Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.1: Short title - Declaration of policy

Section 15.1 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be

cited as the “Oklahoma Accountancy Act”.

In order to protect the citizens of this state, the Legislature

hereby declares that it is the policy of this state, and the purpose

of this act, to promote the reliability of information that is used

for guidance in financial transactions or for accounting for or

assessing the financial status or performance of commercial,

noncommercial and governmental enterprises. The public interest

requires that persons professing special competence in accountancy

or offering assurance as to the reliability or fairness of

presentation of such information shall have demonstrated their

qualifications to do so, that persons who have not demonstrated and

maintained such qualifications, not be permitted to represent

themselves as having such special competence or to offer such

assurance, that the conduct of registrants as having special

competence in accountancy be regulated in all aspects of their

professional work, that a public authority competent to prescribe

and assess the qualifications and to regulate the conduct of

registrants be established, and that the use of titles that have a

capacity or tendency to deceive the public as to the status or

competence of the persons using such titles be prohibited.