Title 59, Title 59 — Professions and Occupations
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59 O.S. § 1000.1 Short title
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Sections 1000.1 through 1000.9 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Construction Industries Board Act". Added by Laws 2001, c. 394, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 332, § 1.
59 O.S. § 1000.2 See the following versions:
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OS 59-1000.2v1 (HB 1686, Laws 2013, c. 292, § 1). OS 59-1000.2v2 (SB 2038, Laws 2024, c. 452, § 121).
59 O.S. § 1000.20 Short title - Oklahoma Uniform Building Code
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Commission Act. Sections 1000.20 through 1000.30 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Act". Added by Laws 2009, c. 439, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 2009. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 223, § 1; Laws 2025, c. 225, § 1, eff. Nov. 1…
59 O.S. § 1000.21 Commission members
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A. 1. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission which shall consist of thirteen (13) members, eleven of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: a. one member who is a general contractor from a state…
59 O.S. § 1000.22 Commission - Meetings - Duties
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1. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall organize immediately after July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, by electing from among its members a chair and a vice-chair. The Commission shall hold regularly scheduled meetings at least once each quarter at a time and pl…
59 O.S. § 1000.23 Power and duty to review and adopt codes and standards
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— Continuing education and certification process for construction industry personnel. A. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall have the power and the duty to review and adopt all codes and standards for residential and commercial construction to be used by all entit…
59 O.S. § 1000.24 Rules - Powers and duties
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A. 1. Beginning July 1, 2009, pursuant to and in compliance with Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act, the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall have the power to adopt, amend, repeal and promulgate rules as may be necessary to perform the duties required unde…
59 O.S. § 1000.25 System of fees - Construction permits
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A. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall establish a system of fees to be charged for the issuance and renewal of any construction permits issued by any agency, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state. B. This provision is subject to the following…
59 O.S. § 1000.26 Chief Executive Officer - Hire and terminate -
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Majority of vote. A. No later than August 15, 2009, and thereafter, each time the position becomes vacant, the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall hire an Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Chief Executive Officer. The Commission may, upon a majority vote, term…
59 O.S. § 1000.27 Attorney General - Legal advisor - Discharge of
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duties. The Attorney General shall be the legal advisor for the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; and the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Chief Executive Officer and shall appear for and represent the Commission, the Chief Executive Officer and any deputies or …
59 O.S. § 1000.28 Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Revolving
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Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission to be designated the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Revolving Fund. The fund shall be a continuous fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and s…
59 O.S. § 1000.29 State agencies or political subdivisions - Enactment
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of codes and rules. Nothing in the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Act shall prohibit state agencies or political subdivisions of the state from having full authority to provide for the enactment of codes and rules in such form as they may determine and prescribe; provi…
59 O.S. § 1000.2v1 Construction Industries Board
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A. The Construction Industries Board is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2017, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. Beginning January 1, 2002, the Board shall regulate the plumbing, electrical and mechanical trades, and building and constructio…
59 O.S. § 1000.2v2 Construction Industries Board
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A. The Construction Industries Board is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2026, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. The Board shall regulate the plumbing, electrical and mechanical trades, the building and construction inspectors, the home insp…
59 O.S. § 1000.3 Board meetings
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A. 1. The Construction Industries Board shall organize on September 1 each year, by electing from among its members a chair and a vice-chair. The Board shall hold regularly scheduled meetings at least once each quarter at a time and place determined by the Board and may hold spec…
59 O.S. § 1000.30 Federally accepted refrigerants not to be prohibited
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or limited in use. No provision of a building code, any other law, regulation, or other requirement in Oklahoma may prohibit or otherwise limit the use of a refrigerant designated as acceptable for use pursuant to and in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 7671K; provided, any equipment co…
59 O.S. § 1000.31 Guidelines for family child care and large child care
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homes. The Department of Human Services shall work with the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal to develop guidelines that allow family child care homes and large child care homes, as defined in Section 402 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to operate under the requirements of the 20…
59 O.S. § 1000.4 Rules - Powers and duties - Fines, penalties, and fees
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- Appeals. A. 1. Pursuant to and in compliance with Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act, the Construction Industries Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, repeal, and promulgate rules as may be necessary to regulate the plumbing, electrical, roofing, and mechanic…
59 O.S. § 1000.4a Additional powers - Skilled Trade Education and
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Workforce Development Fund. A. The Construction Industries Board shall have the additional powers to: 1. Receive and convey information relating to the skilled trades regulated by the Construction Industries Board including, but not limited to, workforce development; and 2. Enter…
59 O.S. § 1000.5 Fees - Licenses and permits - Issuance and renewal
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A. The Construction Industries Board may establish a system of fees by rule to be charged for the application for licenses, for the issuance and renewal of licenses and permits, for administration of examinations, for formal project reviews and dishonored checks under the Board's…
59 O.S. § 1000.5a License without examination - Reciprocity
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A. Except as otherwise provided by law, by way of reciprocity and without examination, an application for any license issued by any committee or board under the authority of the Construction Industries Board to engage in any work or trade in this state subject to the Board's regu…
59 O.S. § 1000.5b Temporary license examinations
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A. The Construction Industries Board shall offer examinations for temporary journeyman plumber, temporary journeyman electrician, and temporary mechanical journeyman at least once every thirty (30) days following a declaration by the Governor of this state of a state of emergency…
59 O.S. § 1000.6 Construction Industries Administrator
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A. No later than January 1, 2002, and thereafter, each time the position becomes vacant, the Construction Industries Board shall hire a Construction Industries Administrator. The Construction Industries Board may, upon a majority vote, terminate the employment of the Construction…
59 O.S. § 1000.9 Orders requiring compliance with standards and rules -
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Penalty. A. In addition to any other remedies provided for by law, the Construction Industries Board may issue a written order to any person or entity whom the Board has reason to believe is in violation of, or has violated, any law which the Board has authority to enforce or the…
59 O.S. § 1001 Citation
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Sections 1001 through 1023.1 of this title shall be known and may be cited as "The Plumbing License Law of 1955”. Added by Laws 1955, p. 366, § 1. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 394, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
59 O.S. § 1002 Rules - State bond, cash or deposit in lieu of bond
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A. The Construction Industries Board is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to make, prescribe, enforce, amend, and repeal rules governing the following: 1. The examination and licensing of persons desiring or intending to engage in the business, trade or calling of plumbi…
59 O.S. § 1002.1 Voluntary review of project plans and specifications
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The Construction Industries Board shall establish by rule a process for the formal review of the plans and specifications for a project prior to bid dates for the project to ensure that the project plans and specifications are in conformance with applicable plumbing, electrical, …
59 O.S. § 1003 Definitions
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As used in The Plumbing License Law of 1955: 1. “Board” means the Construction Industries Board; 2. “Committee” means the State Committee of Plumbing Examiners appointed by the Construction Industries Board; 3. “Plumbing Hearing Board” means the State Plumbing Hearing Board which…
59 O.S. § 1004 Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing Examiners -
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Membership - Tenure - Qualifications and duties - Travel expenses. A. The Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing Examiners is hereby created and shall consist of five (5) members, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States, and a resident of this state. One member shall b…
59 O.S. § 1005 Examinations
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(a) Examinations shall be uniform and shall be practical in nature but sufficiently strict to test the qualification and fitness of the applicant as a journeyman plumber or as a plumbing contractor, as the case may be. It shall be in whole or in part in writing. (b) Regular exami…
59 O.S. § 1006 Licenses – Transferability – Armed forces candidates
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A. The Construction Industries Board shall issue licenses to persons who have been certified by the Board as having successfully passed the examination for journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor, as the case may be, and who have paid the fees and have otherwise complied with t…
59 O.S. § 1006.1 Temporary licenses
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A. Within one (1) year of the date the Governor of this state declares a state of emergency in response to a disaster involving the destruction of dwelling units, the Construction Industries Board shall issue a distinctively colored, nonrenewable, temporary journeyman plumber lic…
59 O.S. § 1007 Applications
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Application for examination, license or renewal of license shall be made to the Construction Industries Board in writing and, if required, on forms furnished by the Board and shall be accompanied by the proper fee. Added by Laws 1955, p. 368, § 7. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 394, § …
59 O.S. § 1009 Duration of licenses - Expiration date - Renewals
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No license shall be issued for longer than one (1) year and all licenses shall expire on the last day in the birth month of the licensee. Such licenses may be renewed upon application and payment of fees within thirty (30) days preceding or following the date the license renewal …
59 O.S. § 1010 Plumbing Hearing Board - Investigations and hearings -
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Suspensions - Jurisdiction of political subdivisions. A. The designee of the Construction Industries Board, as chair, and the members of the Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing Examiners shall constitute a Plumbing Hearing Board, which may on its own motion make investigations a…
59 O.S. § 1010.1 Administrative fines - Injunctions
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A. In addition to other penalties provided by law, if after a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Section 1010 of this title, the Plumbing Hearing Board shall find any person to be in violation of any of the provisions of The Plumbing License Law of 1955, such person may…
59 O.S. § 1011 Appeals from decisions of Board
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An appeal from the decision of the Plumbing Hearing Board upon the suspension or revocation of a license, or upon any decision not specifically provided for in The Plumbing License Law of 1955, may be taken to the district court in accordance with the provisions of Article II of …
59 O.S. § 1012 Necessity for licenses - Penalty
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(a) Ninety (90) days from and after the effective date of this act it shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to act as, or perform the work of, a journeyman plumber, as defined in this act, until such person has qualified and is licensed as a journeyman plumber or plu…
59 O.S. § 1013 Plumbers apprentice - Certificates
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The Construction Industries Board shall, upon proper application and payment of fee, register as a plumber's apprentice, and shall issue a certificate of registration to, persons who furnish proof satisfactory to the Board that they are sixteen (16) years of age or older and are …
59 O.S. § 1014 Change of business address
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Every holder of a license as a journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor, or of a certificate of registration as a plumber's apprentice, shall promptly notify the Construction Industries Board of any change in business address. Added by Laws 1955, p. 370, § 14. Amended by Laws 20…
59 O.S. § 1015 Municipal water and sewage systems - Rules and
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regulations. Each city and/or incorporated town with a population of two thousand (2,000) or more in the state, having a system of water supply or sewerage shall, and any incorporated town, or any sewer district Commission may, by ordinance or regulation, prescribe rules and regu…
59 O.S. § 1016 Municipal plumbing inspector - Combining plumbing
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inspector and electrical inspector. A. Each city or incorporated town with a population of two thousand (2,000) or more in the state, having a system of water supply or sewerage shall by ordinance, within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, create an office of …
59 O.S. § 1017 Inapplicability
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The provisions of The Plumbing License Law of 1955 shall not apply to: 1. Minor repairs, consisting of repairing or replacing faucets or minor working parts of plumbing fixtures; 2. Farm buildings located outside any city or town unless such buildings are connected to a public wa…
59 O.S. § 1018 Fees paid to State Treasury - Disposition
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All fees, administrative fines or payments of any type received by the Construction Industries Board under The Plumbing License Law of 1955 shall be deposited in a revolving fund to be designated as the "Plumbing Licensing Revolving Fund" and are hereby appropriated and may be ex…
59 O.S. § 1019 Violations and penalties
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A. Any person who violates any of the provisions of The Plumbing License Law of 1955, or any provision of an ordinance or regulation enacted by a city, town, or sewer commission, by authority of this act shall, upon conviction, in addition to suffering possible suspension or revo…
59 O.S. § 1020 Local regulation by municipalities not prohibited
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Nothing in The Plumbing License Law of 1955 shall prohibit cities and towns from having full authority to provide full supervision and inspection of plumbing by the enactment of codes and rules in such form as they may determine and prescribe; provided, that no such ordinances, b…
59 O.S. § 1021.1 Oklahoma State Plumbing Installation Code Variance and
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Appeals Board. A. 1. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State Plumbing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board. The Variance and Appeals Board shall hear testimony and shall review sufficient technical data submitted by an applicant to substantiate the proposed installatio…
59 O.S. § 1023.1 Issuance of citation for certain work prohibited
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No state or municipal inspector may issue a citation for work which is exempt from the requirement for a permit under Section 106 of the International Plumbing Code, latest edition. Added by Laws 1997, c. 353, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
59 O.S. § 1031 Short title
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Sections 1031 through 1044 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Inspectors Act". Added by Laws 1989, c. 215, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 394, § 26, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
59 O.S. § 1032 Rules - Promulgation by Construction Industries Board
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The Construction Industries Board shall promulgate rules governing the examination and licensing of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and other construction inspectors and the establishment of classifications for such inspectors. The Board may adopt as part of such rule…