional who

retains, employs, designates or appoints the peer reviewer or peer

review committee and with any officer, director or quality control

director, risk manager or employed design professional thereof

without waiver of the privilege provided by subsection B of this

section, and the records of all such peer review committees or peer

reviewers relating to such report shall be privileged as provided by

subsection B of this section.

E. Each peer reviewer and member of a peer review committee

shall be immune from civil liability for such acts described in

paragraph 8 of subsection A and subsection D of this section, so

long as the acts are performed in good faith, without malice and are

reasonably related to the scope of inquiry of the peer review

process. The immunity in this subsection is intended to cover only

outside peer reviews by a third-party design professional who:

1. Is not an employee, coworker or partner of the design

professional whose design is being peer reviewed; and

2. Has no other role in the project besides performing the peer

review.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-635.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-635.3
Resident training license – Prescribing privileges -
Status: in_force

Requirements.

A. There is established in this state a resident training

license for medical school graduates. The resident training license

shall be:

1. Issued by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to

eligible physicians;

2. Issued without any continuing education requirements; and

3. Issued for no more than one (1) year.

B. If the physician’s resident training program specifically

approves the resident to have prescribing authority, the resident

training license shall permit the physician to apply for prescribing

privileges from state or federal authorities.

C. The resident training license shall not permit:

1. The physician to practice medicine beyond the scope allowed

by the physician’s training program; or

2. The licensee to practice independent of the residency

program.

D. The resident training license is a prerequisite to

participation in any training program.

E. Any person holding a resident training license is not

guaranteed subsequent full or advanced resident licensure in this

state as an osteopathic physician.

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F. Any application for full licensure shall be adjudged by the

Board on its own merits including training, education and personal

background.

G. A physician shall meet the following requirements to be

eligible for a resident training license:

1. Completion of a resident training license application;

2. Payment of the application fee; and

3. Documentation from the applicant’s Oklahoma training program

recommending the physician and stating the applicant meets all the

requirements for such licensure.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-159.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-159.5
Penalties
Status: in_force

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Any violation of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor, and

shall be punishable upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for not

more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment; and

each separate day upon which any person unlawfully does a thing made

unlawful by this act shall be and constitute a separate and distinct

offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-163 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-163
Renumbered as Section 161.7 of Title 59 by Laws 1991, c
Status: in_force

265, § 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-353.24 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-353.24
Unlawful acts
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any licensee or other person to:

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1. Forge or increase the quantity of drug in any prescription,

or to present a prescription bearing forged, fictitious or altered

information or to possess any drug secured by such forged,

fictitious or altered prescription;

2. Sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any unused

quantity of drugs obtained by prescription, except through a program

pursuant to the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Act

or as otherwise provided by the State Board of Pharmacy;

3. Sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any drugs damaged

by fire, water, or other causes without first obtaining the written

approval of the Board or the State Department of Health;

4. No person, firm or business establishment shall offer to the

public, in any manner, their services as a "pick-up station" or

intermediary for the purpose of having prescriptions filled or

delivered, whether for profit or gratuitously. Nor may the owner of

any pharmacy or drug store authorize any person, firm or business

establishment to act for them in this manner with these exceptions:

a. patient-specific filled prescriptions may be delivered

or shipped to a prescriber's clinic for pick-up by

those patients whom the prescriber has individually

determined and documented do not have a permanent or

secure mailing address,

b. patient-specific filled prescriptions for drugs which

require special handling written by a prescriber may

be delivered or shipped to the prescriber's clinic for

administration or pick-up at the prescriber's office,

c. patient-specific filled prescriptions, including

sterile compounded drugs, may be delivered or shipped

to a prescriber's clinic where they shall be

administered,

d. patient-specific filled prescriptions for patients

with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) may be delivered

or shipped to a prescriber's clinic for administration

or final delivery to the patient,

e. patient-specific filled prescriptions for

radiopharmaceuticals may be delivered or shipped to a

prescriber's clinic for administration or pick-up, or

f. patient-specific filled prescriptions may be delivered

or shipped by an Indian Health Services (IHS) or

federally recognized tribal health organization

operating under the IHS in the delivery of the

prescriptions to a pharmacy operated by the IHS or a

federally recognized tribal health organization for

pick-up by an IHS or tribal patient.

However, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a pharmacist or

an employee of the pharmacy from personally receiving a prescription

or delivering a legally filled prescription to a residence, office

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or place of employment of the patient for whom the prescription was

written. Provided further, the provisions of this paragraph shall

not apply to any Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services employee or any person whose facility contracts with the

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services whose

possession of any dangerous drug, as defined in Section 353.1 of

this title, is for the purpose of delivery of a mental health

consumer's medicine to the consumer's home or residence. Nothing in

this paragraph shall prevent veterinary prescription drugs from

being shipped directly from an Oklahoma licensed wholesaler or

distributor registered with the Oklahoma Board of Veterinary Medical

Examiners to a client; provided, such drugs may be dispensed only on

prescription of a licensed veterinarian and only when an existing

veterinary-client-patient relationship exists. Nothing in this

paragraph shall prevent dialysate and peritoneal dialysis devices

from being shipped directly from an Oklahoma licensed manufacturer,

wholesaler or distributor to an ESRD patient or patient's designee,

consistent with subsection F of Section 353.18 of this title;

5. Sell, offer for sale or barter or buy any professional

samples except through a program pursuant to the Utilization of

Unused Prescription Medications Act;

6. Refuse to permit or otherwise prevent members of the Board

or such representatives thereof from entering and inspecting any and

all places, including premises, vehicles, equipment, contents, and

records, where drugs, medicine, chemicals or poisons are stored,

sold, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed, repackaged,

transported, or manufactured;

7. Interfere, refuse to participate in, impede or otherwise

obstruct any inspection, investigation or disciplinary proceeding

authorized by the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act;

8. Possess dangerous drugs without a valid prescription or a

valid license to possess such drugs; provided, however, this

provision shall not apply to any Department of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services employee or any person whose facility

contracts with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services whose possession of any dangerous drug, as defined in

Section 353.1 of this title, is for the purpose of delivery of a

mental health consumer's medicine to the consumer's home or

residence;

9. Fail to establish and maintain effective controls against

the diversion of drugs for any other purpose than legitimate

medical, scientific or industrial uses as provided by state, federal

and local law;

10. Fail to have a written drug diversion detection and

prevention policy;

11. Possess, sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any

quantity of dangerous drugs not listed as a scheduled drug pursuant

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to Sections 2-201 through 2-212 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes

when obtained by prescription bearing forged, fictitious or altered

information.

a. A first violation of this section shall constitute a

misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by

imprisonment in the county jail for a term not more

than one (1) year and a fine in an amount not more

than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

b. A second violation of this section shall constitute a

Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction shall be

punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, and a fine in an amount not

more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00);

12. Violate a Board order or agreed order;

13. Compromise the security of licensure examination materials;

or

14. Fail to notify the Board, in writing, within ten (10) days

of a licensee or permit holder's address change.

B. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a

licensed pharmacist or physician to certify a prescription before

delivery to the patient or the patient's representative or

caregiver. Dialysate and peritoneal dialysis devices supplied

pursuant to the provisions of subsection F of Section 353.18 of this

title shall not be required to be certified by a pharmacist prior to

being supplied by a manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to institute or manage a

pharmacy unless such person is a licensed pharmacist or has placed a

licensed pharmacist in charge of such pharmacy.

3. No licensed pharmacist shall manage, supervise or be in

charge of more than one pharmacy.

4. No pharmacist being requested to sell, furnish or compound

any drug, medicine, chemical or other pharmaceutical preparation, by

prescription or otherwise, shall substitute or cause to be

substituted for it, without authority of the prescriber or

purchaser, any like drug, medicine, chemical or pharmaceutical

preparation.

5. No pharmacy, pharmacist-in-charge or other person shall

permit the practice of pharmacy except by a licensed pharmacist or

assistant pharmacist.

6. No person shall subvert the authority of the pharmacist-in-

charge of the pharmacy by impeding the management of the

prescription department to act in compliance with federal and state

law.

C. 1. It shall be unlawful for a pharmacy to resell dangerous

drugs to any wholesale distributor.

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2. It shall be unlawful for a wholesale distributor to purchase

drugs from a pharmacy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3040.10 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3040.10
Informed choice and disclosure statement
Status: in_force

A. A licensed or unlicensed midwife shall disclose verbally and

in written form to a prospective client at the outset of the

professional relationship:

1. Which credential the midwife possesses, if any;

2. The limitations of the skills and practices of a midwife;

3. Whether the midwife carries malpractice insurance; and

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4. A plan for emergencies and complications to include

selection of a hospital in case of emergency.

B. The Advisory Committee on Midwifery shall prescribe the form

of the informed choice and disclosure statement required to be used

by a licensed or unlicensed midwife under this act. The form shall

be posted on the website of the Department and shall include:

1. Credential of the midwife, if any;

2. Disclosure of experience as a midwife;

3. The date the license expires, if the midwife is licensed;

4. Documentation of compliance with continuing education

requirements, if the midwife is licensed;

5. A description of the transfer or referral strategy;

6. Direction on where to find the scope of practice standards

of a licensed midwife, as provided by rules of the State

Commissioner of Health; and

7. Additional informed choice and disclosure statements

approved by the Committee and provided by rule specific to vaginal

birth after Caesarean (VBAC), vaginal breech birth and vaginal

multiple birth.

C. The informed choice and disclosure statement shall include a

notification that state law requires a newborn to be tested for

certain heritable disorders and hypothyroidism, in the absence of a

signed parental waiver from the State Department of Health.

D. A licensed midwife shall disclose to a prospective or actual

client the procedure for reporting complaints to the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1017 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1017
Inapplicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of The Plumbing License Law of 1955 shall not

apply to:

1. Minor repairs, consisting of repairing or replacing faucets

or minor working parts of plumbing fixtures;

2. Farm buildings located outside any city or town unless such

buildings are connected to a public water or sewer system;

3. Maintenance work for state institutions and school

districts;

4. The installation, maintenance, repair, renovation of

automatic sprinkler systems and related mechanical appurtenances

beginning at a point where the pipe or piping system provides water

used exclusively for these automatic sprinklers and their related

appurtenances and to standpipes connected to automatic sprinkler

systems;

5. The construction, installation, maintenance, repair,

renovation, and/or removal of pipe or piping systems and related

mechanical appurtenances including backflow preventers, appliances

and/or equipment used in connection therewith, directly or

indirectly within or without any building or structure, from a point

or location in a source of potable water supply at which point or

location there exists any backflow preventer, provided that said

pipe and/or piping systems are for:

a. heating, except radiant-floor heating systems as

defined in subparagraph d of paragraph 9 of Section

1003 of this title,

b. cooling,

c. air conditioning,

d. refrigeration, or

e. boilers and other pressure vessels of whatsoever kind

and character.

A “backflow preventer,” as used herein, means any permanent

mechanical device, or combination of permanent mechanical devices,

of whatever material, which, after installation acts to prevent a

reversal of the normal directional flow of potable water within the

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piping system in which it is installed, and shall include, but not

be limited to, metal checkvalves and airgaps, either naturally or

artificially created. Provided, further, that the exclusionary

provisions of this paragraph shall apply only to and within

governmental agencies, counties, cities and towns which now have or

which hereafter may adopt separate laws relating to the licensing,

registration and regulating of persons engaged, for business

purposes, in any of the areas of trade hereinbefore specified in

this paragraph; the exemptions herein being provided to apply only

to these items specifically regulated by any such local laws and

ordinances; and

6. An individual who performs plumbing work on such

individual’s property of residence.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1318 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1318
Discontinuance of writing bail bonds
Status: in_force

A. Any bail bondsman who discontinues writing bail bonds during

the period for which he is licensed shall notify the clerks of the

district courts and the sheriffs with whom he is registered and

return his license to the Commissioner for cancellation within

thirty (30) days from such discontinuance. Prior to the

discontinuance of licensure, the bail bondsman shall make and submit

to the Commissioner a list of all outstanding bonds and obtain a

release for each bond that he has written from the court clerk or

sheriff of each county in which a bond is written or an affidavit

from another bondsman stating that such bonds have been transferred

to his care.

B. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, be punished by

a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not less

than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine

and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1151.28 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1151.28
Roofing Hearing Board
Status: in_force

A. The designee of the Construction Industries Board, as chair,

and the Committee of Roofing Examiners shall act as the Roofing

Hearing Board and shall comply with the provisions of the

Construction Industries Board Act, rules and Article II of the

Administrative Procedures Act.

B. Any administrative hearing on suspensions, revocations or

fines shall be conducted by a hearing examiner appointed by the

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Construction Industries 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 and the

Construction Industries Board Act and rules and regulations.

C. The Roofing Hearing Board may, upon its own motion, and

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

conduct hearings on the business transactions of any roofing

contractor, firm or any person soliciting or engaging in roofing

contractor work.

D. The Roofing Hearing Board may conduct hearings on citations

issued to any person pursuant to the Roofing Contractor Registration

Act, applications for suspension and revocation of a registration or

endorsement.

E. The Construction Industries Board shall suspend or revoke or

may refuse to issue or renew any license or registration under the

commercial roofer endorsement provisions of the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act for any of the following standards of the Roofing

Contractor Registration Act:

1. Making a material misstatement in the application for an

endorsement, or the renewal of an endorsement;

2. Obtaining any endorsement by false or fraudulent

representation;

3. Loaning or allowing the use of such endorsement by any other

person or illegally using an endorsement;

4. Demonstrating incompetence to act as a commercial roofing

contractor;

5. Violating any provisions of the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act, or any rule or order prescribed by the

Construction Industries Board pursuant to the provisions of the

Roofing Contractor Registration Act; or

6. Willfully failing to perform normal business obligations

without justifiable cause.

F. Any person whose endorsement or registration has been

revoked by the Roofing Hearing Board may apply for a new license one

(1) year from the date of such revocation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1688v2 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1688v2
Term of license and apprentice registration
Status: in_force

certificates — Renewal and reregistration — Late penalty.

A. No license shall be issued for longer than one (1) year, and

all licenses shall expire on the last day in the birth month of the

licensee. A license may be renewed upon application and payment of

fees thirty (30) days preceding or following the date the license is

due. Licenses renewed more than thirty (30) days following the date

of expiration may be renewed only upon application and payment of

all required fees and payment of any penalty for late renewal

established by the Construction Industries Board and upon compliance

with any applicable continuing education requirements established by

the Board and the Electrical License Act. No penalty for late

renewal shall be charged to any holder of a license which expires

while the holder is in military service, if an application for

renewal is made within one (1) year following the service discharge

of the holder.

B. No journeyman or contractor license shall be renewed unless

the licensee has completed the required hours of continuing

education, as determined and approved by the Committee of Electrical

Examiners and approved by the Construction Industries Board.

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C. An apprentice registration certificate shall be issued for

one (1) year, at which time the apprentice may reregister upon

meeting the requirements of the Construction Industries Board and

paying the renewal fee.

D. A student apprentice registration certificate shall be

issued for the registrant's school year. A student apprentice

registration expires on the last day of the registrant's school

year, at which time the apprentice may reregister upon meeting the

requirements of the Construction Industries Board and paying the

renewal fee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-646.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-646.3
Contact lens prescription requirements
Status: in_force

A. A contact lens prescription shall include the following:

1. The ophthalmic information necessary to accurately fabricate

or dispense the lenses, including the lens manufacturer, lens

series/brand name and the lens material, if applicable;

2. Power and base curve;

3. Name, license number, telephone number and, for written

orders, the signature of the prescribing optometrist;

4. Patient's name and address, expiration date of the

prescription and number of refills or lenses permitted; and

5. The date of issuance.

B. A contact lens prescription may also include the diameter,

axis, add power, cylinder, peripheral curve, optical zone and center

thickness.

C. A prescription for visual aid glasses shall include the

following:

1. The name, license number, telephone number and, for written

orders, the signature of the prescribing optometrist;

2. The patient's name;

3. The date of issuance; and

4. The value of all parameters the Oklahoma-licensed

optometrist has deemed necessary to dispense corrective lenses

appropriate for a patient.

D. An Oklahoma-licensed optometrist shall not refuse to release

a prescription for contact lenses or visual aid glasses to a

patient.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.54 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-328.54
Dental practice - Diagnosis via the Internet
Status: in_force

A. Any person conducting a diagnosis for the purpose of

prescribing medication or treatment or any other action determined

to be a dental practice as defined by the State Dental Act, via the

Internet or other telecommunications device on any patient that is

physically located in this state shall hold a valid Oklahoma state

dental license.

B. A dentist holding a valid dental license in Oklahoma may

consult, diagnose and treat a patient of record via synchronous or

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asynchronous telecommunication between the patient and dentist. The

dentist must record all activities relating to teledentistry in the

patient record and must have an office location in Oklahoma

available for follow-up treatment and maintenance of records.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1685 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1685
Issuance of license - Qualification - Transferability and
Status: in_force

use.

A. The Construction Industries Board shall issue a license as

journeyman electrician or electrical contractor to any person who:

1. Has been certified by the Committee of Electrical Examiners

as either having successfully passed the appropriate examination or

having a valid license issued by another governmental entity with

licensing requirements similar to those provided in the Electrical

License Act;

2. Has paid the license fee and otherwise complied with the

provisions of the Electrical License Act; and

3. Has, when required by the Board, provided such documents,

statements or other information as may be necessary to submit to a

national criminal history record check as defined by Section 150.9

of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. All licenses shall be nontransferable and it shall be a

misdemeanor for any person licensed under the provisions of the

Electrical License Act to loan or allow the use of such license by

any other person, firm or corporation, except as specifically

provided in the Electrical License Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-202 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-202
Appointment - Tenure - Vacancies - Removal
Status: in_force

A. Members of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission

shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and

consent of the Senate.

B. Members of the Commission shall serve until their terms

expire. The terms of the Commission members shall be for four (4)

years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

C. Each successor member and any vacancy which may occur in the

membership of the Commission shall be filled by appointment of the

Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

D. The Governor may select appointees from a list of not less

than two qualified persons submitted by a statewide organization

representing realtors.

E. Each person who shall have been appointed to fill a vacancy

shall serve for the remainder of the term for which the member whom

he or she will succeed was appointed and until his or her successor,

in turn, shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.

F. Members of the Commission may be removed from office by the

Governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office

in the manner provided by law for the removal of officers not

subject to impeachment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-887.9 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-887.9
License without examination
Status: in_force

Upon payment to the Board of a fee as provided by the Physical

Therapy Practice Act, and submission of a written application on

forms provided by the Board, the Board may issue a license without

examination to any person who is licensed or otherwise registered as

a physical therapist by another state or any territory of the United

States which has substantially the same standards for licensure as

are required by this state pursuant to the provisions of the

Physical Therapy Practice Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2010 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-2010
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Administrator may adopt, amend and repeal such

administrative rules as are necessary to implement and enforce the

provisions of the Oklahoma Health Spa Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1011 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1011
Appeals from decisions of Board
Status: in_force

An appeal from the decision of the Plumbing Hearing Board upon

the suspension or revocation of a license, or upon any decision not

specifically provided for in The Plumbing License Law of 1955, may

be taken to the district court in accordance with the provisions of

Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1820.11 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1820.11
License application - Evidence of qualifications for
Status: in_force

business supervisor - Required criminal history, photograph and

fingerprints – Definitions.

A. Any person applying for a license to engage in a fire

extinguisher industry business pursuant to the Fire Extinguisher

Licensing Act shall provide evidence to the Fire Extinguisher

Industry Committee that the individual within this state having

direct supervision over the function and local operations of the

fire extinguisher industry business or a branch thereof has the

following qualifications:

1. The individual is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

2. The individual has not been declared by any court of

competent jurisdiction incompetent by reason of mental defect or

disease;

3. The individual is not a habitual user of intoxicating

liquors or habit-forming drugs;

4. The individual has not been discharged from the Armed

Services of the United States under other than honorable conditions;

and

5. The individual meets such other standards as may be

established by the State Fire Marshal Commission relating to

experience or knowledge of the fire extinguisher industry.

B. The applicant shall advise the Committee and furnish full

information on each individual described in subsection A of this

section of any conviction of a felony crime which substantially

relates to the occupation of an individual in a fire extinguisher

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industry business and poses a reasonable threat to public safety for

which a full pardon has not been granted. The applicant shall

furnish a recent photograph of a type prescribed by the Committee

and two classifiable sets of fingerprints of such individual.

C. 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.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 35
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1151.11 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1151.11
Change in roofing contractor's name, address, legal
Status: in_force

service agent, or cease of business - Notification of registrar.

Not later than ten (10) days after the date of a change in a

roofing contractor's name, address, or legal service agent, or upon

a registered roofing contractor ceasing business as a roofing

contractor, the person shall notify the registrar of the change on a

form provided by the registrar. A name, address, or legal service

agent change shall be accompanied by a fee not exceeding Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00) to be set by the registrar. A person may not

change his or her name under an active registration certificate if

the change is associated with a change in the legal status of the

business entity other than a change in marital status. Doing

business under a new business name or a change in legal status of a

business requires issuance of a new registration certificate. When

a registered roofing contractor ceases to be active as a roofing

contractor, the registrar shall suspend the registration certificate

of such contractor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1283 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1283
Member State eligibility criteria
Status: in_force

A. To be eligible to participate in the Compact, a potential

Member State must currently meet all of the following criteria:

1. License and regulate the practice of Social Work at either

the clinical, master’s, or bachelor’s category;

2. Require applicants for licensure to graduate from a program

that is:

a. operated by a college or university recognized by the

Licensing Authority,

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b. accredited, or in candidacy by an institution 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, and

c. corresponds to the licensure sought as outlined in

Section 4 of this act;

3. Require applicants for clinical licensure to complete a

period of supervised practice;

4. Have a mechanism in place for receiving, investigating, and

adjudicating complaints about Licensees.

B. To maintain membership in the Compact, a Member State shall:

1. Require that applicants for a Multistate License pass a

Qualifying National Exam for the corresponding category of

Multistate License sought as outlined in Section 4 of this act;

2. Participate fully in the Commission’s Data System, including

using the Commission’s unique identifier as defined in Rules;

3. Notify the Commission, in compliance with the terms of the

Compact and Rules, of any Adverse Action or the availability of

Current Significant Investigative Information regarding a Licensee;

4. Implement procedures for considering the criminal history

records of applicants for a Multistate License. Such procedures

shall include the submission of fingerprints or other biometric-

based information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining an

applicant’s criminal history record information from the Federal

Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining

that State’s criminal records;

5. Comply with the Rules of the Commission;

6. Require an applicant to obtain or retain a license in the

Home State and meet the Home State’s qualifications for licensure or

renewal of licensure, as well as all other applicable Home State

laws;

7. Authorize a Licensee holding a Multistate License in any

Member State to practice in accordance with the terms of the Compact

and Rules of the Commission; and

8. Designate a delegate to participate in the Commission

meetings.

C. A Member State meeting the requirements of subsection A of

this section and subsection B of this section shall designate the

categories of Social Work licensure that are eligible for issuance

of a Multistate License for applicants in such Member State. To the

extent that any Member State does not meet the requirements for

participation in the Compact at any particular category of Social

Work licensure, such Member State may choose, but is not obligated

to, issue a Multistate License to applicants that otherwise meet the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 986

requirements of Section 4 of this act for issuance of a Multistate

License in such category or categories of licensure.

D. The Home State may charge a fee for granting the Multistate

License.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1158 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1158
Installers of individual sewage disposal systems –
Status: in_force

Certification - Penalties.

A. On and after July 1, 2002, any person, before engaging in

the installation of individual sewage disposal systems, shall first

obtain certification from the Department of Environmental Quality

under such rules as may be promulgated by the Environmental Quality

Board. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to persons who

install more than one individual sewage disposal system per calendar

year. As used in this section, “individual sewage disposal system”

means a sewage disposal system that serves an individual residence

or duplex and is not available for use by the general public.

B. Environmental specialists employed by the Department of

Environmental Quality may perform soil profile descriptions to

design individual and other subsurface sewage disposal systems. Any

other individual choosing to perform soil profile descriptions to

design individual and other subsurface sewage disposal systems shall

first be certified by the Department of Environmental Quality under

such rules as may be promulgated by the Environmental Quality Board.

C. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules that

shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Establishment of minimum requirements for each type of

certification;

2. Establishment of a procedure and schedule for the assessment

of penalties for failure to comply with this section or rules

promulgated pursuant thereto;

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3. Establishment of procedures for suspension, revocation, and

nonrenewal of a certification; and

4. A requirement that an annual fee, as set by the

Environmental Quality Board pursuant to Section 2-3-402 of Title 27A

of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be paid to the Department of

Environmental Quality for each certification.

D. The Water Quality Management Advisory Council shall

recommend proposed rules to the Environmental Quality Board pursuant

to Section 2-2-201 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. The Department of Environmental Quality may, after notice

and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the Administrative

Procedures Act, assess administrative penalties and may revoke,

suspend, or deny renewal of a certification pursuant to Section 2-3-

502 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes for any violation of this

section or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. Such administrative

penalties shall be deposited as provided in Section 2-3-401 of Title

27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-534 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-534
Persons actively engaged as athletic trainers exempted
Status: in_force

from qualifications - Misrepresentations - Voluntary prevention,

emergency care or first aid services.

A. Any person actively engaged as an athletic trainer in this

state on the effective date of this act shall, within six (6) months

of that date, be issued a license if proof is submitted of five (5)

years' experience as an athletic trainer within the preceding ten-

year period, and the license fee required by the Oklahoma Athletic

Trainers Act is paid. Nothing herein shall be construed to require

any educational institution or other bona fide athletic organization

to use the services of a licensed athletic trainer.

B. Athletic trainers shall not misrepresent in any manner,

either directly or indirectly, their skills, training, professional

credentials, identity or services.

C. Any person, as authorized in accordance with Section 5 of

Title 76 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may offer prevention, emergency

care or first aid services on a voluntary, uncompensated basis, to

any amateur or group at an amateur athletic event.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1820.14 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1820.14
Prohibited acts - Duties of licensee
Status: in_force

A. A license shall not be altered or assigned.

B. A license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each

fire extinguisher industry business location of the licensee.

C. A licensee shall notify the Fire Extinguisher Industry

Committee within fourteen (14) days of any change of information

furnished on the application for license or on the license

including, but not limited to, change of ownership, address,

business activities, or any developments related to the

qualifications of the licensee or the individual described in

Section 11 of this act. If the licensee for any reason ceases to

engage in a fire extinguisher industry business in this state, the

licensee shall notify the Committee within fourteen (14) days of

such cessation. If the required notice of cessation is not given to

the Committee within fourteen (14) days, the license may be

suspended or revoked by the State Fire Marshal on recommendation of

the Committee.

D. No person shall represent falsely that he or she is licensed

or employed by a licensee.

E. Each licensee shall maintain a record containing such

information relative to his or her employees as may be required by

the State Fire Marshal Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-15.7
Disbursement of fees and monies
Status: in_force

All fees and other monies except the fines as provided in

Section 15.24 of this title received by the Board pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Accountancy Act shall be expended solely

for effectuating the purposes of the Oklahoma Accountancy Act and

shall be deposited to the credit of the Board with the Oklahoma

State Treasurer. After the close of each fiscal year the Board

shall file with the Governor a report of all fees charged, collected

and received and all disbursements during the previous fiscal year.

The Board shall pay into the General Revenue Fund of the state ten

percent (10%) of all annual registration fees so charged, collected

and received, and no other portion shall ever revert to the General

Revenue Fund or any other fund of the state.

All salaries, fees, and other expenses incurred by the Board in

the performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of the

Oklahoma Accountancy Act shall be paid from the Board’s Revolving

Fund and none of said expenses shall be a charge against the general

funds of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1293 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1293
Enforcement — Venue — Default, technical assistance, and
Status: in_force

termination.

A. Oversight:

1. The executive and judicial branches of State government in

each Member State shall enforce this Compact and take all actions

necessary and appropriate to implement the Compact.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this Compact, venue is

proper and judicial proceedings by or against the Commission shall

be brought solely and exclusively in a court of competent

jurisdiction where the principal office of the Commission is

located. The Commission may waive venue and jurisdictional defenses

to the extent it adopts or consents to participate in alternative

dispute resolution proceedings. Nothing herein shall affect or

limit the selection or propriety of venue in any action against a

Licensee for professional malpractice, misconduct or any such

similar matter.

3. The Commission shall be entitled to receive service of

process in any proceeding regarding the enforcement or

interpretation of the Compact and shall have standing to intervene

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

Commission service of process 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 Member State has

defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities

under this Compact or the promulgated Rules, the Commission shall

provide written notice to the defaulting State. The notice of

default shall describe the default, the proposed means of curing the

default, and any other action that the Commission may take, and

shall offer training and specific technical assistance regarding the

default.

2. The Commission shall provide a copy of the notice of default

to the other Member States.

C. If a State in default fails to cure the default, the

defaulting State may be terminated from the Compact upon an

affirmative vote of a majority of the delegates of the Member

States, and all rights, privileges and benefits conferred on that

State by this Compact may be terminated on the effective date of

termination. A cure of the default does not relieve the offending

State of obligations or liabilities incurred during the period of

default.

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D. 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 given

by the Commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders

of the defaulting State’s legislature, the defaulting State’s State

Licensing Authority and each of the Member States’ State Licensing

Authority.

E. A State that has been terminated is responsible for all

assessments, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the

effective date of termination, including obligations that extend

beyond the effective date of termination.

F. Upon the termination of a State’s membership from this

Compact, that State shall immediately provide notice to all

Licensees within that State of such termination. The terminated

State shall continue to recognize all licenses granted pursuant to

this Compact for a minimum of six (6) months after the date of said

notice of termination.

G. The Commission shall not bear any costs related to a State

that is found to be in default or that has been terminated from the

Compact, unless agreed upon in writing between the Commission and

the defaulting State.

H. The defaulting State may appeal the action of the Commission

by petitioning the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

or the federal district where the Commission has its principal

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

litigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

I. Dispute Resolution:

1. Upon request by a Member State, the Commission shall attempt

to resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among Member

States and between Member and non-Member States.

2. The Commission shall promulgate a Rule providing for both

mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes as

appropriate.

J. Enforcement:

1. By majority vote as provided by Rule, the Commission may

initiate legal action against a Member State in default in the

United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the

federal district where the Commission has its principal offices to

enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and its

promulgated Rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive

relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary,

the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation,

including reasonable attorney’s fees. The remedies herein shall not

be the exclusive remedies of the Commission. The Commission may

pursue any other remedies available under federal or the defaulting

Member State’s law.

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2. A Member State may initiate legal action against the

Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

or the federal district where the Commission has its principal

offices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and

its promulgated Rules. The relief sought may include both

injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is

necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such

litigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

3. No person other than a Member State shall enforce this

Compact against the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1218 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1218
Reciprocity
Status: in_force

A person not a resident of and having no established place of

business in Oklahoma, or who has recently become a resident thereof,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 956

may become a licensed forester in Oklahoma provided: (1) the person

is legally licensed as a registered forester in the state or country

of origin and submits evidence to the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry of the license and that the

requirements for registration therein are at least substantially

equivalent to the requirements of Section 1201 et seq. of this

title; and (2) the state or country in which licensed observes these

same rules of reciprocity in regard to persons originally licensed

under the provisions of this act; and (3) the Department shall issue

a qualified applicant a one-year permit upon receipt of a fee equal

to one-year annual renewal charged licensed foresters in this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-622 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-622
License required - Submission to jurisdiction of courts -
Status: in_force

Employing hospitals not regarded as practitioners.

A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, it shall

be unlawful for any person to practice as an osteopathic physician

and surgeon in this state, without a license to do so, issued by the

State Board of Osteopathic Examiners; provided, that any license or

certificate issued under the laws of this state, authorizing its

holder to practice osteopathic medicine, shall remain in full force

and effect. Persons who hold themselves out as osteopathic

physicians in this state without a license issued by the State Board

of Osteopathic Examiners shall submit themselves to the jurisdiction

of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.

2. Osteopathic physicians engaged in postgraduate training

shall be licensed. Osteopathic physicians engaged in the internship

or PGY-1 year shall be issued a resident training license and all

other postgraduate students shall be issued an advanced resident

training license.

B. 1. A person within or outside of this state who performs

through electronic communications diagnostic or treatment services

or other medical services within the scope of practice of an

osteopathic physician and surgeon for any patient whose condition is

being diagnosed or treated within this state shall be licensed in

this state, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic

Medicine Act. However, in such cases, a nonresident osteopathic

physician who, while located outside this state, consults on an

irregular basis with a physician who is located in this state is not

required to be licensed in this state.

2. Any osteopathic physician who engages in the practice of

medicine or the prescription of drugs, devices, or treatments via

electronic means may do so only in the context of an appropriate

physician-patient relationship wherein a proper patient record is

maintained including, at the minimum, a current history and

physical.

3. Any commissioned medical officer of the Armed Forces of the

United States or medical officer of the United States Public Health

Service or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, in the

discharge of official duties whose practice is confined entirely

within federally controlled facilities, who is fully licensed to

practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in one or more

jurisdictions of the United States shall not be required to be

licensed in this state pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine

Act, unless the person already holds an osteopathic medical license

in this state pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. In

such case, the medical officer shall be subject to the Oklahoma

Osteopathic Medicine Act.

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4. A person who performs any of the functions covered by this

subsection submits themselves to the jurisdiction of the courts of

this state for the purposes of any cause of action resulting from

the functions performed.

C. A hospital, as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, or a related institution which has the principal

purpose or function of providing hospital or medical care including,

but not limited to, any corporation, association, trust, or other

organization organized and operated for such purpose, may employ one

or more persons who are duly licensed to practice osteopathic

medicine in this state without being regarded as itself practicing

osteopathic medicine within the meaning and provisions of this

section. The employment by the hospital or related institution of

any person who is duly licensed shall not, in and of itself, be

considered as an act of unprofessional conduct by the person so

employed. Nothing provided herein shall eliminate, limit or

restrict the liability for any act or failure to act of any

hospital, any hospital’s employees or persons duly licensed to

practice osteopathic medicine.

D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act shall be

construed as to require an osteopathic physician to secure an

Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) as a condition of

licensure, reimbursement, employment or admitting privileges at a

hospital in this state. For the purposes of this subsection,

“Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC)” shall mean a continuing

education program measuring core competencies in the practice of

medicine and surgery and approved by a nationally-recognized

accrediting organization.

E. An osteopathic physician licensed under the Oklahoma

Osteopathic Medicine Act may not hold himself or herself out as a

board-certified specialist unless the osteopathic physician has

successfully completed the requirements for certification by the

American Osteopathic Association, the American Board of Medical

Specialties, or the American Association of Physician Specialists.

However, an osteopathic physician may indicate the services offered

and may state that his or her practice is limited to one or more

types of services when this statement accurately reflects the scope

of practice of the osteopathic physician.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1012 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1012
Necessity for licenses - Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Ninety (90) days from and after the effective date of this

act it shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to act as,

or perform the work of, a journeyman plumber, as defined in this

act, until such person has qualified and is licensed as a journeyman

plumber or plumbing contractor, as provided in this act.

(b) Ninety (90) days from and after the effective date of this

act it shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person, firm,

partnership, association or corporation to act as a master plumber

or plumbing contractor or to engage in or offer to engage in, by

advertisement or otherwise, the business of plumbing, or plumbing

contractor, as defined in this act, until such person, or a bona

fide member of such partnership, or a bona fide officer of such

firm, association, or corporation, as the case may be, shall have

qualified and is licensed as a plumbing contractor as required by

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1750.9 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1750.9
Carrying driver license and identification card - Display of license - Misrepresentation as
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 34Display of license - Misrepresentation as state or federal agent -

Discharge of firearm.

A. Each security guard, armed security guard, or private

investigator licensed pursuant to this act shall carry a valid

driver license or state-issued photo identification card and an

identification card issued by the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training at all times while on duty as a security

guard, armed security guard or private investigator, and each

security agency and investigative agency shall display in its

primary office in this state a valid license therefor issued by the

Council.

B. No licensee or officer, director, partner, or employee of a

licensee, may wear a uniform, or use a title, an insignia, badge, or

an identification card, or make any statements that would lead a

person to believe that he is connected in any way with the federal

government, a state government, or any political subdivision of a

state government, unless he is authorized by proper authorities to

do so.

C. Each discharge of a firearm in the performance of his

employment by any licensee authorized by this act to carry a

firearm, other than for training purposes, shall be reported

immediately to the Council by said licensee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-701 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-858-701
Legislative intent - Purpose of act
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to develop a real estate

appraiser certification process which meets the federal guidelines

set forth in the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and

Enforcement Act of 1989. The purpose of the Oklahoma Certified Real

Estate Appraisers Act is to provide appraisers within the state a

process for certification which will allow them to participate in a

federally related transaction and real estate-related financial

transactions of the agencies, instrumentalities and federally

recognized entities as defined and recognized in Title XI of the

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of

1989. It is not the intent of this legislation to prevent any

person who is currently conducting business as an appraiser from

continuing such action unless such action involves a federally

related transaction or a real estate-related financial transaction

as defined in Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform,

Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1934 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1934
Powers of State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
Status: in_force

A. The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure shall:

1. Prescribe, adopt, and promulgate rules to implement and

enforce the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act,

including the adoption of State Department of Health rules by

reference;

2. Adopt and establish rules of professional conduct; and

3. Set license and examination fees as required by the Licensed

Behavioral Practitioner Act.

B. The Board shall have the authority to:

1. Seek injunctive relief;

2. Request the district attorney to bring an action to enforce

the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act;

3. Receive fees and deposit the fees into the Licensed

Behavioral Practitioners Revolving Fund as required by the Licensed

Behavioral Practitioner Act;

4. Issue, renew, revoke, deny, suspend and place on probation

licenses to practice behavioral health pursuant to the provisions of

the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act;

5. Examine all qualified applicants for licenses to practice

behavioral health;

6. Investigate complaints and possible violations of the

Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act;

7. Accept grants and gifts from various foundations and

institutions;

8. Make such expenditures and employ such personnel as the

Commissioner may deem necessary for the administration of the

Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act; and

9. Request assistance from the State Board of Medical Licensure

and Supervision for the purposes of investigating complaints and

violations of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-589 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-589
Persons excepted from statute
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to duly-licensed

physicians authorized to practice medicine and/or surgery under the

laws of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.30 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.30
Licensing of landscape architects - Temporary licenses -
Status: in_force

Certificate of qualification.

The Board shall license, as a landscape architect, each

applicant who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board his or

her qualification and competence or in any case the Board decides

the interest of the public will be served for such license as

provided in equivalent standards for education, training and

examination in this act and the Board's current rules or in

compliance with the Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and

Credentialing Act. The Board has the authority to issue temporary

licenses while qualifying the applicant in compliance with the Post-

Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act or with

any declared state of emergency.

The Board shall issue to each individual licensed a certificate

of qualification and the right to use the title "landscape

architect" and to practice landscape architecture in the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-475.4 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-475.4
Qualifications of Board members
Status: in_force

Each professional engineer member of the Board shall be a

citizen of the United States and resident of this state. The member

shall have been engaged in the lawful practice of engineering as a

professional engineer for at least ten (10) years. The member shall

have been in responsible charge of engineering projects for at least

five (5) years and shall be a licensed professional engineer in this

state. Not more than two professional engineer board members shall

have the same primary area of competence designated in the Board

records. A minimum of one professional engineer board member shall

be a Professional Structural Engineer. Each professional surveyor

member of the Board shall be a citizen of the United States and a

resident of this state. The member shall have been engaged in the

lawful practice of surveying as a professional surveyor for at least

ten (10) years. The member shall have been in responsible charge of

surveying projects for at least five (5) years and shall be a

licensed professional surveyor in this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1502 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1502
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of Consumer Affairs

defined in the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.

2. "Month" means that period of time from one date in a

calendar month to the corresponding date in the following calendar

month, but if there is no such corresponding date, then the last day

of such following month, and when computations are made for a

fraction of a month, a day shall be one-thirtieth (1/30) of a month.

3. "Pawnbroker" means a person engaged in the business of making

pawn transactions.

4. "Pawn finance charge" means the sum of all charges, payable

directly or indirectly by the customer and imposed directly or

indirectly by the pawnbroker as an incident to the pawn transaction.

5. "Pawnshop" means the location at which or premises in which a

pawnbroker regularly conducts business.

6. "Pawn transaction" means the act of lending money on the

security of pledged goods or the act of purchasing tangible personal

property on condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the

seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time.

7. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

joint venture, trust, association or any other legal entity however

organized.

8. "Pledged goods" means tangible personal property other than

choses in action, securities or printed evidences of indebtedness,

which property is deposited with or otherwise actually delivered

into the possession of a pawnbroker in the course of his business

in connection with a pawn transaction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1512v1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1512v1
Administration and enforcement
Status: in_force

A. Rule Making Power. The Administrator shall have the same

authority to adopt, amend and repeal rules as is conferred upon him

by paragraph (e) of subsection (1), and subsections (2) and (3) of

Section 6-104 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, as applicable,

and such rules shall have the same effect as provided in subsection

(4) of Section 6-104 thereunder. In addition, the Administrator may

adopt, amend and repeal such other rules as are necessary for the

enforcement of the provisions of Section 1501 et seq. of this title

and consistent with all its provisions.

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B. Administrative Enforcement. Compliance with the provisions

of this act may be enforced by the Administrator who may exercise,

for such purpose, all the powers enumerated in Part 1 of Article 6,

Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in the same manner as in

relation to consumer credit transactions under that act, as well as

those powers conferred in this act.

C. Criminal Penalties. 1. Any person who engages in the

business of operating a pawn shop without first securing the license

prescribed by this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon

conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not in excess of One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by confinement in the county jail for

not more than six (6) months or by both.

2. Any person selling or pledging property to a pawnbroker who

uses false or altered identification or a false declaration of

ownership as related to the provisions of Section 1515 of this title

shall, if the value of the property is One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) or more, be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction

shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not to

exceed five (5) years or in the county jail not to exceed one (1)

year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or

by both such imprisonment and fine. If the value of the property

received is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of

not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in

the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or by both

such fine and imprisonment. However, if the property is one or more

firearms, or was acquired by means of robbery or burglary, the

person shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary

not to exceed five (5) years or in the county jail not to exceed one

(1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),

or by both such imprisonment and fine, without regard to the value

of the property.

3. Any person who fails to repay a pawnbroker the full amount

received from a pawn or buy transaction after being officially

notified by a peace officer that the goods he pledged or sold in

that transaction were stolen or embezzled shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in

the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or a fine

not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine

and imprisonment.

D. Private Enforcement. 1. If any person engages in the

business of operating a pawnshop without first securing the license

prescribed by this act, or if any pawnbroker contracts for, charges

or receives a pawn finance charge in excess of that authorized by

this act, the pawn transaction shall be void and the customer is not

obligated to pay either the amount financed or the pawn finance

charge in connection with the transaction, and upon the customer's

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demand, the pawnbroker shall be obligated to return to the customer,

as a refund, all amounts paid in connection with the transaction by

the customer and the pledged goods delivered to the pawnbroker in

connection with the pawn transaction or their value if the goods

cannot be returned. If a customer is entitled to a refund under

this section and a pawnbroker liable to the customer refuses to make

the refund within a reasonable time after demand, the customer shall

have an action against the pawnbroker and in the case of a

successful action to enforce such liability, the costs of the action

together with attorney fees as determined by the court shall be

awarded to the customer.

2. A pawnbroker who fails to disclose information to a customer

entitled to the information under this act is liable to that person

in an amount equal to the sum of:

a. twice the amount of the pawn finance charge in

connection with the transaction, or One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00), whichever is greater;, and

b. in the case of a successful action to enforce the

liability under paragraph 1 of this subsection, the

costs of the action together with reasonable attorney

fees as determined by the court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.41 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.41
Unlawful use of Licensed Interior Designer title
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to use the

title "Licensed Interior Designer" or any other derivation of these

words to indicate that the person or entity is licensed under the

provisions of the State Architectural and Licensed Interior

Designers Act or engages in the practice of licensed interior

design, if the person is not licensed under this act.

B. Any person who holds himself or herself out as a licensed

interior designer, advertises, puts out any sign, card or drawings

in this state designating himself or herself as a "Licensed Interior

Designer" or engages in the practice of licensed interior design

without first having complied with the provisions of the State

Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act shall be deemed

guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-375.2 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-375.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Durable Medical Equipment Licensing Act:

1. "Board" means the State Board of Pharmacy;

2. a. "Durable medical equipment" means equipment for which

a prescription is required, including for repair and

replacement parts, and that:

(1) can stand repeated use,

(2) has an expected useful life of at least three (3)

years,

(3) is primarily and customarily used to serve a

medical purpose,

(4) is not generally useful to a person in the

absence of illness or injury,

(5) is appropriate for use in the home, and

(6) is intended for use by the consumer.

b. Durable medical equipment includes, but is not limited

to:

(1) ambulating assistance equipment,

(2) mobility equipment,

(3) rehabilitation seating,

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(4) oxygen care and oxygen delivery systems,

(5) respiratory equipment and respiratory disease

management devices,

(6) rehabilitation environmental control equipment,

(7) ventilators,

(8) apnea monitors,

(9) diagnostic equipment,

(10) feeding pumps,

(11) beds prescribed by physicians to alleviate

medical conditions,

(12) transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators, and

(13) sequential compression devices; and

3. "Supplier" means any person or entity that provides durable

medical equipment services or products and that currently bills or

plans to bill a claim for reimbursement of services or products to a

third party.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-725.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-725.3
Violations – Administrative penalties – Investigation
Status: in_force

and prosecution by Attorney General.

A. 1. Any licensed health care provider found by the

appropriate licensing board or state agency to be in violation of

the provisions of subsection E of Section 725.2 of this title shall

be punished by an administrative penalty of not less than Twenty-

five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)

to be administered and collected by the appropriate licensing board

or state agency.

2. Any person who is not a licensed health care provider and

found by the appropriate licensing board or state agency to be in

violation of the provisions of subsection E of Section 725.2 of this

title, shall be punished by an administrative penalty of not less

than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) to be administered and collected by the appropriate

licensing board or state agency. Each day this act is violated

shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.

B. 1. Any licensed health care provider found by the

appropriate licensing board or state agency to be in violation of

the provisions of this act, other than subsection E of Section 725.2

of this title, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00) to be administered and collected by the appropriate

licensing board or state agency.

2. Any person who is not a licensed health care provider and

found by the appropriate licensing board or state agency to be in

violation of the provisions of this act, other than subsection E of

Section 725.2 of this title, shall be punished by an administrative

penalty of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more

than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to be administered and

collected by the appropriate licensing board or state agency.

3. Each day this act is violated shall constitute a separate

offense and shall be punishable as such.

C. A case shall be referred to the Attorney General for

investigation and prosecution if a licensing board or state agency

makes a finding of gross or repeated violations of this act by a

licensed health care provider or an unlicensed health care provider.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1106 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1106
Unlawful acts - Necessity for certificate
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Waterworks and

Wastewater Works Operator Certification Act, it shall be unlawful:

1. For any person to employ or appoint or vote for or approve

the employment or appointment of any person as an operator of a

waterworks or wastewater works who does not possess a valid current

certificate issued under the Waterworks and Wastewater Works

Operator Certification Act, which certifies the operator's

competency to operate a waterworks or wastewater works for which the

operator is employed or appointed as operator; or to employ or

appoint a person as an operator of a waterworks or wastewater works

or vote for or approve the employment or appointment of any person

as an operator of a waterworks or wastewater works contrary to the

terms and conditions of the certificate held by such person;

2. For any person to be the operator of a waterworks or

wastewater works for the operation of which the person does not hold

a required certificate, or to be the operator of any waterworks or

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wastewater works contrary to any of the terms and conditions of the

operator's certificate; or

3. For any person to violate any rule or order made under the

authority of the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator

Certification Act or any certificate issued pursuant thereto.

B. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section shall

apply to a waterworks or wastewater works employing a superintendent

of the waterworks or wastewater works who has not obtained the

proper level of certification within six (6) months of employment as

superintendent. The Environmental Quality Board may, by rule, limit

the number of times this six-month exemption is available to a

waterworks and wastewater works.

C. The provisions of this section shall not affect the practice

of engineering by a professional engineer.

D. A plumber licensed pursuant to the Plumbing License Law of

1955 shall not be required to hold any waterworks or wastewater

operator certificate in order to make connections to public water

systems or lines or sewer systems or lines.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.15 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-15.15
Registration - Annual fee - Expiration date - Renewal -
Status: in_force

Interim registration - Revocation and reinstatement.

A. The Oklahoma Accountancy Board, upon application, shall

grant or register any firm, including sole proprietorships, seeking

to provide public accounting services to the public in this state if

such firm demonstrates its qualifications therefore in accordance

with this section. All firms, except sole proprietorships with an

office in this state, shall pay an annual registration fee not to

exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The following must register

with the Board under this section:

1. Any firm with an office in this state engaged in the

practice of public accounting or the practice of attest services as

defined in paragraph 5 of Section 15.1A of this title;

2. Any firm with an office in this state that uses the title

“CPA”, “PA”, “CPA firm” or “PA firm”; or

3. Any firm that does not have an office in this state but

offers or renders attest services as described in paragraph 5 of

Section 15.1A of this title, unless the firm meets each of the

following requirements:

a. complies with the qualifications described in

paragraphs 1 and 3 of subsection F of Section 15.15A

of this title,

b. complies with the qualifications described in Section

15.30 of this title,

c. performs such services through an individual with

practice privileges under Section 15.12A of this

title, and

d. can lawfully do so in the state where the individuals

with practice privileges have their practice of

business.

B. All such registrations shall expire on June 30 of each year

and may be renewed annually for a period of one (1) year by

registrants in good standing upon filing the registration and upon

payment of the annual fee not later than June 30 of each year.

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C. Interim registrations shall be at full rates.

D. Upon failure of a firm to pay registration fees on or before

the last day of June, the Board shall notify the firm in writing by

certified mail to the last known address of the firm, as reflected

in the records of the Board, of the firm’s failure to comply with

the Oklahoma Accountancy Act.

E. A registration granted under authority of this section shall

automatically be revoked if the firm fails to renew its registration

on or before June 30.

F. A firm whose registration is automatically revoked pursuant

to this section may be reinstated by the Board upon payment of a fee

to be set by the Board which shall not exceed Two Hundred Dollars

($200.00).

G. An individual who has practice privileges under Section

15.12A of this title who performs services for which firm

registration is required under this section shall not be required to

meet the certificate, license, registration or permit requirements

of Section 15.9, 15.13, 15.13A, 15.14 or 15.14A of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-353.10 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-353.10
Assistant pharmacists
Status: in_force

A. Any person who was licensed as an assistant pharmacist

before July 27, 1961, and who met the standards and requirements for

licensure pursuant to the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act may practice as an

assistant pharmacist.

B. Assistant pharmacists shall not manage a pharmacy.

C. Every assistant pharmacist shall meet the same requirements

for pharmacists listed in Sections 353.11, 353.12 and 353.16A of

this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1456 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1456
Regulations and orders - Disposition of fees collected -
Status: in_force

Expenses.

A. The Board shall issue regulations consistent with the

provisions of this act for the administration and enforcement of

this act and shall prescribe forms which shall be issued in

connection therewith.

B. An order or a certified copy thereof, over the Board seal

and purporting to be signed by the Board members, shall be prima

facie proof that the signatures are the genuine signatures of the

Board members, and that the Board members are fully qualified to

act.

C. All fees collected under the provisions of this act shall be

deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue

Fund.

D. The Council may reimburse in accordance with the State

Travel Reimbursement Act, upon submission of proper claim, each

Board member for any actual expense incurred while in the

performance of his duties pursuant to the Polygraph Examiners Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1619 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1619
Disciplinary actions - Grounds - Notice and hearing -
Status: in_force

Appeal - Restoration – Definitions.

A. The Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and

Audiology may impose separately, or in combination, any of the

following disciplinary actions on a licensee after formal

disciplinary action as provided in the Speech-Language Pathology and

Audiology Licensing Act: suspend or revoke a license, issue a

letter of reprimand, impose probationary conditions, impose an

administrative fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00),

and assess reasonable costs. Disciplinary actions may be taken by

the Board upon proof that the licensee:

1. Has been guilty of fraud or deceit in connection with the

licensee's speech-language pathology or audiology services;

2. Has aided or abetted a person who is not a licensed speech-

language pathologist or audiologist and who is under the supervision

of a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist and subject

to the rules of the Board, in illegally engaging in the practice of

speech-language pathology or audiology within this state;

3. Has been guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined by the

rules established by the Board or has violated the code of ethics

made and published by the Board;

4. Has used fraud or deception in applying for a license or in

passing an examination provided for in the Speech-Language Pathology

and Audiology Licensing Act;

5. Has been grossly negligent in the practice of the person's

profession;

6. Has willfully violated any of the provisions of the Speech-

Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act or any rules

promulgated pursuant thereto;

7. Has violated federal, state or local laws relating to the

profession. A copy of the record of conviction, certified by the

clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive

evidence of conviction; or

8. Has been convicted of or has pled guilty or nolo contendere

to a felony crime that substantially relates to the business

practices of speech-language pathology or audiology and poses a

reasonable threat to public safety.

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B. 1. No disciplinary action shall be imposed until after a

hearing before the Board. A notice of at least thirty (30) days

shall be served, either personally or by certified mail, to the

licensee charged, stating the time and place of the hearing, and

setting forth the ground or grounds constituting the charges against

the licensee. The licensee shall be entitled to be heard in such

person's defense either in person or by counsel, and may produce

testimony and may testify in the person's own behalf.

2. A record of such hearing shall be taken and preserved.

3. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. If, after

due receipt of notice of a hearing, the licensee shall be unable to

appear for good cause shown, then a continuance shall be granted by

the Board. The time allowed shall be at the discretion of the

Board, but in no instance shall it be less than two (2) weeks from

the originally scheduled date of the hearing.

4. If a licensee pleads guilty, or if upon hearing the charges,

a majority of the Board finds them to be true, the Board shall

impose its disciplinary action against the licensee. The Board

shall record its findings and order in writing.

C. 1. The Board, through its chairman or vice-chairman, may

administer oaths and may compel the attendance of witnesses and the

production of physical evidence before it from witnesses upon whom

process is served anywhere within the state, as in civil cases in

the district court, by subpoena issued over the signature of the

chairman or vice-chairman and the seal of the Board.

2. Upon request by an accused speech-language pathologist or

audiologist, and statement under oath that the testimony or evidence

is reasonably necessary to the person's defense, the Board shall use

this subpoena power in behalf of the accused speech-language

pathologist or audiologist.

3. The subpoenas shall be served, and a return of service

thereof made, in the same manner as a subpoena is served out of the

district courts in this state, and as a return in such case is made.

4. If a person fails and refuses to attend in obedience to such

subpoena, or refuses to be sworn or examined or answer any legally

proper question propounded by any member of said Board or any

attorney or licensee upon permission from said Board, such person

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, may be

punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00)

or by confinement in the county jail not to exceed ninety (90) days,

or both.

D. 1. Any person who feels aggrieved by reason of the

imposition of disciplinary action may appeal to the Board for a

review of the case or may seek judicial review pursuant to the

Administrative Procedures Act.

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2. The suit shall be filed against the Board as defendant, and

service of process shall be upon either the chairman or executive

secretary of the Board.

3. The judgment of the district court may be appealed to the

Supreme Court of Oklahoma in the same manner as other civil cases.

E. Upon a vote of three of its members, the Board may restore a

license which has been revoked or reduce the period of suspension.

F. 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1874 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1874
Chair, vice-chair, and officers - Oklahoma Board of
Status: in_force

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Meetings.

A. The Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors

shall annually elect from among its members a chair, a vice-chair

and such other officers as it deems appropriate and necessary to

conduct its business. The chair shall preside at all meetings of

the Board. Each additional officer elected by the Board shall

perform those duties customarily associated with the position and

such other duties assigned by the Board. Officers elected by the

Board shall serve for one (1) year and shall serve no more than

three (3) consecutive years in any office to which the Board member

is elected.

B. 1. The Board shall meet at least once every three (3)

months to transact its business and may meet at such additional

times as the Board may determine.

2. The Board shall meet in accordance with the provisions of

the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

3. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a

quorum for the conduct of business. All actions of the Board shall

be by a majority of the quorum present.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-358 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-358
Pharmacy benefits management licensure – Procedures –
Status: in_force

Penalties for noncompliance.

A. In order to provide pharmacy benefits management or any of

the services included under the definition of pharmacy benefits

management in this state, a pharmacy benefits manager or any entity

acting as one in a contractual or employment relationship for a

covered entity shall first obtain a license from the Insurance

Department, and the Department may charge a fee for such licensure.

B. The Department shall establish, by regulation, licensure

procedures, required disclosures for pharmacy benefits managers

(PBMs) and other rules as may be necessary for carrying out and

enforcing the provisions of this title. The licensure procedures

shall, at a minimum, include the completion of an application form

that shall include the name and address of an agent for service of

process, the payment of a requisite fee, and evidence of the

procurement of a surety bond.

C. The Department or the Office of the Attorney General may

subpoena witnesses and information. Its compliance officers may

take and copy records for investigative use and prosecutions.

Nothing in this subsection shall limit the Office of the Attorney

General from using its investigative demand authority to investigate

and prosecute violations of the law.

D. The Department may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or

renew a license for noncompliance with any of the provisions hereby

established or with the rules promulgated by the Department; for

conduct likely to mislead, deceive or defraud the public or the

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Department; for unfair or deceptive business practices or for

nonpayment of an application or renewal fee or fine. The Department

may also levy administrative fines for each count of which a PBM has

been convicted in a Department hearing.

E. 1. The Office of the Attorney General, after notice and

opportunity for hearing, may instruct the Insurance Commissioner

that the PBM’s license be censured, suspended, or revoked for

conduct likely to mislead, deceive, or defraud the public or the

State of Oklahoma; or for unfair or deceptive business practices, or

for any violation of the Patient’s Right to Pharmacy Choice Act, the

Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act, Sections 357 through 360 of this

title, or Section 9 of this act. The Office of the Attorney General

may also levy administrative fines for each count of which a PBM has

been convicted following a hearing before the Attorney General. If

the Attorney General makes such instruction, the Commissioner shall

enforce the instructed action within thirty (30) calendar days.

2. In addition to or in lieu of any censure, suspension, or

revocation of a license by the Commissioner, the Attorney General

may levy a civil or administrative fine not less than One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00) and not greater than Ten Thousand Dollars

($10,000.00) for each violation of this subsection and/or assess any

other penalty or remedy authorized by this section. For purposes of

this section, each day a PBM fails to comply with an investigation

or inquiry may be considered a separate violation.

F. The Attorney General may promulgate rules to implement the

provisions of Sections 357 through 360 of this title and Section 9

of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2008 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-2008
Change in ownership - Bond or letter of credit
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Oklahoma Health Spa Act, a health spa shall

be considered a new health spa and subject to the requirements of a

bond or letter of credit at the time the health spa changes

ownership. A change in ownership shall not release, cancel or

terminate liability under any bond or letter of credit previously

filed unless the Administrator agrees in writing to such release,

cancellation or termination because the new owner has filed a new

bond or letter of credit for the benefit of the previous owner's

members or because the former owner has refunded all unearned

payments to its members.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-888.4 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-888.4
License required - Application of act - Plan of care
Status: in_force

A. No person shall practice occupational therapy or hold

himself or herself out as an occupational therapist, or as being

able to practice occupational therapy, or to render occupational

therapy services in this state unless he or she is licensed in

accordance with the provisions of this act. The licensing

provisions of this act shall not be applicable to a person who

assists in the practice of occupational therapy as an occupational

therapy aide.

B. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to

authorize occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants

to practice medicine and surgery within the meaning of Section 492

of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, a plan of

care developed by a person authorized to provide services within the

scope of the Occupational Therapy Practice Act shall be deemed to be

a prescription for purposes of providing services pursuant to the

provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,

Amendment of 1997, Public Law 105-17, and Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-353.20.1 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-353.20.1
Recording of prescriptions - Prescription label
Status: in_force

requirements.

A. Prescriptions received by other than written communication

shall be promptly recorded in writing by the pharmacist. The record

made by the pharmacist shall constitute the original prescription to

be filled by the pharmacist.

B. A filled prescription label shall include the name and

address of the pharmacy of origin, date of filling, name of patient,

name of prescriber, directions for administration, and prescription

number. The symptom or purpose for which the drug is prescribed may

appear on the label if provided by the practitioner and requested by

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the patient or the patient's authorized representative. If the

symptom or purpose for which a drug is prescribed is not provided by

the practitioner, the pharmacist may fill the prescription without

contacting the practitioner, patient, or patient's representative.

Filled prescriptions issued for veterinarian drugs shall be labeled

according to rules promulgated by the Oklahoma State Board of

Veterinary Medical Examiners. The label shall also include the

trade or generic name, prescribed quantity, and prescription

strength of the drug therein contained, except when otherwise

directed by the prescriber. This requirement shall not apply to

prescriptions or medicines and drugs supplied or delivered directly

to patients for consumption on the premises of any hospital or

mental institution. This requirement shall not apply to dialysate

sold, dispensed or delivered in their original, sealed packaging

upon receipt of a prescriber's order.

C. No prescription shall be written in any characters, figures,

or ciphers other than in the English or Latin language generally in

use among medical and pharmaceutical practitioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.7 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-199.7
Cosmetology and barber schools
Status: in_force

A. Each cosmetology and barber school shall be licensed

annually by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.

Application for the first year’s license for a cosmetology and

barber school shall be accompanied by a fee of Four Hundred Dollars

($400.00), which shall be retained by the Board if the application

is approved and a license is issued. The annual renewal license fee

for cosmetology or barber schools shall be One Hundred Twenty-five

Dollars ($125.00).

B. 1. No license or renewal thereof for a cosmetology or

barber school shall be issued unless the owner thereof furnishes to

the Board a good and sufficient surety bond in the principal sum of

Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the first instructor and an

additional One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each additional

instructor, executed by a surety company authorized to do business

in this state, and conditioned on the faithful performance of the

terms and conditions of all contracts entered into between the owner

of the cosmetology or barber school and all persons enrolling

therein.

2. The surety bond shall be in a form approved by the Attorney

General and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Suit may

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be brought on the bond by any person injured by reason of the breach

of the conditions thereof.

C. It shall be the duty of the owner or manager of a

cosmetology or barber school to enter into a written contract with

all students before permitting students to attend any classes.

Contracts shall be made out in triplicate, the original copy to be

retained by the school, the duplicate to be given to the student,

and the triplicate to be filed with the Executive Director of the

Board.

D. A school licensed or applying for licensure shall maintain

recognition as an institution of postsecondary study by meeting the

following conditions:

1. The school shall admit as a regular student only an

individual who has earned a recognized high school diploma, or who

is beyond the age of compulsory high school attendance; and

2. The school shall be licensed by name, or in the case of an

applicant, shall apply for licensure by name, to offer one or more

training programs beyond the secondary level.

E. No license for a cosmetology or barber school shall be

issued unless the owner thereof presents evidence satisfactory to

the Board that the school has satisfactory facilities and equipment

and has instructors qualified to give a course of study as provided

in the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act.

F. There shall be included in the curriculum for cosmetology

and barber schools, courses of study in the theory of cosmetology

and barbering related theory, studies in manipulative practices,

sterilization and sanitation, shop management, and such other

related subjects as may be approved by the Board.

G. 1. On or before July 1, 2025, the Board shall adopt a

curriculum of required courses of instruction in theory and training

of either one thousand (1,000) clock hours for nonchemical-use

licensure or one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours of

chemical-use licensure or an equivalent number of credit hours as

recognized by the United States Department of Education or a

regional or national accreditation entity recognized by the United

States Department of Education in a basic course to be taught in all

cosmetology or barbering schools in the state. The basic

cosmetology or barbering course shall be designed to qualify

students completing the course to take the examination for a

license.

2. On or before July 1, 2025, cosmetology and barber students

in vocational, trade, and industrial cosmetology and barbering

classes in public schools, parochial schools, private schools or

home schools shall qualify by completing one thousand (1,000) hours

in a basic course of cosmetology or barbering and two hundred fifty

(250) hours of approved related subjects to be selected from, but

not limited to, the following high school courses in a public

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school, parochial, private or home school: psychology, biology,

general science, American history, art, typing I, typing II,

business arithmetic, salesmanship, bookkeeping I, bookkeeping II,

related mathematics, English II, English III and English IV.

H. 1. No person shall be eligible to give instruction in

cosmetology or barbering unless the person is the holder of a

current unrevoked instructor license issued by the Board. No person

shall be eligible to give instruction in eyelash extension

application unless the person is the holder of a current unrevoked

eyelash extension instructor certificate issued by the Board. A

manufacturer of eyelash extension application products shall not be

required to obtain an instructor certificate but shall only instruct

on eyelash extension products and not the application of eyelash

extensions.

2. Each cosmetology or barber school shall employ at least one

instructor for the first fifteen students registered therein, and at

least one additional instructor shall be employed for each

additional group of fifteen students, or major fraction thereof.

3. Students utilizing hybrid learning programs are included in

the total student number as referenced in the ratio in paragraph 2

of this subsection.

I. A cosmetology or barbering school may be operated in and as

part of an accredited high school.

J. No cosmetology or barber school owner or an establishment

owner shall charge students or apprentices for cosmetic materials,

supplies, apparatus, or machines used by them in practice work. A

reasonable charge may be made by a cosmetology or barber school for

clinical work performed by students upon persons who are not

students therein. No instructor shall be permitted to do

professional or clinical work in a cosmetology or barber school at

any time.

K. No cosmetology or barber establishment shall ever be

operated in or as a part of a cosmetology school.

L. 1. Students shall:

a. have an eighth-grade education or the equivalent

thereof, and

b. be at least sixteen (16) years of age unless they are

public or private school students who will be sixteen

(16) years of age by November 1 of the year in which

cosmetology or barbering instruction begins.

2. Credit shall not be given to any person by the Board or by a

cosmetology or barber school for hours spent in attending a

cosmetology or barber school unless the person has registered with

the Board as a student prior to the attendance, except that a

student who has attended a cosmetology or barber school out of state

may receive credit for such attendance for transfer upon proper

certification as provided by rule of the Board.

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3. No student shall be credited with more than eight (8) hours’

attendance in a cosmetology or barber school in any one (1) day.

4. No person shall be eligible to take the Board-issued

examination for a license unless such person is at least seventeen

(17) years of age or a high school graduate.

M. 1. No student shall be eligible to take the examination for

a Board-issued license without furnishing to the Board the affidavit

of the owner of the cosmetology or barber school that the student

has satisfactorily completed the requirements specified in paragraph

1 of subsection G of this section, except public and private school

students who will complete the requirements specified in paragraph 2

of subsection G of this section by the close of the current school

year may take the examination next preceding the end of the school

year.

2. Students who are eligible to take the examination shall be

given an oral examination if requested by their instructor and proof

of qualifying disability is proven.

N. After July 1, 2025, no person shall be eligible to register

for the examination for an instructor’s license unless such person

is a high school graduate, or has obtained a General Equivalency

Diploma (GED) as to which the applicant shall qualify by tests to be

prescribed by the Board and conducted by qualified examiners

selected by the Board, and has satisfactorily completed all hours

required for the appropriate specialty course and an additional six

hundred (600) instructor training hours or equivalent number of

credit hours as recognized by the United States Department of

Education or as recognized by a national accreditation entity

prescribed by the Board in a cosmetology or barber school in this

state

O. The Board shall have the power to conduct examinations

around the state at public locations including, but not limited to,

technology center schools.

P. Each cosmetology or barber school shall prominently display

in a conspicuous place above or to the side of the entrance thereto

a sign identifying it as an institute of learning. The wording on

such sign shall be in plain letters at least three (3) inches high

and at least one (1) inch wide.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3007 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-3007
Prescription from licensed physician required - Penalties
Status: in_force

for practicing without license.

A. A licensed orthotist may only provide care or services

pursuant to a prescription from a licensed physician. A licensed

prosthetist may only provide care or services pursuant to a

prescription from a licensed physician.

B. Effective July 1, 2002, any person who holds himself or

herself out as an orthotist or prosthetist or uses the titles

Orthotist, Prosthetist, Orthotist/Prosthetist, or common variants of

those titles without holding an appropriate license issued by the

State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, or who, without

being registered by the Board, represents himself or herself to be a

prosthetic/orthotic technician, or prosthetist/orthotist assistant,

or who is in violation of any provision of the Orthotics and

Prosthetics Practice Act shall be subject to an administrative fine

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for each day found to be in violation. The amount of any fine shall

be determined by the Board within limits set by the Board pursuant

to rules adopted and promulgated by the Board and may be in addition

to any other penalty provided by the Board or otherwise provided by

law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-698.5 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-698.5
Oath of office - Officers, powers and duties - Reports -
Status: in_force

Standing or ad hoc committees.

A. 1. Each member of the State Board of Veterinary Medical

Examiners shall take the constitutional oath of office.

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2. The Board shall organize annually, at the last meeting of

the Board before the beginning of the next fiscal year, by electing

from the Board membership a president, vice-president and secretary-

treasurer. Officers of the Board shall serve for terms of one (1)

year or until their successors are elected. Officers shall not

succeed themselves for more than one term. The lay member appointed

to the Board shall not hold elective office.

B. 1. The president shall:

a. preside at Board meetings,

b. arrange the Board agenda,

c. sign Board orders and other required documents,

d. appoint Board committees and their chairpersons,

e. coordinate Board activities,

f. represent the Board before legislative committees, and

g. perform those other duties assigned by the Board and

this section.

2. The vice-president shall perform the duties of president

during the president’s absence or disability and shall assist the

president in duties as requested.

3. The secretary-treasurer shall be responsible for the

administrative functions of the Board.

4. The employment of administrative, investigative, legal and

clerical personnel shall be subject to the approval of the Board.

5. At the end of each fiscal year the president and secretary-

treasurer shall prepare or cause to be prepared and submit to the

Governor a report on the transactions of the Board.

C. To facilitate its work effectively, fulfill its duties and

exercise its powers, the Board may establish standing or ad hoc

committees. The president shall appoint members and chairpersons of

the committees and determine the length of terms of service. The

president may appoint individuals to serve on a standing or ad hoc

committee for a term not to exceed one (1) year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1925.3 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-1925.3
Application to other professionals - Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act shall not be

construed to apply to the following professionals while acting

within the scope of their respective professions:

1. Social workers;

2. Licensed professional counselors;

3. Psychiatric nurses;

4. Psychologists;

5. Physicians;

6. Attorneys;

7. Members of the clergy who are in good standing with their

denominations;

8. Christian Science practitioners;

9. Certified alcohol-drug counselors;

10. School administrators;

11. School counselors certified by the State Department of

Education; or

12. Employees of a recognized academic institution, and

employees of a federal, state, county or local governmental

institution or agency while performing those duties for which

employed by such institution or agency or facility.

B. The activities and services of a person in the employ of a

private, nonprofit behavioral services provider contracting with the

state to provide behavioral services with the state shall be exempt

from licensure as a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist if such

activities and services are a part of the official duties of such

person with the private nonprofit agency. No such person shall use

the title or description stating or implying that such person is a

licensed marital and family therapist.

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1. Any person who is unlicensed and operating under these

exemptions shall not use any of the following official titles or

descriptions:

a. psychologist, psychology or psychological,

b. licensed social worker,

c. clinical social worker,

d. certified rehabilitation specialist,

e. licensed professional counselor,

f. psychoanalyst, or

g. marital and family therapist.

2. Such exemption to the provisions of this section shall apply

only while the unlicensed individual is operating under the auspices

of a contract with the state and within the employ of the nonprofit

agency contracting with the state. Such exemption will not be

applicable to any other setting.

3. State agencies contracting to provide behavioral health

services will strive to ensure that quality of care is not

compromised by contracting with external providers and that the

quality of service is at least equal to the service that would be

delivered if that agency were able to provide the service directly.

The persons exempt under the provisions of this section shall

provide services that are consistent with their training and

experience. Agencies will also ensure that the entity with which

they are contracting has qualified professionals in its employ and

that sufficient liability insurance is in place to allow for

reasonable recourse by the public.

C. The activities and services of a person in the employ of a

private, for-profit behavioral services provider contracting with

the state to provide behavioral services to youth and families in

the care and custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs or the

Department of Human Services on March 14, 1997, shall be exempt from

licensure as a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist if such

activities and services are a part of the official duties of such

person with the private for-profit contracting agency.

1. Any person who is unlicensed and operating under these

exemptions shall not use any of the following official titles or

descriptions:

a. psychologist, psychology or psychological,

b. licensed social worker,

c. clinical social worker,

d. certified rehabilitation specialist,

e. licensed professional counselor,

f. psychoanalyst, or

g. marital and family therapist.

2. Such exemption to the provisions of this section shall apply

only while the unlicensed individual is operating under the auspices

of a contract with the state and within the employ of the for-profit

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agency contracting with the state. Such exemption shall only be

available for ongoing contracts and contract renewals with the same

state agency and will not be applicable to any other setting.

3. State agencies contracting to provide behavioral health

services will strive to ensure that quality of care is not

compromised by contracting with external providers and that the

quality of service is at least equal to the service that would be

delivered if that agency were able to provide the service directly.

The persons exempt under the provisions of this section shall

provide services that are consistent with their training and

experience. Agencies will also ensure that the entity with which

they are contracting has qualified professionals in its employ and

that sufficient liability insurance is in place to allow for

reasonable recourse by the public.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.6 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-46.6
Meetings - Officers - Salary - Quorum
Status: in_force

The Board shall hold regular meetings with the dates, times and

place to be fixed by the Board. The Board shall hold a regular

meeting in June of each year, which meeting shall be the annual

meeting, at which time it shall elect its officers for the next

fiscal year and conduct all other business required under this act.

At the regular meeting of the Board herein in June of each year, the

Board shall elect from its membership a chair, a vice-chair and a

secretary-treasurer, each of whom shall serve until such officer's

respective successor shall have been elected and shall have

qualified. The position of the secretary-treasurer shall not count

against the agency’s full-time-equivalent limits authorized by the

Legislature. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board

and shall perform such other duties as the Board may prescribe. The

secretary-treasurer shall receive a monthly salary to be fixed by

the Board and shall be reimbursed pursuant to the State Travel

Reimbursement Act for travel and other expenses which shall have

been incurred while in the performance of the duties of this office.

Six Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of

business.
Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.14 — OK Code / Title 59 / Section 59-199.14
Fees
Status: in_force

A. After the effective date of this act, the following fees

shall be charged by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 200

Manicurist/Nail Technician Instructor license 45.00

Duplicate license (in case of loss or

B. In addition to the fees specified in subsection A of this

section, the Board shall charge a total penalty of Ten Dollars

($10.00), as provided for in Section 199.10 of this title.

C. Any person licensed as an advanced operator prior to July 1,

1985, may renew the advanced cosmetologist license annually by

payment of the fee required by this section and by being in

compliance with the rules promulgated by the State Board of

Cosmetology and Barbering.

D. Beginning on November 1, 2025, all licenses renewed annually

in this section shall be renewed every two (2) years. The following

fees shall be charged:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 201

Duplicate license (in case of loss or