Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2059: License - Requirements - Application - Education programs

- Notice of qualification or nonqualification.

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Licensed

Perfusionists Act, no person shall practice perfusion in this state

unless licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Licensed

Perfusionists Act.

B. No person shall be licensed to practice perfusion in this

state except upon a finding by the State Board of Examiners of

Perfusionists that such person:

1. Has fully complied with all applicable licensure

requirements of the Oklahoma Licensed Perfusionists Act; and

2. Has produced satisfactory evidence to the Board of the

ability of the applicant to practice perfusion with reasonable skill

and safety.

C. An applicant for a perfusionist license must submit a sworn

application accompanied by an application fee specified in Section

2071 of this title in an amount set by rule of the Board.

D. The Board shall prescribe the form of the application and by

rule may establish dates by which applications and fees must be

received. These rules must not be inconsistent with present rules

of the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision related to

application dates of other licenses. The Board may review and

verify medical credentials and screen applicant records through

recognized national information services.

E. To qualify for the examination for licensure, the applicant

must have successfully completed a perfusion education program

approved by the Board.

F. In approving perfusion education programs necessary for

qualification for examination, the Board shall approve only a

program that has educational standards that are at least as

stringent as those established by the Accreditation Committee for

Perfusion Education and approved by the Committee on Allied Health

Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association or

their successors.

G. Not later than the forty-fifth day after the date of receipt

of a properly submitted and timely application and not later than

the thirtieth day before the next examination date, the Board shall

notify an applicant in writing that the applicant's application and

any other relevant evidence pertaining to applicant qualifications

established by the Board by rule have been received and

investigated. The notice shall state whether the application and

other evidence submitted have qualified the applicant for

examination. If the applicant has not qualified for examination,

the notice shall state the reasons for lack of qualification.