Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1455: Training and testing - Certification by reciprocity

A. The State Board of Health, giving consideration to the

recommendations of the Consumer Protection Licensing Advisory

Council created in Section 44 of this act, and in cooperation with

the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, may

adopt a curriculum of required courses and establish by rule the

types of courses to be offered. The complete program of instruction

approved by the State Board of Health in theory and clinical

training shall consist of at least three hundred (300) hours or the

equivalent of competency-based instruction.

B. 1. In order to provide the State Department of Health

confirmation of each applicant's competency, written theory and

clinical tests shall be administered by the Oklahoma Department of

Career and Technology Education.

2. Applicants otherwise qualified to practice medical

micropigmentation as determined by the State Department of Health

pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act

may be certified to perform medical micropigmentation without taking

or completing the program of instruction specified by this section

if the applicant obtains a passing score for both the written theory

and clinical tests. Not later than January 1, 2002, the State Board

of Health shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this

paragraph.

3. The State Board of Health, giving consideration to the

recommendations of the Consumer Protection Licensing Advisory

Council created in Section 44 of this act, shall set, by rule, a

minimum passing score for both written theory and clinical tests.

C. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

may provide training and shall provide testing programs required by

this section for anyone qualified to apply for a certificate

pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-1454 of this title. The

training and testing programs shall meet the standards established

pursuant to the provisions of this section. The State Department of

Health may approve training programs that meet the standards

established pursuant to the provisions of this act.

D. After the initial training program offered pursuant to

subsection C of this section, the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education may provide a complete curriculum for the

training and testing of applicants for certification as deemed

needed by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology

Education.

E. The State Department of Health may approve applicants for

certification by reciprocity. An applicant shall qualify for

certification by reciprocity if the applicant:

1. Has qualifications and training comparable to those required

under the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act;

2. Provides documentation verifying two (2) years of experience

and a minimum of two hundred (200) procedures; and

3. Has successfully completed the Oklahoma certification

examination.