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59 OK Stat § 59-1946 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1946. Licensed Behavioral Practitioners Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure, to be designated the "Licensed Behavioral Practitioners Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received pursuant to this act. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Executive Director to meet expenses necessary for carrying out the purpose of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act. Expenditures from the fund shall be approved by the Board and shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 133, § 17, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 290; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 38, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
59 OK Stat § 59-1947 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1947. Fees.

|A. Licensing fees and annual renewal fees shall be amounts fixed by the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure. The Board shall fix the amount of the fees so that the total fees collected will be sufficient to meet the expenses of administering the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act and so that excess funds do not accumulate from year to year in the Licensed Behavioral Practitioners Revolving Fund. |B. 1. The Board shall not fix a license fee at an amount in excess of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and a renewal fee at an amount in excess of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).2. The fee for the issuance of a license to replace a license which was lost, destroyed, or mutilated shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00).3. The fee shall accompany the application for a replacement license.4. The fee for specialty designation shall not exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).5. The fee for an examination required pursuant to the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act shall not exceed the actual costs incurred by the Department for holding and grading examinations.Added by Laws 1999, c. 133, § 18, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 53, § 22, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 39, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
59 OK Stat § 59-1948 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1948. Continuing education requirement.

|All licensed behavioral practitioners licensed pursuant to the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act shall be required to satisfactorily complete ten (10) hours of continuing education credits annually. The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure shall provide forms and require verification of such credits. Such credits shall be earned from courses on empirically validated procedures, taught by instructors certified by the American Association of Masters in Psychology, its designees or successors. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 133, § 19, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 40, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2020, c. 41, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 2020.
59 OK Stat § 59-1949 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1949. Licensing of persons practicing since before January 1, 2002 - Waiver of supervised experience requirement.

|A. Until January 1, 2002, the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure, upon receipt of an applicant's proper application, completion of examination, and payment of fees, shall issue licenses to persons who, prior to January 1, 2002: |1. Have practiced full time as a behavioral practitioner for at least two (2) years and possess a master's degree from a program in psychology from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education;2. Are currently practicing as a behavioral practitioner;3. Have satisfactorily completed ten (10) hours of continuing education pursuant to Section 1948 of this title; and4. Otherwise comply with the licensure requirements of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act.B. The Board shall consider experience of the applicant prior to application for licensure pursuant to the provisions of this section as a waiver of all or part of the supervised experience requirement required by paragraph 3 of subsection C of Section 1935 of this title.C. The Board shall require applicants for licensure pursuant to the provisions of this section to file a Statement of Professional Disclosure as provided by Section 1944 of this title.Added by Laws 1999, c. 133, § 20, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 53, § 23, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 41, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
59 OK Stat § 59-1949.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1949.1. Reimbursement under medical or hospital insurance plan - Construction of act.

|Nothing in the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner 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 behavioral practitioners. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 133, § 21, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999.
59 OK Stat § 59-1950 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1950. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Rental-Purchase Act". |Added by Laws 1988, c. 106, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
59 OK Stat § 59-1951 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1951. Definitions

|As used in the Oklahoma Rental-Purchase Act: |1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Department of Consumer Credit as designated in Section 6-501 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes;2. "Advertisement" means any commercial message in any medium that promotes, directly or indirectly, a consumer rental-purchase agreement;3. "Consummation" means the time a lessee becomes contractually obligated on a consumer rental-purchase agreement;4. "Displayed or offered primarily for rental-purchase" means personal property displayed or offered at a physical location which derives fifty percent (50%) or more of its revenue from rental-purchase agreements;5. "Initial fee" means any fee charged to initiate a contract however designated;6. "Initial period" means from the date of inception to the first scheduled renewal payment;7. "Lessee" means a natural person who rents personal property under a consumer rental-purchase agreement;8. "Lessor" means a person who regularly provides the use of property through consumer rental-purchase agreement; and9. "Rental-purchase agreement" means an agreement for the use of personal property by a consumer for personal, family, or household purposes, for an initial period of four (4) months or less, that is renewable with each payment after the initial period, and that permits the consumer to become the owner of the property. An agreement that complies with this definition is not a consumer credit sale as defined in Section 2-104 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a consumer loan as defined in Section 3-104 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a refinancing or consolidation thereof, or a consumer lease as defined in Section 2-106 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a lease or agreement which constitutes a security interest as defined in paragraph (35) of subsection (b) of Section 1-201 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes or a lease or agreement which constitutes a sale of goods as defined in subsection (4) of Section 2-105 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1988, c. 106, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 106, § 1, emerg. eff. April 26, 1989; Laws 2000, c. 371, § 177, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2016, c. 278, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
59 OK Stat § 59-1952 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1952. License required - Contents - Display - Transferability - Multiple licenses - Exemptions - Applications - Contents - Modifications - Forms.

|A. No person shall engage in business as a rental-purchase lessor without first obtaining a license issued by the Administrator. Each license shall state the address of the office from which business is to be conducted and the name of the licensee. The license shall be displayed at the place of business named in the license. The license shall not be transferable or assignable except upon approval by the Administrator. A separate license shall be required for each office operated pursuant to the Oklahoma Rental-Purchase Act. The Administrator may issue more than one license to any one person upon compliance with this section as to each license. This subsection shall not be construed to require a license for any place of business devoted to accounting or other record keeping and where rental-purchase agreements are not made. |B. Each person shall file a license application form with the Administrator within thirty (30) days prior to commencing business in this state for each place of business in which rental-purchase agreements are transacted, and thereafter, by December 1st of each year. The license application must state:1. The name of the person;2. The name in which business is transacted if different from paragraph 1 or 3 of this subsection;3. The address of the principal office;4. An indication that the lessor engages in the business of making rental-purchase agreements;5. The address of the designated agent upon whom service of process may be made in this state; and6. Such other relevant information as the Administrator may desire.C. If information in an application becomes inaccurate after filing, modifications to the application shall be brought to the attention of the Department of Consumer Credit within thirty (30) days from such change.D. The license application shall be on a form or forms provided by the Administrator.Added by Laws 1988, c. 106, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 106, § 2, emerg. eff. April 26, 1989.
59 OK Stat § 59-1953 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1953. Investigation, license, and annual renewal fee.

|A. Lessors shall pay an initial investigation and license fee and an annual license renewal fee per place of business, which fees shall accompany the license renewal form. Lessors shall also pay a fee for any returned check, address or license change, or duplicate license request. There shall be a late fee for a late application for renewal of a license received after December 1 of each year. This late fee shall consist of a charge of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per day, for up to thirty (30) days. |B. Lessors shall pay a rental-purchase agreement reviewal fee as prescribed by rule of the Commission on Consumer Credit for any rental-purchase agreement submitted to the Administrator of Consumer Credit for review and approval. The Commission may prescribe by rule a process for submitting rental-purchase agreements to the Administrator for review and approval.Added by Laws 1988, c. 106, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 415, § 21, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2019, c. 107, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-1957 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-1957. Application of act - Violations - Penalties.

|The Oklahoma Rental-Purchase Act applies to persons, who in this state make or solicit rental-purchase agreements, or who directly collect payments from or enforce rights against debtors arising from the rental-purchase agreement, wherever they are made; or who engage in rental-purchase transactions subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rental-Purchase Act. A person who willfully engages in the business of making rental-purchase agreements without a license in violation of the provisions of this act pertaining to authority to make rental-purchase agreements, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or to imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 106, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
59 OK Stat § 59-2000 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2000. Short title.

|Sections 2000 through 2009 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes and Sections 9 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma Health Spa Act. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 217, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Renumbered from Title 15, § 775 by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
59 OK Stat § 59-2002 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2002. Registration of health or health spa services.

|A. No health spa shall offer or advertise health spa services unless first being registered with the Administrator of Consumer Credit. The registration shall: |1. Disclose the address, ownership, date of first sales and date of first opening of the health spa;2. State the name and address of the registered agent of the registrant, if the registrant is a corporation;3. Be renewed each succeeding calendar year; and4. Be accompanied by an initial investigation and registration fee and an annual registration fee as prescribed by rule of the Commission on Consumer Credit.B. Each separate location where health spa services are offered shall be considered a separate health spa and shall file a separate registration, even though the separate locations are owned or operated by the same owner.C. The Commission on Consumer Credit shall prescribe by rule a fee for each registration change, duplicate registration, or returned check.D. The Commission on Consumer Credit shall prescribe by rule a late fee for a registration not renewed on or before the expiration date of the registration.E. A health spa shall pay a contract reviewal fee as prescribed by rule of the Commission on Consumer Credit for each health spa contract submitted to the Administrator for review and approval. The Commission may prescribe by rule a process for submitting health spa contracts for review and approval by the Administrator.Added by Laws 1987, c. 217, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Renumbered from § 775.2 of Title 15 by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 96, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2010, c. 415, § 23, eff. July 1, 2010.
59 OK Stat § 59-2003 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2003. Presale contracts or membership agreements - Notification of location - Deposit of funds - Withdrawal of funds - Refunds - Exemptions.

|A. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each health spa which offers or sells contracts or membership agreements or health spa services on a presale basis shall notify the Administrator of the proposed location of the spa for which presale monies will be solicited and shall deposit all funds received from such presale contracts or membership agreements in an account established in a financial institution authorized to transact business in this state until the health spa has commenced operations and has remained open for a period of sixty (60) days. The account shall be established and maintained only in a financial institution which agrees in writing with the Administrator to hold all funds deposited and not to release such funds until receipt of written authorization from the Administrator. The presale funds deposited will be eligible for withdrawal by the health spa after the health spa has been open and providing services pursuant to its health spa contracts or membership agreements for sixty (60) days and the Administrator gives written authorization for withdrawal. |2. Any buyer who has paid money which is on deposit in a presale account may, upon written authorization from the Administrator, obtain a refund from the financial institution holding such account if the health spa has not been substantially completed and opened within six (6) months of the date of the buyer's health spa contract or membership agreement.B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to:1.a.any health spa duly registered under the provisions of Section 2002 of this title which has filed with the Administrator a current financial statement, certified by an accounting firm or individual holding a permit to practice public accounting in this state indicating:(1)a net worth in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), or(2)total assets in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00).b. For purposes of this paragraph:(1)"current" means that the ending period of the financial statement is not over eighteen (18) months prior to the date of the filing of such statement, and(2)the financial statement filed by the health spa may include the financial results of any corporation controlled by, or that is under common control with, the health spa; or2. any health spa duly registered under the provisions of Section 2002 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes which has posted a bond or letter of credit in the amount of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) as provided for in Section 2007 of this title and has been in continuous operation in Oklahoma for at least eighteen (18) months prior to the sale of prepayment contracts or membership agreements.Added by Laws 1987, c. 217, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Renumbered from Title 15, § 775.3 by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 96, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
59 OK Stat § 59-2006 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2006. Notes for payments to third parties upon breach prohibited - Rights of actions and defenses not cut off by assignment.

|A. A contract or membership agreement for health spa services shall not require the execution of any note or series of notes by the buyer which, if separately negotiated, will require the buyer to make payments to third parties on a note or notes if the contract or membership agreement for the health spa services is breached by the health spa. |B. Whether or not the health spa has complied with the notice requirements of Section 7 of this act, any right of action or defense arising out of a health spa contract or membership agreement which the buyer has against the health spa, and which would be cut off by assignment, shall not be cut off by assignment of the contract or membership agreement to any third party holder, whether or not the holder acquires the contract in good faith and for value.Added by Laws 1987, c. 217, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Title 15, § 775.6 by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 96, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
59 OK Stat § 59-2007 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2007. Bond or letter of credit required.

|A. 1. Every health spa, before it enters into a health spa contract or membership agreement or accepts an initiation or prepayment fee in excess of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), shall file and maintain with the Administrator, in form and substance satisfactory to him, a bond with a corporate surety, from a company authorized to transact business in this state or a letter of credit from a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the amounts indicated below: |Number of unexpiredAmount of bond contracts or membership agreements or letter ofexceeding six (6) months credit 500 or less $30,000.00501 to 1000 $40,000.001001 to 1500 $50,000.001501 to 2000 $60,000.002001 or more $70,000.002. The number of unexpired contracts or membership agreements exceeding six (6) months shall be separately calculated for each location where health spa services are offered.3. Each separate location where health spa services are offered shall be considered a separate health spa and shall file a separate bond or letter of credit with respect thereto, even though the separate locations are owned or operated by the same owner.4. No owner shall be required to file with the Administrator bonds or letters of credit in excess of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00). If the seventy-thousand-dollar limit is applicable, then the bonds or letters of credit filed by such owner shall apply to all health spas owned or operated by the same owner.B. The bond or letter of credit required by this section shall be in favor of the state for the benefit of:1. any buyer injured by having paid money to the health spa posting the bond or letter of credit for health spa services in a facility which fails to open within sixty (60) days after the date upon which the buyer and the health spa entered into a contract or membership agreement or goes out of business prior to the expiration of the buyer's health spa contract or membership agreement; or2. any buyer injured as a result of a violation of the Oklahoma Health Spa Act by the health spa posting the bond or letter of credit.C. The aggregate liability of the bond or letter of credit to all persons for all breaches of the conditions of the bond or letter of credit shall in no event exceed the amount of the bond or letter of credit. The bond or letter of credit shall not be canceled or terminated except with the consent of the Administrator.Added by Laws 1987, c. 217, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Renumbered from Title 15, § 775.7 by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 96, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
59 OK Stat § 59-2008 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2008. Change in ownership - Bond or letter of credit.

|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. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 217, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Renumbered from Title 15, § 775.8 by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
59 OK Stat § 59-2010 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2010. Rules and regulations.

|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. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 215, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
59 OK Stat § 59-2026 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-2026. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Respiratory Care Practice Act". |Added by Laws 1995, c. 171, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.