Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-4200.9
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A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering may license an
applicant, provided that the applicant possesses a valid license or
registration to practice massage therapy issued by the appropriate
examining board under the laws of any other state or territory of
the United States, the District of Columbia or any foreign nation
and has met educational and examination requirements equal to or
exceeding those established pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice
Act.
B. 1. Massage therapy licenses shall expire biennially.
Expiration dates shall be established by the Board through adoption
of a rule.
2. A license shall be renewed by submitting a renewal
application on a form provided by the Board.
3. A thirty-day grace period shall be allowed each license
holder after the end of the renewal period, during which time a
license may be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee and a late
fee as prescribed by the Board.
C. 1. If a massage therapy license is not renewed by the end
of the thirty-day grace period, the license shall be placed on
inactive status for a period not to exceed one (1) year. At the end
of one (1) year, if the license has not been reactivated, it shall
automatically expire.
2. If within a period of one (1) year from the date the license
was placed on inactive status the massage therapist wishes to resume
practice, the massage therapist shall notify the Board in writing
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and, upon receipt of proof of completion of all continuing education
requirements and payment of an amount set by the Board in lieu of
all lapsed renewal fees, the license shall be restored in full.
D. The Board shall establish a schedule of reasonable and
necessary administrative fees.
E. The Board shall fix the amount of fees so that the total
fees collected shall be sufficient to meet the expenses of
administering the provisions of the Massage Therapy Practice Act
without unnecessary surpluses.
A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering may license an
applicant, provided that the applicant possesses a valid license or
registration to practice massage therapy issued by the appropriate
examining board under the laws of any other state or territory of
the United States, the District of Columbia or any foreign nation
and has met educational and examination requirements equal to or
exceeding those established pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice
Act.
B. 1. Massage therapy licenses shall expire biennially.
Expiration dates shall be established by the Board through adoption
of a rule.
2. A license shall be renewed by submitting a renewal
application on a form provided by the Board.
3. A thirty-day grace period shall be allowed each license
holder after the end of the renewal period, during which time a
license may be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee and a late
fee as prescribed by the Board.
C. 1. If a massage therapy license is not renewed by the end
of the thirty-day grace period, the license shall be placed on
inactive status for a period not to exceed one (1) year. At the end
of one (1) year, if the license has not been reactivated, it shall
automatically expire.
2. If within a period of one (1) year from the date the license
was placed on inactive status the massage therapist wishes to resume
practice, the massage therapist shall notify the Board in writing
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1563
and, upon receipt of proof of completion of all continuing education
requirements and payment of an amount set by the Board in lieu of
all lapsed renewal fees, the license shall be restored in full.
D. The Board shall establish a schedule of reasonable and
necessary administrative fees.
E. The Board shall fix the amount of fees so that the total
fees collected shall be sufficient to meet the expenses of
administering the provisions of the Massage Therapy Practice Act
without unnecessary surpluses.
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