Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 5 - Licensing Requirements, Display of License, and Firm Name, and Bond Requirements › Section 158:40-5-3.1 - Eligibility for alarm endorsement for apprentice, journeyman, or contractor

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) A person with a criminal history record
				may request an initial determination of whether his or her criminal history
				record would potentially disqualify him or her from obtaining the desired alarm
				endorsement at any time, including before obtaining any required education or
				training.
(b) The request shall be
				in writing and shall include either a copy of the person's criminal history
				record with explanation of each conviction mentioned in the criminal history
				record or a statement describing each criminal conviction including the date of
				each conviction, the court of jurisdiction and the sentence imposed. The person
				may include a statement with his or her request describing additional
				information for consideration by the licensing authority including, but not
				limited to, information about his or her current circumstances, the length of
				time since conviction and what has changed since the conviction, evidence of
				rehabilitation, testimonials or personal reference statements and his or her
				employment aspirations.
(c)
				Disqualifying offenses are provided to applicants as contained in OAC 158:40.
(d) Upon receipt of a written
				request for consideration of a criminal history record for alarm endorsement,
				the CIB shall evaluate the request and make an initial determination based upon
				the information provided in such request whether the stated conviction is a
				disqualifying offense for the occupation.
(1)
				A notice of initial determination shall be issued to the petitioner within
				sixty (60) days from the date such request was received by the licensing
				authority, except however, a licensing authority regulating fifty thousand or
				more members in its occupation shall be allowed ninety (90) days to make its
				initial determination and issue notice to the requestor.
(2) The notice of initial determination shall
				be in writing and mailed to the requestor at the address provided in his or her
				request, and shall contain the following statements:
(A) Whether the person appears eligible for
				electrical endorsement at the current time based upon the information submitted
				by the requestor;
(B) Whether
				there is a disqualifying offense prohibiting the person's engagement in the
				occupation at any time and a statement identifying such offense in the criminal
				history record or information submitted for consideration;
(C) Any actions the person may take to remedy
				what appears to be a temporary disqualification, if any;
(D) The earliest date the person may submit
				another request for consideration, if any; and
(E) A statement that the notice of initial
				determination is only an initial determination for eligibility for endorsement
				based upon the information provided by the requestor and any approval is
				subject to meeting all application and endorsement requirements.