Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-12-301: Certification - Waiver - Renewal

A. An applicant who has paid the required nonrefundable

certification fees and has complied with the requirements of this

article and rules promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited

to, education, training, experience and examination prerequisites,

shall be certified by the Department of Environmental Quality.

B. The Department may waive some or all of its testing,

training, experience, or examination requirements for certification

if the applicant presents a currently valid certificate or license

issued to him by another state or certifying agency or institution

or national nonprofit organization for lead-based paint services, if

the Department finds that the certification requirements of the

issuer in effect at the time of issuance are equivalent to its

certification requirements; provided, however, that no certification

shall be issued under this subsection unless the holder of the

certificate would be issued a similar certificate or license by such

other state, certifying agency, or organization under substantially

the same conditions.

C. Any certificate issued under this section shall be renewed

by the April 1 occurring not more than one year after the date of

the most recent date of issuance, renewal, reactivation or

reinstatement. Thereafter, the certificate may be renewed for a

one-year period beginning April 1 and ending March 31 of the

following year.

D. A certificate shall be renewed upon approval of the

Department. Application for such renewal shall be submitted to the

Department on forms prescribed by the Department, shall be

accompanied by a nonrefundable renewal fee as set by the Board and

shall include documentation that the applicant has met the annual

renewal requirements of the Department. The Department shall allow

a thirty-day grace period for such renewals without payment of late

fees, provided the applicant submits the required renewal fee and

qualifies for such renewal.

E. A certificate which is not so renewed shall expire on April

30 after the thirty-day grace period, and shall have no further

validity unless the Department, upon receipt of an application from

the holder of the expired certificate within one (1) year after the

certificate's March 31 renewal date, reactivates and renews such

certificate. Such reactivation and renewal application shall

include the submission of data on forms prescribed by the

Department, nonrefundable renewal and reactivation late fees as set

by the Environmental Quality Board, and documentation that the

applicant has met the Department's renewal requirements. A

reactivated certificate may be renewed annually thereafter as

provided in this section.

F. The holder of an expired and unreactivated certificate shall

not be issued any new certificate unless the certificate holder

applies and qualifies therefor pursuant to this article and rules

promulgated thereunder.

G. Any certificate issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Lead-based

Paint Management Act may contain such conditions or restrictions as

the Department shall deem necessary or appropriate.

H. A certificate shall not be issued pursuant to the provisions

of this article to any entity other than an individual or firm.