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Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1750.3A: Psychological evaluation of applicants for armed

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security guard or private investigator license - Exemption.

A. Each applicant for an armed security guard license or armed

private investigator license shall be administered any current

standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

(MMPI), or other psychological evaluation instrument approved by the

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, which shall be

administered during the firearms training phase required by Section

1750.3 of this title. The security training school administering

such instrument shall forward the response data to a psychologist

licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

for evaluation. The licensed psychologist shall be of the

applicant's choice. Applicants with comparable training shall

complete the psychological test and evaluation requirements prior to

licensing. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to bear

the cost of the psychological evaluation.

B. If the licensed psychologist is unable to certify the

applicant's psychological capability to exercise appropriate

judgment, restraint, and self-control, after evaluating the data,

the psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring

instruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional

opinion. The use of any psychological measuring instruments or

techniques shall require a full and complete written explanation to

the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.

C. The psychologist shall forward a written psychological

evaluation, on a form prescribed by the Council, to the Council

within fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is

found to be psychologically at risk. The Council may utilize the

results of the psychological evaluation for up to six (6) months

from the date of the evaluation after which the applicant shall be

reexamined. No person who has been found psychologically at risk in

the exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control

shall reapply for licensing until one (1) year from the date of

being found psychologically at risk.

D. 1. Active full-time peace officers who have been certified

as full-time peace officers by the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training shall be exempt from the provisions of this

section.

2. Retired full-time peace officers who have been certified as

full-time peace officers by the Council on Law Enforcement Education

and Training shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for

a period of five (5) years from retirement.

3. Retired peace officers who are not exempt from this section

and who have previously undergone treatment for a mental illness,

condition, or disorder which required medication or supervision, as

defined by paragraph 7 of Section 1290.10 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes may apply for an armed security guard license or

armed private investigator license only after three (3) years from

the last date of treatment or upon presentation of a certified

statement from a licensed physician stating that the person is

either no longer disabled by any mental or psychiatric illness,

condition, or disorder or that the person has been stabilized on

medication for ten (10) years or more.

E. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall

not issue or renew an armed security guard license, armed private

investigator license, armed bail enforcer license or any other

license permitting a person to carry a firearm or weapon if the

applicant has been involuntarily committed for a mental illness,

condition or disorder pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-410 of

Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes or any involuntary commitment in

another state pursuant to the provisions of law of that state. The

preclusive period shall be permanent as provided by Section

922(g)(4) of Title 18 of the United States Code, unless the person

applicant has been involuntarily committed for a mental illness,

condition or disorder pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-410 of

Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes or any involuntary commitment in

another state pursuant to the provisions of law of that state. The

preclusive period shall be permanent as provided by Section

922(g)(4) of Title 18 of the United States Code, unless the person

has been granted relief from the disqualifying disability pursuant

to Section 1290.27 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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