Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.11
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Grounds for denial of license, certificate or
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registration – Definitions.
A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is hereby
authorized to deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license,
certificate, or registration that it is authorized to issue under
the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act for any of the following
causes:
1. Conviction of a felony crime that substantially relates to
the practice of cosmetology and poses a reasonable threat to public
safety;
2. Gross malpractice or gross incompetence;
3. Fraud practiced in obtaining a license or registration;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 198
4. A license or certificate holder's continuing to practice
while afflicted with an infectious, contagious, or communicable
disease;
5. Habitual drunkenness or addiction to use of habit forming
drugs;
6. Advertising by means of statements known to be false or
deceptive;
7. Continued or flagrant violation of any rules of the Board,
or continued practice by a Board licensee in a cosmetology or barber
establishment wherein violations of the rules of the Board are being
committed within the knowledge of the licensee;
8. Failure to display license or certificate as required by the
Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act;
9. Continued practice of cosmetology or barbering after
expiration of a license therefor;
10. Employment by a salon or barber establishment owner or
manager of any person to perform any of the practices of cosmetology
or barbering who is not duly licensed to perform the services;
11. Practicing cosmetology or barbering in an unprofessional
manner;
12. Unsanitary operating practices or unsanitary conditions of
a school or establishment; or
13. Unsanitary operating practices of a licensee.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct
for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the
fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or
responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and
2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal
conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat
of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability
to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.
A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is hereby
authorized to deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license,
certificate, or registration that it is authorized to issue under
the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act for any of the following
causes:
1. Conviction of a felony crime that substantially relates to
the practice of cosmetology and poses a reasonable threat to public
safety;
2. Gross malpractice or gross incompetence;
3. Fraud practiced in obtaining a license or registration;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 198
4. A license or certificate holder's continuing to practice
while afflicted with an infectious, contagious, or communicable
disease;
5. Habitual drunkenness or addiction to use of habit forming
drugs;
6. Advertising by means of statements known to be false or
deceptive;
7. Continued or flagrant violation of any rules of the Board,
or continued practice by a Board licensee in a cosmetology or barber
establishment wherein violations of the rules of the Board are being
committed within the knowledge of the licensee;
8. Failure to display license or certificate as required by the
Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act;
9. Continued practice of cosmetology or barbering after
expiration of a license therefor;
10. Employment by a salon or barber establishment owner or
manager of any person to perform any of the practices of cosmetology
or barbering who is not duly licensed to perform the services;
11. Practicing cosmetology or barbering in an unprofessional
manner;
12. Unsanitary operating practices or unsanitary conditions of
a school or establishment; or
13. Unsanitary operating practices of a licensee.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct
for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the
fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or
responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and
2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal
conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat
of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability
to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.
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