Title 59 — Title 59 — Professions and Occupations

prohibited - Ordinances. No additional licensing requirement or license fee shall be required by any municipal corporation of this state. This act shall not annul or supersede any existing municipal ordinances, nor prevent the enactment of such ordinances, unless such ordinances …

A. The Administrator shall appoint an independent hearing examiner to conduct all administrative hearings involving alleged violations of the Precious Metal and Gem Dealer Licensing Act. The independent hearing examiner shall have authority to exercise all powers granted by Artic…

Willful violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor upon first conviction punishable by not more than thirty (30) days in the county jail or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or both. Subsequent convictions of a willful violation of …

A. Every dealer shall keep a record of any transaction with any person involving the purchasing of any used item made, or containing in whole or in part, any precious metal or gem. The following information shall be recorded for precious metals or gems: 1. An account and detailed…

property - Time period - Procedure. A. Every dealer must keep at the business location designated in the license application, all used articles made, in whole or in part, of precious metals or gems, for inspection by any law enforcement officer and the Department of Consumer Cred…

Upon receiving a reported theft of precious metals, all law enforcement agencies shall transmit such reports to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The reporting law enforcement agencies shall include any municipality, city, or town or county law enforcement agencies. Law…

Any advertisement in which a dealer offers to engage as a precious metal and gem dealer in the State of Oklahoma shall include the precious metal and gem dealer license number of the dealer that is issued by the Administrator for the business location at which the dealer is offer…

The Administrator, upon approval by the Commission on Consumer Credit, may promulgate administrative rules to implement the provisions of the Precious Metal and Gem Dealer Licensing Act. Added by Laws 2013, c. 153, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, to be designated as the "Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners' Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall cons…

The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners shall: 1. Conduct investigations of complaints against podiatric physicians filed with the Board pursuant to Section 149 of this title; and 2. Initiate and conduct individual proceedings, pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Proced…

Said Board shall make an annual report to the Governor, not later than the fifteenth day of November each year, which report shall contain an account of all monies received, licenses issued, suspended, or revoked and all expenditures made by said Board the twelve (12) months prio…

The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology with the goal of improving public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services. The practice of audiology and speech-language pathology occurs in the state wh…

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 …

A. A license issued to an audiologist or speech-language pathologist by a home state to a resident in that state shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing an audiologist or speech-language pathologist to practice audiology or speech-language pathology, under a privi…

A. To exercise the Compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the Compact, the audiologist or speech-language pathologist shall: 1. Hold an active license in the home state; 2. Have no encumbrance on any state license; 3. Be eligible for a compact privilege in any member…

Member states shall recognize the right of an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, licensed by a home state in accordance with Section 3 of this act and under rules promulgated by the Commission, to practice audiology or speech-language pathology in any member state via te…

Restraining orders and temporary and permanent injunctions may be granted by the district and superior courts upon application of the Board for the purpose of restraining, enjoining, and preventing threatened or likely violations of, and also enforcing, and also requiring complia…

Active duty military personnel, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent to designating a home…

A. In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: 1. Take adverse action against an audiologist's or speech language pathologist's privilege to practice within that member sta…

Commission. A. The Compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission. 1. The Commission is an instrumentality of the Compact states. 2. Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or aga…

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…

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 me…

A. 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 nonmember states. 2. The Commission shall promulgate a rule providing for both mediation and bin…

A. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member 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…

This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the Unit…

A. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the Compact. B. All laws in a member state in conflict with the Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. C. All lawful actions of the Commission, including all…

shoes. The Board may adopt rules and regulations which are necessary or helpful to promote the public health and safety which define and establish minimum standards and requirements for methods and practices to be used in taking or making casts or equivalents thereof of the human…

It shall be unlawful to make, furnish, correct, change, or fit any of the following if moulded for the foot or part of the foot of a specific person, as distinguished from persons generally, to wit: shoes for the purpose of diagnosing, correcting, relieving, treating, aiding, con…

generally. Nothing in this act shall apply to the manufacture or sale of shoes, pads, or supports, whether patented or not, which are made for, and offered to, persons generally. Laws 1959, p. 224, § 4.

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 separat…

The terms "podiatry" and "podiatric medicine" are synonymous and mean the branch of the healing arts defined in the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act. Wherever in the Oklahoma Statutes reference is made to the term "podiatry", the same shall be interpreted to mean "podiatric medici…

The term DPM means Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. Laws 1969, c. 198, § 2, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969.

Chapter 39 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act". Added by Laws 1973, c. 203, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 202, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.

It is hereby declared to be a policy of this state that, in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, and to protect the public from being misled by incompetent, unscrupulous and unqualified persons, it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons off…

A. As used in the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act: 1. "Board" means the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; 2. "Person" means any individual, partnership, organization or corporation, except that only individuals may be licensed u…

A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no person shall practice speech-language pathology or audiology unless such person is licensed pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act. B. The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act shal…

A. To be eligible for licensure by the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology as a speech-language pathologist, the applicant must: 1. Hold not less than a master's degree, or the equivalent, with a major emphasis in speech-language pathology or audiology …

A. The Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall waive the examination and grant a license to applicants who present proof of current licensure in a state or country whose requirements for licensure are substantially equivalent to those of the Speech-La…

Audiology – Members – Duties - Reimbursement. A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2027, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology whose duty it is to administer the provisi…

The Governor may remove any member of the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology for misconduct, incompetence or neglect of duty, after giving the member a written statement of charges, and opportunity for a hearing. Added by Laws 1973, c. 203, § 8, emerg.…

Space. A. The Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall hold a regular annual meeting at its last meeting of the fiscal year at which it shall elect from its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary. Other regular meetings shall be held a…

265, § 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

Sections 161.1 through 161.20 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act". Added by Laws 1991, c. 265, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

2004.

A. Applications to provide chiropractic continuing education seminars shall be submitted for review and approval by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners. An applicant shall submit to the Board for approval: 1. An application to provide continuing education in this state; 2. The ag…

reinstatement - Disciplinary guidelines. A. 1. Beginning January 1, 2005: a. a person holding an original license and who is actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state shall pay to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, on or before July 1 of each year, a renewa…

A. The Board of Chiropractic Examiners is authorized, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, to issue an order imposing one or more of the following penalties whenever the Board finds, by clear and convincing evi…

A chiropractic physician who desires to act as a chiropractic claims consultant shall register with the Board of Chiropractic Examiners on a form prescribed by the Board. The Board shall issue a certificate to the chiropractic physician entitling them to act as a chiropractic cla…

A. The Board of Chiropractic Examiners is authorized, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, to issue an order suspending the original license or renewal license, or both, of a chiropractic physician whenever the B…

A. Any person who shall practice or attempt to practice chiropractic in this state, or who shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a practitioner of chiropractic in this state, without having first obtained an original license to practice chiropractic from the Board of…