Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.6: Practical nurses, licensing - Applications -

Qualifications - Examinations - Licensure without examination - Use

of titles and abbreviations - Violations – Definitions.

A. All applicants for a license to practice as a Licensed

Practical Nurse shall be subject to Section 567.8 of this title.

B. An applicant for a license to practice as a Licensed

Practical Nurse shall submit to the Oklahoma Board of Nursing

certified evidence that the applicant:

1. Has successfully completed the prescribed curricula in a

state-approved program of practical nursing and holds or is entitled

to hold a diploma or certificate therefrom, or equivalent courses in

a state-approved program of nursing;

2. Has never been convicted of a felony crime that

substantially relates to the occupation of nursing and poses a

reasonable threat to public safety;

3. Has submitted a criminal history records search that

complies with Section 567.18 of this title;

4. Is a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age; and

5. Has met such other reasonable preliminary qualification

requirements as the Board may prescribe.

C. The applicant for a license to practice as a Licensed

Practical Nurse shall be required to pass a written examination in

such subjects as the Board may require. Upon the applicant

successfully passing such examination the Board may issue to the

applicant a license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse. An

applicant who fails such examination shall be subject to

reexamination according to the rules of the Board. The passing

criteria shall be established by the Board in its rules.

D. The Board may issue a license to practice as a Licensed

Practical Nurse without examination to any applicant who has been

duly licensed or registered as a Licensed Practical Nurse, or is

entitled to perform similar services under a different title,

according to the laws of another state, territory, the District of

Columbia or a foreign country if such applicant meets the

requirements for Licensed Practical Nurses in the State of Oklahoma.

E. Any person holding a license to practice as a licensed

attendant issued by the Board, which is valid on July 1, 1953, shall

be deemed to be a Licensed Practical Nurse under the provisions of

this act.

F. Any person who holds a license to practice as a Licensed

Practical Nurse in this state shall have the right to use both the

title "Licensed Practical Nurse" and the abbreviation "L.P.N." No

other person shall assume such title or use such abbreviation or any

other words, letters, signs, or figures to indicate that the person

using the same is a Licensed Practical Nurse.

Any individual doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which

shall be punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment in the county

jail for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not less than

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine for each offense.

G. As used in this section:

1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct

for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the

fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or

responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and

2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal

conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat

of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability

to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.