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59 OK Stat § 59-1368 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1368. Licenses - Contents - Renewals - Inactive status.

|A. The State Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall issue a license to each person that it registers as a psychologist. The license shall show the full name of the psychologist and shall bear a serial number. The license shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the Board under the seal of the Board. |B. Licenses expire on the thirty-first day of December following their issuance or renewal and are invalid thereafter unless renewed.C. The Board shall notify every person licensed under this act of the date of expiration and the amount of the renewal fee. Notice shall be provided at least one (1) month before the expiration of the license. Renewal may be made at any time during the months of November or December upon application therefor by payment of the renewal fee. Failure on the part of any person licensed to pay his or her renewal fee before the first day of January does not deprive such person of the right to renew his or her license, but the fee to be paid for renewal after December shall be increased ten percent (10%) for each month or fraction thereof that the payment of the renewal fee is delayed. However, the maximum fee for delayed renewal shall not exceed twice the normal renewal fee. A psychologist who wishes to place his or her license on inactive status may do so upon application by payment of a fee as fixed by the Board; such a psychologist shall not accrue any penalty for late payment of the renewal fee.D. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall notify any psychologist who is not in compliance with the income tax laws of this state. Such notification shall include:1. A statement that the Tax Commission shall proceed by garnishment to collect any delinquent tax and to collect any penalty or interest due and owing as a result of a tax delinquency until the psychologist is deemed by the Commission to be in compliance with the income tax laws of this state;2. The reasons that the psychologist is considered to be out of compliance with the income tax laws of this state, including a statement of the amount of any tax, penalties and interest due or a list of the tax years for which income tax returns have not been filed as required by law;3. An explanation of the rights of the psychologist and the procedures which must be followed by the psychologist in order to come into compliance with the income tax laws of this state; and4. Such other information as may be deemed necessary by the Tax Commission.Added by Laws 1965, c. 347, § 18, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 305, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974; Laws 1977, c. 65, § 2; Laws 2004, c. 313, § 22, emerg. eff. May 19, 2004; Laws 2019, c. 267, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1368.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1368.1. Continuing education.

|The Board is hereby authorized to establish requirements of continuing education as a condition for the renewal of licensure of psychologists; however, rules and regulations concerning accreditation of continuing education programs and other educational experience, and the assignment of credit for participation therein must be promulgated by the board at least one (1) year prior to implementation of continuing education. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 206, § 67, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 35, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987.
59 OK Stat § 59-1369 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1369. List of licensed psychologists.

|The State Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall maintain and publish an up-to-date list of all psychologists licensed under this act on the website of the Board. The list shall contain the name and address of the psychologist and such other information that the Board deems desirable. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 347, § 19, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 313, § 23, emerg. eff. May 19, 2004; Laws 2016, c. 169, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
59 OK Stat § 59-1370.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1370.1. Hearing on suspension or revocation of license.

|A. The hearings provided for by Section 1370 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be conducted by the Board itself at a regular or special meeting of the Board. Such hearings shall be conducted in conformity with and records made thereof as provided by the provisions of Sections 301 through 326 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. It shall continue to be the duty of the Attorney General to issue his official opinion to the Board and to prosecute and defend actions for the Board, if requested to do so.Added by Laws 1984, c. 34, § 6, operative July 1, 1984.
59 OK Stat § 59-1370.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1370.2. Temporary suspension of license.

|The chair of the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, upon concurrence of the vice-chair of the Board that an emergency exists for which the immediate suspension of a license is imperative for the public health, safety, and welfare, may conduct a hearing as provided by Section 314 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes to temporarily suspend the license of any person under the jurisdiction of the Board. |Added by Laws 2012, c. 211, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
59 OK Stat § 59-1370.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1370.3. Duty to report psychologist suspected of practicing while impaired or incapacitated.

|A. A licensed psychologist shall report to the Board information regarding a psychologist suspected of practicing psychology while being impaired or incapacitated by misuse of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or as a result of any mental or physical condition. Any person making a report to the Board under this section shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability resulting from such reports, provided such reports are made in good faith. |B. The Board may defer disciplinary action under Section 1370 of this title for an impaired psychologist who voluntarily signs an agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Board, agreeing to enter a Board-approved treatment and monitoring program for impaired practitioners. The impaired psychologist shall consent, in accordance with applicable law, to the release of any treatment information to the Board from anyone within the approved treatment program.C. In the event the psychologist fails to comply with the agreement terms and make satisfactory progress in the treatment and monitoring program, the Board shall suspend the license immediately and assign a hearing date for the matter to be presented to the Board.D. Any person who enters into an agreement under this section shall be responsible for any and all costs associated with participation in the treatment program.E. A psychologist's participation in a treatment program does not prevent the Board from conducting additional proceedings for acts or omissions of acts not specifically related to the impairment.Added by Laws 2016, c. 169, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
59 OK Stat § 59-1373 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1373. Injunction.

|The Board, the Attorney General, or the local district attorney may apply to the district court in the county in which a violation of this act is alleged to have occurred for an order enjoining or restraining the commission or continuance of the acts complained of. Thereupon, the court has jurisdiction of the proceedings and may grant such temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order, without bond, as it deems just and proper. The remedy provided by this section is in addition to, and independent of, any other remedies available for the enforcement of this act. |Laws 1965, c. 347, § 23, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
59 OK Stat § 59-1374 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1374. Violations and penalties.

|Any person who, after the first day of January, 1966, represents himself to be a psychologist or engages in the practice of psychology within this state without being licensed or exempted in accordance with the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be confined in jail for not more than six (6) months, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. |Laws 1965, c. 347, § 24, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965.
59 OK Stat § 59-1375 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1375. Annual reports.

|The Board shall make an annual report to the Governor, not later than the 15th day of November of each year, which report shall contain an account of all monies received, licenses issued, suspended, or revoked and all expenditures made by said Board in the previous fiscal year prior to said date. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 347, § 25, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 169, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
59 OK Stat § 59-1377 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1377. Short title - Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact". |Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1378 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1378. Legislative findings.

|The Oklahoma Legislature makes the following findings: |States license psychologists in order to protect the public through verification of education, training and experience and ensure accountability for professional practice.This Compact is intended to regulate the day-to-day practice of telepsychology, which is the provision of psychological services using telecommunication technologies, by psychologists across state boundaries in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority.This Compact is intended to regulate the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology by psychologists across state boundaries for thirty (30) days within a calendar year in the performance of their psychological practice as assigned by an appropriate authority.This Compact is intended to authorize state psychology regulatory authorities to afford legal recognition, in a manner consistent with the terms of the Compact, to psychologists licensed in another state.This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety through their licensing and regulation of psychologists and that such state regulation will best protect the public health and safety.This Compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in both the home and receiving states.This Compact does not apply to permanent in-person, face-to-face practice, but it does allow for the authorization of temporary psychological practice.Consistent with these principles, this Compact is designed to achieve the following purposes and objectives:1. Increase public access to professional psychological services by allowing for telepsychological practice across state lines, as well as temporary in-person, face-to-face services, into a state in which the psychologist is not licensed to practice psychology;2. Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health and safety, especially client/patient safety;3. Encourage the cooperation of the compact states in the areas of psychology licensure and regulation;4. Facilitate the exchange of information between the compact states regarding psychologist licensure, adverse actions and disciplinary history;5. Promote compliance with the laws governing psychological practice in each compact state; and6. Invest all compact states with the authority to hold licensed psychologists accountable through the mutual recognition of compact state licenses.Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1380 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1380. Home state licensure.

|A. The home state shall be a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. |B. A psychologist may hold one or more compact state licenses at a time. If the psychologist is licensed in more than one compact state, the home state is the compact state where the psychologist was physically present when the services were delivered, as authorized by the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology under the terms of this Compact.C. Any compact state may require a psychologist not previously licensed in a compact state to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in the compact state under circumstances not authorized by the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology under the terms of this Compact.D. Any compact state may require a psychologist to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in a compact state under circumstances not authorized by the temporary authorization to practice under the terms of this Compact.E. A home state's license authorizes a psychologist to practice in a receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology only if the compact state:1. Currently requires the psychologist to hold an active E-Passport;2. Has a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensed individuals;3. Notifies the Commission, in compliance with the terms herein, of any adverse action or significant investigatory information regarding a licensed individual;4. Requires an identity history summary of all applicants at initial licensure, including the use of the results of fingerprints or other biometric data checks compliant with the requirements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or other designee with similar authority, not later than ten (10) years after activation of the Compact; and5. Complies with the bylaws and rules of the Commission.F. A home state's license grants temporary authorization to practice to a psychologist in a distant state only if the compact state:1. Currently requires the psychologist to hold an active interjurisdictional practice certificate (IPC);2. Has a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensed individuals;3. Notifies the Commission, in compliance with the terms herein, of any adverse action or significant investigatory information regarding a licensed individual;4. Requires an identity history summary of all applicants at initial licensure, including the use of the results of fingerprints or other biometric data checks compliant with the requirements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or other designee with similar authority, no later than ten (10) years after activation of the Compact; and5. Complies with the bylaws and rules of the Commission.Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1383 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1383. Scope of telepsychology practice.

|A psychologist may practice in a receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology only in the performance of the scope of practice for psychology as assigned by an appropriate state psychology regulatory authority, as defined in the rules of the Commission, and under the following circumstances: |1. The psychologist initiates a client/patient contact in a home state via telecommunications technologies with a client/patient in a receiving state; or2. Other conditions regarding telepsychology as determined by rules promulgated by the Commission.Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1385 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1385. Regulatory authority.

|A. In addition to any other powers granted under state law, a compact state's psychology regulatory authority shall have the authority under this Compact to: |1. Issue subpoenas, for both hearings and investigations, which require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a compact state's psychology regulatory authority for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and/or the production of evidence from another compact state shall be enforced in the latter state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to that court's practice and procedure in considering subpoenas issued in its own proceedings. The issuing state psychology regulatory authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage and other fees required by the service statutes of the state where the witnesses or evidence is located; and2. Issue cease and desist and/or injunctive relief orders to revoke a psychologist's authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology and/or temporary authorization to practice.B. During the course of any investigation, a psychologist may not change his or her home state licensure. A home state psychology regulatory authority is authorized to complete any pending investigations of a psychologist and to take any actions appropriate under its law. The home state psychology regulatory authority shall promptly report the conclusions of such investigations to the Commission. Once an investigation has been completed, and pending the outcome of said investigation, the psychologist may change his or her home state licensure. The Commission shall promptly notify the new home state of any such decisions as provided in the rules of the Commission. All information provided to the Commission or distributed by compact states pursuant to the psychologist shall be confidential, filed under seal and used for investigatory or disciplinary matters. The Commission may create additional rules for mandated or discretionary sharing of information by compact states.Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1386 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1386. Coordinated Licensure Information System/Coordinated Database.

|A. The Commission shall provide for the development and maintenance of a Coordinated Licensure Information System/Coordinated Database and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on all psychologist individuals to whom this Compact is applicable in all compact states as defined by the rules of the Commission. |B. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a compact state shall submit a uniform data set to the Coordinated Database on all licensees as required by the rules of the Commission, including:1. Identifying information;2. Licensure data;3. Significant investigatory information;4. Adverse actions against a psychologist's license;5. An indicator that a psychologist's authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology or temporary authorization to practice is revoked;6. Nonconfidential information related to alternative program participation information;7. Any denial of application for licensure, and the reasons for such denial; and8. Other information which may facilitate the administration of this Compact, as determined by the rules of the Commission.C. The Coordinated Database administrator shall promptly notify all compact states of any adverse action taken against, or significant investigative information on, any licensee in a compact state.D. Compact states reporting information to the Coordinated Database may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the compact state reporting the information.E. Any information submitted to the Coordinated Database that is subsequently required to be expunged by the law of the compact state reporting the information shall be removed from the Coordinated Database.Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1390 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1390. Effective date – Withdrawal - Amendments.

|A. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact is enacted into law in the seventh compact state. The provisions which become effective at that time shall be limited to the powers granted to the Commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet and exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and administration of the Compact. |B. Any state which joins the Compact subsequent to the Commission's initial adoption of the rules shall be subject to the rules as they exist on the date on which the Compact becomes law in that state. Any rule which has been previously adopted by the Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day the Compact becomes law in that state.C. Any compact state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute repealing the same:1. A compact state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six (6) months after enactment of the repealing statute; and2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state's psychology regulatory authority to comply with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal.D. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any psychology licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a compact state and a noncompact state which does not conflict with the provisions of this Compact.E. This Compact may be amended by the compact states. No amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon any compact state until it is enacted into the law of all compact states.Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1391 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1391. Injunction.

|The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (OSBEP) through the Attorney General may maintain in any court of competent jurisdiction a suit for an injunction against any person practicing psychology without a license or authorization to practice psychology in this state. |Such an injunction:1. May be issued without proof of actual damage sustained by any person, this provision being a preventive as well as a punitive measure; and2. Does not relieve any person from criminal prosecution for practicing without a license.Added by Laws 2019, c. 187, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.