{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-121","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-2-121","heading":"Employee license","body":"\n\nA. An employee license shall authorize the holder thereof to\n\nwork in a licensed package store, retail spirits, retail wine or\n\nretail beer establishment, brewpub, mixed beverage establishment,\n\nbeer and wine establishment, bottle club, public event or any\n\nestablishment where alcohol or alcoholic beverages are sold, mixed\n\nor served. Persons employed by a mixed beverage, on-premises beer\n\nand wine, retail wine, retail beer, public event or a bottle club\n\nlicensee who do not participate in the service, mixing or sale of\n\nmixed beverages shall not be required to have an employee license.\n\nProvided, however, that a manager employed by a mixed beverage\n\nlicensee, public event licensee or a bottle club shall be required\n\nto have an employee license whether or not the manager participates\n\nin the service, mixing or sale of mixed beverages. Applicants for\n\nan employee license shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age,\n\nexcept for applicants employed by a grocery store or convenience\n\nstore who shall be at least sixteen (16) years of age, and have a\n\nhealth card issued by the county in which they are employed, if the\n\ncounty issues such a card. Provided, the provisions of this section\n\nshall not be construed to permit any person under twenty-one (21)\n\nyears of age to be employed to sell spirits; however, individuals\n\neighteen (18) years of age and older may open and serve beer and\n\nwine from their original containers or serve beer, wine, and spirits\n\nfrom a shaker tin that has been premade and mixed by an employee who\n\nis at least twenty-one (21) years of age. Employees of a special\n\nevent, caterer, unless catering a mixed beverage-licensed premises,\n\nor airline/railroad beverage licensees shall not be required to\n\nobtain an employee license; further, employees of beer distributors\n\nand other licensees holding licenses issued by the ABLE Commission\n\nshall not be required to obtain an employee license if such employee\n\nonly sells alcohol or alcoholic beverages to establishments holding\n\nlicenses issued by the ABLE Commission and not to the public.\n\nPersons employed by a hotel licensee who participate in the stocking\n\nof hotel room mini-bars or in the handling of alcoholic beverages to\n\nbe placed in such devices shall be required to have an employee\n\nlicense. As a prerequisite to the issuance of an employee license,\n\nnot later than fourteen (14) days after initial licensure, the\n\nfirst-time applicant shall be required to have successfully\n\ncompleted a training program conducted by the ABLE Commission, or by\n\nanother entity approved by the ABLE Commission including an in-house\n\ntraining program conducted by the employer. Proof of training\n\ncompletion shall be made available for inspection by the ABLE\n\nCommission at the business location employing the licensee. The\n\nfailure of an employee licensee to comply with this section may\n\nconstitute a revocable offense.\n\nB. In the event the ABLE Commission denies an application for\n\nan employee license, the Commission shall provide written notice to\n\nthe applicant's employer, if any. The notice shall be given at the\n\ntime notice is provided to the applicant.","path":["OK Code","Title 37A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os37A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"8e79aab029a9205ddbf2e96bff48acefbdd5901aed7fbe46ce3b155afb4e972c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-120","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-37a-37a-2-122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}