Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-161.11

reinstatement - Disciplinary guidelines.

A. 1. Beginning January 1, 2005:

a. a person holding an original license and who is

actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in

this state shall pay to the Board of Chiropractic

Examiners, on or before July 1 of each year, a renewal

license fee of Two Hundred Seventy-five Dollars

($275.00),

b. an inactive nonresident holding an original license to

practice chiropractic in Oklahoma and who has filed a

statement with the Board that the licensee is not

actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in

this state and shall not engage in the practice of

chiropractic in this state during the succeeding year,

shall pay to the Board, on or before July 1 of each

year, a renewal license fee of One Hundred Seventy-

five Dollars ($175.00),

c. an inactive resident holding an original license to

practice chiropractic in Oklahoma, and who has filed,

or on whose behalf has been filed, a statement with

the Board that because of illness, infirmity, active

military service or other circumstances as approved by

the Board, the licensee is unable to actively engage

in the practice of chiropractic during the succeeding

year, shall pay to the Board a renewal license fee of

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and

d. a person holding an original license, but who is

sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who has

filed a statement with the Board that the licensee is

not actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic

in this state and shall not engage in the practice of

chiropractic in this state during the succeeding year,

shall pay to the Board a renewal licensee fee of Fifty

Dollars ($50.00).

2. In addition, each licensee shall present to the Board

satisfactory evidence that during the preceding twelve (12) months

the licensee attended sixteen (16) hours of continuing education

that meets the requirements of Section 161.10a of this title,

provided that inactive resident licensees may, at the discretion of

the Board, be exempt from this requirement.

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3. Every chiropractic physician who is actively engaged in the

practice of chiropractic in this state shall submit to the Board

documentary evidence that the chiropractor has malpractice insurance

and maintains such insurance twelve (12) months of each year when

practicing in this state. Any licensee who is not actively engaged

in practice in this state, shall be exempt from providing proof of

malpractice insurance.

B. Subject to the laws of this state applicable to professional

licenses and rules promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Chiropractic

Practice Act, the Board shall, upon determination that a licensee

has complied with the requirements of this section and the duly

promulgated rules of the Board, issue a renewal license to the

licensee.

C. The failure of a licensee to properly renew a license or

certificate shall be evidence of noncompliance with the Oklahoma

Chiropractic Practice Act.

1. The license shall automatically be placed in a lapsed status

for failure to renew and shall be considered lapsed and not in good

standing for purposes of the practice of chiropractic.

2. If within sixty (60) calendar days after July 1, the

licensee cures any renewal requirement deficiency, pays the renewal

fee and pays a reinstatement fee set by the Board, the license may

be reactivated.

3. If a license is not reactivated under this subsection within

sixty (60) calendar days after July 1, the license shall

automatically be suspended for failure to renew.

4. The practice of chiropractic is prohibited unless the

license is active and in good standing with the Board.

D. When an original license or renewal license, or both, have

been suspended under the provisions of this section, the license or

licenses may be reinstated upon:

1. Payment of a reinstatement fee in an amount fixed by the
nse shall

automatically be suspended for failure to renew.

4. The practice of chiropractic is prohibited unless the

license is active and in good standing with the Board.

D. When an original license or renewal license, or both, have

been suspended under the provisions of this section, the license or

licenses may be reinstated upon:

1. Payment of a reinstatement fee in an amount fixed by the

Board not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00);

2. Payment of the renewal license fee for the calendar year in

which the original license is reinstated; and

3. Presentation to the Board of satisfactory evidence of

compliance with the continuing education requirement of this section

for the calendar year in which the original license is reinstated.

E. The Board, by rule, may establish guidelines for the

disposition of disciplinary cases involving specific types of

violations. The guidelines may include, but are not limited to:

1. Minimum and maximum administrative fines;

2. Periods of suspension, probation or supervision;

3. Terms and conditions of probation; and

4. Terms and conditions for the reinstatement of an original

license or renewal license, or both.

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F. The license of a chiropractic physician who is not compliant

with Oklahoma income tax law pursuant to Section 238.1 of Title 68

of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be renewed. Such license shall

be automatically suspended as of July 1 of the renewal year and

shall remain suspended until the Board receives notice from the

Oklahoma Tax Commission that the licensee has come into compliance

with Oklahoma income tax law. A physician whose license is

suspended under this subsection shall pay a reinstatement fee in an

amount fixed by the Board but not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars

($400.00).