{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-161.6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-161.6","heading":"Powers of Board - Advisory Committee","body":"A. Pursuant to and in compliance with Article I of the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act, the Board of Chiropractic Examiners\n\nshall have the power to formulate, adopt and promulgate rules as may\n\nbe necessary to regulate the practice of chiropractic in this state\n\nand to implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nChiropractic Practice Act.\n\nB. The Board is authorized and empowered to:\n\n1. Establish and maintain a procedure or system for the\n\ncertification or accreditation of chiropractic physicians who are\n\nqualified in chiropractic post-doctorate Diplomate and all other\n\nchiropractic specialties;\n\n2. Establish a registration system and adopt and enforce\n\nstandards for the education and training of chiropractic physicians\n\nwho engage in the business of issuing professional opinions on the\n\ncondition, prognosis or treatment of a patient;\n\n3. Adopt and enforce standards governing the professional\n\nconduct of chiropractic physicians, consistent with the provisions\n\nof the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act, for the purpose of\n\nestablishing and maintaining a high standard of honesty, dignity,\n\nintegrity and proficiency in the profession;\n\n4. Lease office space for the purpose of operating and\n\nmaintaining a state office, and pay the rent thereon; provided,\n\nhowever, such state office shall not be located in or directly\n\nadjacent to the office of any practicing chiropractic physician;\n\n5. Purchase office furniture, equipment and supplies;\n\n6. Employ an Executive Director who shall serve as the Chief\n\nAdministrative Officer of the agency. The Executive Director shall\n\nhave the authority to employ other persons as necessary to maintain\n\nthe operations of the Board and shall perform such other duties as\n\nthe Board may prescribe;\n\n7. Employ legal counsel, as needed, to represent the Board in\n\nall legal matters and to assist authorized state officers in\n\nprosecuting or restraining violations of the Oklahoma Chiropractic\n\nPractice Act, and pay the fees for such services;\n\n8. Order or subpoena the attendance of witnesses, the\n\ninspection of records and premises and the production of relevant\n\nbooks and papers for the investigation of matters that may come\n\nbefore the Board;\n\n9. Employ or contract with one or more investigators, as\n\nneeded, for the sole purpose of investigating written complaints\n\nregarding the conduct of chiropractic physicians, and fix and pay\n\ntheir salaries or wages. Any investigator shall be certified as a\n\npeace officer by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and\n\nTraining and shall have statewide jurisdiction to perform the duties\n\nauthorized by this section;\n\n10. Pay the costs of such research programs in chiropractic as\n\nin the determination of the Board would be beneficial to the\n\nchiropractic physicians in this state;\n\n11. Establish minimum standards for continuing education\n\nprograms administered by chiropractic associations pursuant to\n\nSection 161.11 of this title;\n\n12. Make such other expenditures as may be necessary in the\n\nperformance of its duties;\n\n13. Establish appropriate fees and charges to implement the\n\nprovisions of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act;\n\n14. Establish policies for Board operations;\n\n15. Determine and direct Board operating administrative,\n\npersonnel and budget policies and procedures in accordance with\n\napplicable statutes;\n\n16. Provide travel expenses for at least the Executive Director\n\nand provide travel expenses for members of the Board to attend an\n\nannual national conference. The Board shall give each member the\n\nopportunity to attend the annual national conference;\n\n17. Require applicants for an original license to submit to a\n\nnational criminal history record check pursuant to Section 150.9 of\n\nTitle 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The costs associated with the\n\nnational criminal history record check shall be paid directly by the\n\napplicant;\nannual national conference. The Board shall give each member the\n\nopportunity to attend the annual national conference;\n\n17. Require applicants for an original license to submit to a\n\nnational criminal history record check pursuant to Section 150.9 of\n\nTitle 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The costs associated with the\n\nnational criminal history record check shall be paid directly by the\n\napplicant;\n\n18. Out-of-state licensed chiropractic physicians may travel\n\ninto Oklahoma to treat patients for special events including, but\n\nnot limited to, sporting events and state emergencies, and to assist\n\nin treating patients for those chiropractic physicians who are\n\nunable to practice for medical reasons within the borders of\n\nOklahoma after properly registering with the Board of Chiropractic\n\nExaminers; and\n\n19. The Board of Chiropractic Examiners, by rule, shall\n\npromulgate a code of ethics.\n\nC. The Board shall promulgate rules regarding continuing\n\neducation seminars or courses or license renewal seminars or courses\n\nincluding, but not limited to, the qualifications of an applicant,\n\nassociation or entity seeking to sponsor a seminar or course, where\n\nthe association or entity is domiciled, whether the association or\n\nentity is classified as a nonprofit organization, and the\n\neducational experience of instructors applying to conduct a seminar\n\nor course. The Board shall also promulgate rules regarding\n\ncertified chiropractic assistants.\n\nD. 1. The Board shall appoint an Advisory Committee of a\n\nminimum of four and no more than six chiropractic physicians and one\n\nlay member representing the public who may advise and assist the\n\nBoard in:\n\na. investigating the qualifications of applicants for an\n\noriginal license to practice chiropractic in this\n\nstate,\n\nb. investigating written complaints regarding the conduct\n\nof chiropractic physicians, including alleged\n\nviolations of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act\n\nor of the rules of the Board, and\n\nc. such other matters as the Board shall delegate to\n\nthem.\n\n2. The Advisory Committee shall be selected from a list of ten\n\nchiropractic physicians and three lay persons submitted by each\n\nchiropractic association or society in this state or any\n\nunaffiliated chiropractic physician desiring to submit a list. The\n\nterm of service for members of the Advisory Committee shall be\n\ndetermined by the Board. Members of the Advisory Committee shall be\n\nreimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\n\nperformance of their duties in accordance with the State Travel\n\nReimbursement Act.\n\nE. 1. After an initial complaint is received by the Board, the\n\nExecutive Director and the Chair of the Advisory Committee, or\n\ndesignee, shall determine whether the complaint merits further\n\ninvestigation. If a determination is made that the complaint merits\n\nfurther investigation, the Executive Director, in consultation with\n\nthe Chair of the Advisory Committee, or designee, shall assign the\n\ncomplaint to an investigator. The focus and scope of an\n\ninvestigation shall pertain only to the subject of the complaint.\n\n2. The complaint and findings of the investigator shall be\n\npresented to the Advisory Committee for review. The Advisory\n\nCommittee, in consultation with the Board's prosecuting attorney,\n\nshall make an informal recommendation for disposition of the\n\ncomplaint to the Board.\n\nF. 1. The Board, its employees, appointed committee members,\n\nindependent contractors or other agents of the Board shall keep\n\nconfidential the complaint and information obtained during an\n\ninvestigation into violations of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice\n\nAct; provided, however, such information may be introduced by the\n\nstate in administrative proceedings before the Board and the\n\ninformation then becomes a public record.\n\n2. The complaint and information obtained during the\n\ninvestigation but not introduced in administrative proceedings shall\nand information obtained during an\n\ninvestigation into violations of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice\n\nAct; provided, however, such information may be introduced by the\n\nstate in administrative proceedings before the Board and the\n\ninformation then becomes a public record.\n\n2. The complaint and information obtained during the\n\ninvestigation but not introduced in administrative proceedings shall\n\nnot be subject to subpoena or discovery in any civil or criminal\n\nproceedings, except that the Board may give such information to law\n\nenforcement and other state agencies as necessary and appropriate in\n\nthe discharge of the duties of that agency and only under\n\ncircumstances that ensure against unauthorized access to the\n\ninformation.\n\n3. The respondent may acquire information obtained during an\n\ninvestigation, unless the disclosure of the information is otherwise\n\nprohibited, except for the investigative report, if the respondent\n\nsigns a protective order whereby the respondent agrees to use the\n\ninformation solely for the purpose of defense in the Board\n\nproceeding and in any appeal therefrom and agrees not to otherwise\n\ndisclose the information.\n\nG. The Board shall promulgate rules regarding the issuance of\n\nfield citations and the assessment of administrative penalties no\n\nlater than July 1, 2012. Administrative penalties for field\n\ncitations shall not exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for a\n\nfirst offense and One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for a second or\n\nsubsequent offense.\n\nH. The forfeiture, nonrenewal, surrender or voluntary\n\nrelinquishment of a license by a licensee shall not bar jurisdiction\n\nby the Board to proceed with any investigation, action or proceeding\n\nto revoke, suspend, condition or limit the licensee's license or\n\nfine the licensee.","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":"af3fc8aeeb4cfe87250919bf41601e2658a1b71f7f12e2f7c465ccc2b4d2d8dd","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-161.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-161.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}