Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1458

A. Upon receipt of a complaint by a licensing board relating to

a violation of the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act

or any rules promulgated thereto, the licensing board shall cause an

investigation to be made. If during the investigation, the

licensing board determines that the alleged violation of the

Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act or any rules

promulgated thereto may have been committed by any person other than

a physician or any other person subject to the licensing board’s

regulatory authority, the licensing board shall immediately notify

the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

B. 1. Upon receipt of a complaint by the Department or upon

receipt of notice pursuant to subsection A of this section relating

to an alleged violation of the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation

Regulation Act or rules promulgated thereto which involve the

practice of micropigmentation in the office of a physician, the

Department shall:

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a. notify the appropriate licensing board of the

complaint and request a joint inspection, or

b. refer the complaint to the appropriate licensing board

for investigation.

2. The licensing boards shall give priority to investigations

of complaints for which the Department has requested a joint

inspection.

C. 1. If a person other than a physician, after proper notice

and hearing as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act, is

found to have violated one or more provisions of the Oklahoma

Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act, the State Department of

Health may impose one or more of the following penalties:

a. suspend or revoke a certificate,

b. seek injunctive relief,

c. reprimand the certificate holder,

d. place a certificate holder on probation for a

specified period of time,

e. deny renewal of a certificate,

f. require a special quality review of the certificate

holder, subject to such procedures as the Department

by rule deems appropriate,

g. require the person or entity to pay all costs incurred

as a result of hearings conducted regarding actions of

the subject of the hearing including, but not limited

to, investigation costs, hearing officer costs,

renting of special facilities costs, and court

reporter costs, or

h. in addition to any criminal penalty imposed pursuant

to the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation

Act, assess an administrative penalty not to exceed

Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

2. Any physician alleged to have violated the Oklahoma Medical

Micropigmentation Regulation Act or rules promulgated by the

licensing board thereto shall be subject to penalties established

pursuant to law by the licensing board which has authority to

regulate the physician.

B. In addition to the penalties provided for in subsection A of

this section, the Department may request the district attorney to

bring an action in the district court for the prosecution of any

person for a violation of any provision of the Oklahoma Medical

Micropigmentation Regulation Act, or order issued or rules

promulgated pursuant thereto.

C. Upon application in writing and upon good cause, the

Department may reinstate a certificate which has been revoked or

suspended or may modify the certificate when reinstated. A person

whose certificate has been revoked or suspended may not reapply for

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reinstatement during the time period set by the Department which

shall not exceed five (5) years.

D. 1. Administrative penalties assessed by the Department

under the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation

Regulation Act shall be imposed and enforced pursuant to the

Administrative Procedures Act and may be enforced in district court

as authorized by the Administrative Procedures Act.

2. All monies, excluding costs, collected from administrative
all not exceed five (5) years.

D. 1. Administrative penalties assessed by the Department

under the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation

Regulation Act shall be imposed and enforced pursuant to the

Administrative Procedures Act and may be enforced in district court

as authorized by the Administrative Procedures Act.

2. All monies, excluding costs, collected from administrative

penalties authorized in this section, shall be deposited pursuant to

Section 1-1701.1B of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of the

Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act or orders issued

or rules promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to

exceed ninety (90) days, a fine of not more than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each

day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate

violation.

F. The provisions of this section shall apply to:

1. Any person certified to perform medical micropigmentation

pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act

and who is alleged to be in violation of the Oklahoma Medical

Micropigmentation Regulation Act or rule or order issued pursuant

thereto; and

2. Any person who does not hold a certificate or is not

authorized to practice medical micropigmentation pursuant to the

Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act and is practicing

or holding himself or herself as authorized to practice medical

micropigmentation.