Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-513: Quasi-judicial powers of Board - Appeals to Supreme Court

- Revocation on conviction of felony - Fugitive from justice.

A. 1. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is

hereby given quasi-judicial powers while sitting as a Board for the

purpose of revoking, suspending, or imposing other disciplinary

actions upon the license of physicians or other licensees of the

Board, and appeals from its decisions shall be taken to the Supreme

Court of this state within thirty (30) days of the date that a copy

of the decision is mailed to the appellant, as shown by the

certificate of mailing attached to the decision.

2. The license of any physician or other licensee of the Board

who has been convicted of any felony within or outside of this

state, whether in a state or federal court, may be suspended by the

Board upon the submission thereto of a certified copy of the

judgment and sentence of the trial court.

3. Upon proof of a felony conviction by the courts or any plea

of a felony, the Board shall revoke the license of the physician or

other licensee of the Board. If the felony conviction is overturned

on appeal and no other appeals are sought, the Board shall restore

the license. Court records of such a conviction shall be prima

facie evidence of the conviction.

4. The Board shall also revoke and cancel the license of any

physician or other licensee of the Board who has been charged in a

court of record of this or other states of the United States or in

the federal court with the commission of a felony and who is a

fugitive from justice, upon the submission of a certified copy of

the charge together with a certificate from the clerk of the court

that after the commitment of the crime the physician or other

licensee of the Board fled from the jurisdiction of the court and is

a fugitive from justice.

B. To the extent necessary to allow the Board the power to

enforce disciplinary actions imposed by the Board, in the exercise

of its authority, the Board may punish willful violations of its

orders and impose additional penalties as allowed by Section 509.1

of this title.