{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.15","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-240.15","heading":"Restriction of various licenses as remedy for","body":"noncompliance with support order or order for genetic testing to\n\ndetermine paternity.\n\nA. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the\n\nDepartment of Human Services, the “Department”, is authorized to\n\ninitiate proceedings for the suspension or revocation of a license\n\nand driving privileges or placement of an obligor on probation who\n\nis not in compliance with an order for support.\n\n2. The Department of Human Services, Office of Administrative\n\nHearings: Child Support, the “OAH”, is authorized to order the\n\nsuspension or revocation of a license, or placement of the obligor\n\nwho is in noncompliance with an order for support on probation.\n\nAdditionally, the OAH is authorized pursuant to Section 6-201.1 of\n\nTitle 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes to order the suspension or\n\nrevocation of a driver license or driving privileges of an obligor\n\nwho is in noncompliance with an order for support.\n\n3. If the obligor is a licensed attorney, the Department may\n\nreport the matter to the State Bar Association to suspend or revoke\n\nthe professional license of the obligor or other appropriate action\n\nin accordance with the rules of professional conduct and\n\ndisciplinary proceedings.\n\n4. The remedy under this section is in addition to any other\n\nenforcement remedy available to the Department.\n\nB. 1. Whenever the Department of Human Services determines\n\nthat an obligor may be in noncompliance with an order for support,\n\nbefore proceeding with suspension, revocation, nonissuance or\n\nnonrenewal of a license of an obligor or placing the obligor on\n\nprobation, the Department of Human Services shall issue a notice of\n\nintent of suspension, revocation, nonissuance, or nonrenewal of the\n\nlicense of the obligor or placing the obligor on probation.\n\n2. The notice shall be served upon the obligor pursuant to\n\nSection 2005 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or, if there is\n\nan address of record, the notice provided in this section may be\n\nserved by regular mail to the address of record on file with the\n\ncentral case registry as provided for in Section 112A of Title 43 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n3. The notice shall state that the obligor’s license will be\n\nsuspended or revoked or the obligor placed on probation twenty (20)\n\ndays after service unless within that time the obligor:\n\na. pays the entire past-due support as stated in the\n\nnotice, or enters into a payment plan approved by the\n\nDepartment,\n\nb. obtains and maintains health insurance coverage as\n\nrequired by an order of support,\n\nc. complies with all subpoenas and orders relating to\n\npaternity or child support proceedings, and\n\nd. complies with all orders to submit to genetic testing\n\nto determine paternity.\n\nC. A written request for a hearing may be made within twenty\nnotice, or enters into a payment plan approved by the\n\nDepartment,\n\nb. obtains and maintains health insurance coverage as\n\nrequired by an order of support,\n\nc. complies with all subpoenas and orders relating to\n\npaternity or child support proceedings, and\n\nd. complies with all orders to submit to genetic testing\n\nto determine paternity.\n\nC. A written request for a hearing may be made within twenty\n\n(20) days after the date of service of the notice.\n\nD. Upon receipt of a request for hearing from an obligor, the\n\nDepartment shall schedule a hearing for the purpose of determining\n\nif suspension or revocation of the obligor’s license, or probation,\n\nis appropriate.\n\nE. At a hearing under this section, the OAH shall determine\n\nwhether the obligor is in noncompliance with an order for support\n\nand whether suspension or revocation of a license, or probation, is\n\nappropriate.\n\n1. If the obligor enters into a payment plan for the past due\n\nsupport and is complying with the order for support, the OAH may\n\norder probation pursuant to Section 240.16 of this title.\n\n2. If the OAH determines the obligor is in noncompliance with\n\nan order for support and has not entered into a payment plan for\n\npast due support, the OAH shall issue an order for suspension or\n\nrevocation of the obligor’s licenses and driving privileges.\n\nF. If an obligor fails to respond to a notice issued under this\n\nsection, fails to request a timely hearing, or fails to appear at a\n\nscheduled hearing, the obligor’s defenses, objections or request for\n\na payment plan shall be considered without merit and the OAH shall\n\nenter an order of suspension, revocation, nonissuance or nonrenewal\n\nof a license to the licensing board and to the obligor. If the OAH\n\norders probation, the appropriate licensing board shall not be\n\nnotified and no action is required of that board.\n\nG. The determinations of the OAH pursuant to this section are a\n\nfinal agency decision and are subject to judicial review pursuant to\n\nSection 240.3 of this title. Judicial review shall be confined to\n\nthe record of the administrative proceedings.\n\nH. A determination made by the OAH pursuant to this section is\n\nindependent of any proceeding of the licensing board to suspend,\n\nrevoke, deny, terminate, or renew a license.\n\nI. The OAH has the authority to order the suspension or\n\nrevocation of a license and driving privileges or the placement of\n\nan obligor on probation without any action by the licensing board.\n\nThe licensing board shall, upon receipt of an order issued by the\n\nOAH, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew or reissue the license and\n\ndriving privileges of the named individual.\n\nJ. For purposes of this section and Sections 240.16 through\n\n240.21 of this title and Section 6-201.1 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, the term “noncompliance with an order for support” means\n\nthat the obligor has failed to make child support payments required\n\nby a child support order in an amount equal to the child support\n\npayable for at least ninety (90) days, has failed to make full\n\npayments pursuant to a court-ordered payment plan for at least\n\nninety (90) days, has failed to obtain or maintain health insurance\n\ncoverage for at least ninety (90) days as required by a support\n\norder, has failed to comply with subpoenas or orders relating to\n\npaternity or child support proceedings, or has failed to comply with\n\nan order to submit to genetic testing to determine paternity.\n\nK. The provisions of this section may be used to suspend,\n\nrevoke, not issue or not renew the licenses of the custodian of a\n\nchild who fails to comply with an order to submit to genetic testing\n\nto determine paternity.","path":["OK Code","Title 56"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os56.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"93cd7d7074c0b33ef00ef5a14731c815e7f1c7d782c08ebda3ec7054e7d4b381","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.13","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}