Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-50-112

A. All persons employed as full-time duly appointed or elected

officers who are paid for working more than twenty-five (25) hours

per week or any person hired by a participating municipality who is

undergoing police training to become a permanent police officer of

the municipality shall participate in the System upon initial

employment with a police department of a participating municipality.

All such persons shall submit to a physical-medical examination

pertaining to sight, hearing, agility and other conditions the

requirements of which shall be established by the State Board. The

person shall be required to complete this physical-medical

examination prior to the beginning of actual employment. This

examination shall identify any preexisting conditions. Except as

otherwise provided in this section, a police officer shall be not

less than twenty-one (21) nor more than forty-five (45) years of age

when accepted for membership in the System. However, if a

municipality should be found to be in noncompliance with the

provisions of Article 50 of this title, as determined by the State

Board, then any current full-time active police officer employed by

a municipality as of July 1, 2001, shall not be denied eligibility

to participate in the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System

solely due to age. The State Board shall have authority to deny or

revoke membership of any person submitting false information in such

person's membership application. The State Board shall have final

authority in determining eligibility for membership in the System,

pursuant to the provisions of this article.

B. The police chief of any participating municipality may be

exempt from membership in the System or may become a member provided

the member is not a retired member and the requirements of this

section are met at the time of employment.

C. A member of the System who has attained his or her normal

retirement date may, if the member so elects, agree to terminate

employment and retire as a member of the System and make an election

to receive distributions from the System. If a retired member is

reemployed by a participating municipality in the position of police

chief or in a position which is not covered by the System,

retirement shall include receipt by such retired member of in-

service distributions from the System.

D. A former member of the System who terminates from covered

employment and who has neither retired from the System nor entered

the Oklahoma Police Deferred Option Plan and is later employed in a

covered position with a participating municipality shall not be

denied eligibility to become a member of the System because he or

she is forty-five (45) years of age or older. If such member has

withdrawn his or her contributions prior to re-entering the System

and the member desires to receive credit for such prior service,

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then the member shall pay back such contributions and interest

pursuant to Section 50-111.1 of this title.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,

a municipality that employs two (2) or fewer full-time police

officers may employ a police officer who is more than forty-five

(45) years of age and who has never participated in the Oklahoma

Police Pension and Retirement System, but such police officer shall

not be eligible to participate in the System. Such police officer

shall be counted in the limitation imposed by this subsection.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the State Board shall

be granted access to information concerning a list of actively

working police officers within the municipalities and agencies under

the purview provided by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training.