Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-858-209: Compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act

A. In the exercise of all powers and the performance of all

duties provided in this Code, the Commission shall comply with the

procedures provided in the Administrative Procedures Act. Appeals

shall be taken as provided in said act.

B. The Commission may designate and employ a hearing examiner

or examiners who shall have the power and authority to conduct such

hearings in the name of the Commission at any time and place subject

to the provisions of this section and any applicable rules or orders

of the Commission. No person shall serve as a hearing examiner in

any proceeding in which any party to the proceeding is, or at any

time has been, a client of the hearing examiner or of any firm,

partnership or corporation with which the hearing examiner is, or at

any time has been, associated. No person who acts as a hearing

examiner shall act as attorney for the Commission in any court

proceeding arising out of any hearing in which he acted as hearing

examiner.

C. In any hearing before the Commission, the burden of proof

shall be upon the moving party.