2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-1750.3A. Psychological evaluation of applicants for armed security guard or private investigator license - Exemption.

A. Each applicant for an armed security guard license or armed private investigator license shall be administered any current standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), or other psychological evaluation instrument approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, which shall be administered during the firearms training phase required by Section 1750.3 of this title. The security training school administering such instrument shall forward the response data to a psychologist licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists for evaluation. The licensed psychologist shall be of the applicant's choice. Applicants with comparable training shall complete the psychological test and evaluation requirements prior to licensing. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to bear the cost of the psychological evaluation.
B. If the licensed psychologist is unable to certify the applicant's psychological capability to exercise appropriate judgment, restraint, and self-control, after evaluating the data, the psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring instruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional opinion. The use of any psychological measuring instruments or techniques shall require a full and complete written explanation to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.
C. The psychologist shall forward a written psychological evaluation, on a form prescribed by the Council, to the Council within fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is found to be psychologically at risk. The Council may utilize the results of the psychological evaluation for up to six (6) months from the date of the evaluation after which the applicant shall be reexamined. No person who has been found psychologically at risk in the exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control shall reapply for licensing until one (1) year from the date of being found psychologically at risk.
D. 1. Active full-time peace officers who have been certified as full-time peace officers by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
2. Retired full-time peace officers who have been certified as full-time peace officers by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for a period of one (1) year from retirement.
3. Retired peace officers who are not exempt from this section and who have previously undergone treatment for a mental illness, condition, or disorder which required medication or supervision, as defined by paragraph 7 of Section 1290.10 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes may apply for an armed security guard license or armed private investigator license only after three (3) years from the last date of treatment or upon presentation of a certified statement from a licensed physician stating that the person is either no longer disabled by any mental or psychiatric illness, condition, or disorder or that the person has been stabilized on medication for ten (10) years or more.
E. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall not issue or renew an armed security guard license, armed private investigator license, armed bail enforcer license or any other license permitting a person to carry a firearm or weapon if the applicant has been involuntarily committed for a mental illness, condition or disorder pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-410 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes or any involuntary commitment in another state pursuant to the provisions of law of that state. The preclusive period shall be permanent as provided by Section 922(g)(4) of Title 18 of the United States Code, unless the person has been granted relief from the disqualifying disability pursuant to Section 1290.27 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 193, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 226, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2005, c. 155, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2019, c. 246, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.