Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1945: Professional specialty designation

A. A professional specialty designation area may be established

by the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure upon receipt of a

petition signed by fifteen qualified persons who are currently

licensed as licensed behavioral practitioners, who have acquired at

least sixty (60) semester hours, to increase to seventy-five (75)

semester hours on and after January 1, 2008, of graduate credit in

behavioral science or psychology-related course work from a

regionally accredited college or university, and who meet the

recognized minimum standards as established by appropriate

nationally recognized certification agencies; provided, however, if

a nationally recognized certification does not exist, the Board may

establish minimum standards for specialty designations.

B. Upon receipt of credentials from the appropriate

certification agency, the Board may grant the licensed behavioral

practitioner the appropriate specialty designation. The licensed

behavioral practitioner may attain specialty designation through

examination. A licensed behavioral practitioner shall not claim or

advertise a behavioral health specialty and shall not incorporate

the specialty designation into the professional title of such

licensed behavioral practitioner unless the qualifications and

certification requirements of that specialty have been met and have

been approved by the Board and the appropriate certification agency.