{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1800.6a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1800.6a","heading":"Retail counter sales agents - Criminal history records","body":"- Access to confidential information - Penalties.\n\nA. For purposes of this section and paragraph 8 of Section\n\n1800.3 of this title, \"retail counter sales agent\" means an\n\nindividual employed by or working on behalf of an Oklahoma licensed\n\nalarm or locksmith company for the purpose of selling technology\n\ndevices and services to the general public in a commercial retail\n\nsetting, including alarm, locksmith and fire sprinkler services and\n\nequipment.\n\nB. 1. Every retail counter sales agent shall undergo a\n\nnational criminal history records search by a third party or the\n\nDepartment of Labor. The Department of Labor, upon establishing\n\ngood cause, may demand that an alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler\n\ncompany provide the results of a criminal history records search for\n\nan individual retail counter sales agent. Upon receipt of any such\n\ndemand, an alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler company shall have a\n\nreasonable period of time to provide the results to the Department\n\nof Labor. The Department of Labor shall not disseminate the results\n\nof any criminal history records search described in this subsection,\n\nand such records shall not be subject to the Open Records Act. For\n\npurposes of this subsection, \"selling\" means the initial\n\ncommunications with the customer to determine the appropriate alarm\n\nproducts or systems to be purchased and installed, but shall not\n\ninclude actual installation locations or the final design, plan or\n\nlaying out of the alarm products or systems. No person shall act as\n\na retail counter sales agent if the results of the criminal\n\nbackground check are unsuccessful in accordance with the Arrest and\n\nConviction Records in Employment Best Practices brochure published\n\nby the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.\n\n2. A retail counter sales agent shall not be permitted access\n\nto any customer's unique alarm access codes or other confidential\n\ninformation aside from the information necessary to complete a\n\nretail sale transaction.\n\nC. Any alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler company failing to\n\ncomply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed in\n\nviolation of the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act.\n\nThe Department of Labor may revoke or suspend the license of the\n\nperson for a violation of this section.","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":"8f2b125a1035ade6626059b75b084f1a658fb5333603fd6d4e49a6a114061b85","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1800.6","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1800.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}