Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.23

— 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 entities

within this state. Codes and standards adopted by the Commission

shall be the minimum standards for residential and commercial

construction in this state.

B. All public projects shall abide by such minimum standards

and requirements; provided, nothing in the Oklahoma Uniform Building

Code Commission Act shall prevent or take away from state agencies

the authority to enact and enforce requirements containing higher

standards and requirements than such minimum standards and

requirements.

C. Municipalities and other political subdivisions shall abide

by such minimum standards and requirements; provided, nothing in the

Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Act shall prevent or take

away from such municipalities and other political subdivisions the

authority to enact and enforce requirements containing higher

standards and requirements than such minimum standards and

requirements.

D. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission shall have the

power and duty to establish a continuing education and training and

certification process for all residential and commercial

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construction industry personnel affected by the codes adopted by the

Commission, including, but not limited to, code officials, design

professionals, and trade workers. The regional training shall be

offered at no cost to state-licensed building code officials and

shall be funded from the funds received pursuant to Section 1000.25

of this title. A fee may be assessed to all participants other than

state-licensed code officials. When assessed, the fee shall be

limited to any cost directly associated with the training and shall

be remitted to the State Treasury pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission Act. Such fees shall be deposited in the

Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Revolving Fund and shall

be used solely for the purposes of the Oklahoma Uniform Building

Code Commission Act. Each code official operating in this state on

behalf of any state agency or any municipal or county office may

complete regional training and be issued a certificate of completion

by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission. The training and

certification applications, qualifications and procedures shall be

promulgated by rules of the Commission. The Commission may

establish forms and procedures to implement and administer the

provisions of this section.

E. The Commission shall establish a workforce development

process with the purpose of increasing the number of available code

officials in Oklahoma. The Commission shall promulgate rules on the

workforce development applications, qualifications, forms, and

procedures to implement and administer the provisions of this

section.