Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-21-101.1

The term "private school" shall not include the following which

are exempt from licensing by the Oklahoma Board of Private

Vocational Schools:

1. Barber schools, beauty schools or other schools which are

exclusively regulated or licensed pursuant to the provisions of any

school-licensing law of this state, although such school may choose

to apply to secure a license for state authorization from the Board;

2. Any form of flight instruction subject to regulations

promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration;

3. Parochial, private or other nonpublic schools offering

programs of general education accredited or approved by the State

Board of Education, the State Board of Career and Technology

Education or the State Regents for Higher Education;

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4. Education or training, as approved by the Board, provided

and paid for by:

a. an employer for its own employees,

b. a professional organization, as approved by the Board,

for its members,

c. a parochial, denominational, eleemosynary school or

institution, which is sectarian in nature and uniquely

useful for and intrinsic to the propagation of a faith

or the pursuit of the mission of the school or

institution as approved by the Board, or

d. an entity supported by taxation of a local or state

source;

5. Education or training, as approved by the Board, which

offers instruction solely in the field of an avocation, hobby,

recreation or entertainment, as approved by the Board;

6. Professional prelicensing programs or continuing education

programs when an alternate state agency maintains complete authority

or jurisdiction over the right to offer or certify such a program,

regardless if the other agency mandates the subject matter of the

program;

7. Postgraduate certificates offered or provided by a school

that has approval for that specific program issued by another state

agency or an accrediting agency approved by the Board;

8. If a private school combines training or education that is

both licensed and not licensed by another state agency, licensing by

the Board will be required for the entity's combined programs.

However, the Board will defer to the other state agency on matters

contained in the other agency's regulations and will refrain from

establishing conflicting requirements. Matters to be governed by

the other state agency may include but are not limited to

curriculum, testing or certification completion. The Board may

require a private school to document its approval by any other state

agency or an accrediting organization; and

9. Seminars or workshops offered by an entity that:

a. is not primarily in the business of providing programs

of instruction,

b. provides instruction to advance the personal

development or general, transferable skills of a

participant, and

c. offers aggregate clock or contact hours of no more

than twenty-four (24) clock or defined contact hours

per calendar quarter of the calendar year.