Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-290.10

provide or withdrawal of inspection service.

A. 1. Any plant approval given pursuant to the Exotic

Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act may be

suspended by the Department for:

a. failure to maintain a plant and equipment in a

satisfactory state of repair;

b. failure to maintain plant or equipment in a sanitary

manner on a continuing basis;

c. the use of operating procedure which are not in

accordance with the Exotic Livestock and Exotic

Livestock Products Inspection Act or regulations

promulgated thereto;

d. alterations of buildings, facilities, or equipment

which cannot be approved in accordance with the Exotic

Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act

or regulations promulgated thereto;

e. assault on an agent of the Board; or

f. failure to properly denature condemned and inedible

materials.

2. During such period of suspension, inspection service shall

not be rendered. However, the other provisions of the Exotic

Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act pertaining to

providing such service on a resident basis will remain in effect

unless such service is terminated in accordance with duly authorized

regulations promulgated by the Department. Upon suspension of

inspection service in an official plant, the plant approval shall

also become suspended, and all labels, seals, tags or packaging

material bearing official identification shall be destroyed, or the

official identification completely obliterated, or sealed in a

manner acceptable to the Department.

B. 1. The Board may refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection

service with respect to any establishment if it determines, after

opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or

recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is

unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection because the

applicant or recipient, or any person responsibly connected with the

applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state

court of:

a. any felony, or

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b. more than one violation of any law, other than a

felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or

distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or

deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection

with transactions in food.

2. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of

the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act

for withdrawal of inspection services from establishments failing to

maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses,

parts, meats or meat food products.

3. For the purpose of this subsection, a person shall be deemed

to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner,

officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of

its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.

The determination and order of the Board with respect thereto

pursuant to this section shall be final and conclusive unless the

affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files

application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the

effective date of such order in the appropriate court. Judicial

review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the

determination and order are based.