{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-15.6a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.6A","heading":"Confidentiality of investigations - Use as evidence –","body":"Disclosure of information.\n\nA. The Oklahoma Accountancy Board, its employees, independent\n\ncontractors, appointed committee members or other agents shall keep\n\nconfidential all information obtained during an investigation into\n\nallegations of violations of the Oklahoma Accountancy Act, including\n\nany review or investigation made to determine whether to allow an\n\napplicant to take an examination, or whether the Board shall grant a\n\ncertificate, license, or permit. All information obtained in the\n\ncourse of conducting a peer review, including peer review reports\n\nprovided to the Board by a registrant, examinations and test scores\n\nshall also be held confidential by the Board, its employees and\n\nindependent contractors.\n\nB. To ensure the confidentiality of such information for the\n\nprotection of the affected individual or entity, the information\n\nobtained shall not be deemed to be a “record” as that term is\n\ndefined in the Oklahoma Open Records Act.\n\nC. Rules adopted to implement the provisions of this subsection\n\nshall assure the privacy of the information obtained. Such rules\n\nshall include but not be limited to:\n\n1. Assuring availability of the information for inspection by\n\nthe individual or entity affected or their designated\n\nrepresentatives during the normal business hours of the Board;\n\n2. A method for obtaining a written release for the affected\n\nindividual or entity to allow inspection of their confidential\n\nrecords to the public at large; and\n\n3. A method for making available to the public all final\n\nwritten orders of the Board concerning an individual or entity.\n\nD. Information obtained by the Board or any of its agents as\n\nset out in subsection A of this section shall be considered\n\ncompetent evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction only in\n\nmatters directly related to actions of the Board and the affected\n\nindividual or entity as a result of the Board obtaining the\n\ninformation. Such information shall not be admissible as evidence\n\nin any other type of civil or criminal action.\n\nE. The Board may disclose information concerning investigations\n\ninto allegations of violations of the Oklahoma Accountancy Act under\n\nthis section to another governmental, regulatory, or law enforcement\n\nagency engaged in an enforcement action. The provisions of this\n\nsubsection shall not apply to information concerning whether to\n\nallow an applicant to take an examination, peer review or test\n\nscores.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9d4b5b1fd1b51c310e8d3f1f25d15ee755f53ba880d2b361990c1ccad6cc5048","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-15.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-15.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}