Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1000.5a

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License without examination - Reciprocity

Official statutory text

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 regulatory authority may be made to the Board

in writing on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board. The

application shall be accompanied by a fee pursuant to Section 1000.5

of this title, which shall not be refundable under any

circumstances. If the application is disapproved by the Board, it

shall be returned to the applicant with the reason for its

disapproval stated thereon.

B. The Board may, in its discretion, issue a license by

reciprocity to an applicant who is currently licensed to practice an

applicable trade in another state, country, territory, province or

city outside of the State of Oklahoma, upon a satisfactory showing

of the following:

1. That the requirements for licensure in the city, state,

country, territory or province in which the applicant is licensed

are deemed by the Board to be substantially the same or equivalent

to the requirements for obtaining an original license by examination

in force in this state at the date of such license;

2. That one (1) year immediately prior to the date of payment

of the required fee the applicant lawfully practiced an applicable

trade within and under the laws of city, state, country, territory

or province pursuant to a license issued thereby authorizing such

practice;

3. That no disciplinary matters are pending against the

applicant in any city, state, country, territory or province, and

relating to the applicable trade in which the applicant seeks

reciprocity;

4. That the license being reciprocated was obtained by

examination in the city, state, country, territory or province

wherein it was issued; and

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5. That the applicant meets all other requirements of the

Construction Industries Board Act, including payment of the

applicable license fee.

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