Okla. Stat. tit. 8, § 8-220
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Application for burial agent license and proceedings
Official statutory text
thereon.
(a) Application for a burial agent license shall be made to the
Board upon a form prescribed by the Board.
(b) Upon receipt of the application the Board shall promptly
determine the general reputation and character of the applicant as
to honesty, integrity, and responsibility. If the Board finds that
the applicant would be a trustworthy person to hold a burial agent
license and that the applicant otherwise qualifies under the
provisions of this act, it shall issue a burial agent license to the
applicant upon requisition by a burial association or associations.
(c) If the Board finds that the applicant does not qualify to
hold a burial agent license, it shall so advise the applicant and at
the same time forward to the applicant a full and complete statement
of the reasons supporting such finding. The Board shall within
fifteen (15) days after the applicant receives such statement grant
a hearing on the matter upon receiving a written request from the
applicant. The Board, at the conclusion of the hearing shall make
its written findings, decision and order. Within twenty (20) days
after being served with a copy of the written findings, decision and
order, the applicant may appeal to the district court of Oklahoma
County by filing with the clerk of the court a petition for review
of the findings, decision and order, together with a certified copy
of the proceedings of the Board. The court may review all the facts
and, in disposing of any issue before it, may modify, affirm, or
reverse the findings, decision and order of the Board, in whole or
in part.
(a) Application for a burial agent license shall be made to the
Board upon a form prescribed by the Board.
(b) Upon receipt of the application the Board shall promptly
determine the general reputation and character of the applicant as
to honesty, integrity, and responsibility. If the Board finds that
the applicant would be a trustworthy person to hold a burial agent
license and that the applicant otherwise qualifies under the
provisions of this act, it shall issue a burial agent license to the
applicant upon requisition by a burial association or associations.
(c) If the Board finds that the applicant does not qualify to
hold a burial agent license, it shall so advise the applicant and at
the same time forward to the applicant a full and complete statement
of the reasons supporting such finding. The Board shall within
fifteen (15) days after the applicant receives such statement grant
a hearing on the matter upon receiving a written request from the
applicant. The Board, at the conclusion of the hearing shall make
its written findings, decision and order. Within twenty (20) days
after being served with a copy of the written findings, decision and
order, the applicant may appeal to the district court of Oklahoma
County by filing with the clerk of the court a petition for review
of the findings, decision and order, together with a certified copy
of the proceedings of the Board. The court may review all the facts
and, in disposing of any issue before it, may modify, affirm, or
reverse the findings, decision and order of the Board, in whole or
in part.
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