{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1881","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1881","heading":"Denial, revocation, suspension, or probation of alcohol","body":"and drug counselor license - Other discipline - Misconduct of\n\nlicensee.\n\nA. The Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors\n\nmay deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation or otherwise sanction\n\nthe holder of or candidate for any certificate or license issued\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Alcohol and Drug\n\nCounselors Act to a certified or licensed alcohol and drug\n\ncounselor, or withdraw its acceptance of a licensed or certified\n\nalcohol and drug counselor candidate if the person has:\n\n1. Been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a\n\nfelony;\n\n2. Been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a\n\nmisdemeanor determined to be of such a nature as to render the\n\nperson convicted unfit to practice alcohol and drug counseling;\n\n3. Been found by the Board to have a substance abuse or co-\n\noccurring disorder and not be in recovery or to have relapsed from\n\nrecovery;\n\n4. Engaged in fraud or deceit in connection with services\n\nrendered or in establishing needed qualifications pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of the Licensed Alcohol and Drug counselors Act;\n\n5. Knowingly aided or abetted a person not certified or\n\nlicensed pursuant to these provisions in representing himself or\n\nherself as a certified or licensed alcohol and drug counselor in\n\nthis state;\n\n6. Engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined by rules\n\npromulgated by the Board;\n\n7. Engaged in negligence or wrongful actions in the performance\n\nof his or her duties; or\n\n8. Misrepresented any information required in obtaining a\n\ncertificate or license.\n\nB. No certificate or license shall be suspended or revoked, nor\n\nshall a certified or licensed alcohol and drug counselor be placed\n\non probation or subjected to an administrative penalty until notice\n\nis served upon the certified or licensed alcohol and drug counselor\n\nand an opportunity for a hearing is provided in conformity with\n\nArticle II of the Administrative Procedures Act.\n\nC. In addition to the notice provided for in subsection B of\n\nthis section, notice shall also be served on the licensing board for\n\nany other license held by the certified or licensed alcohol and drug\n\ncounselor.\n\nD. 1. Any person who is determined by the Board to have\n\nviolated any provision of the Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors\n\nAct, or any rule promulgated or order issued pursuant thereto, may\n\nbe subject to an administrative penalty.\n\n2. The maximum administrative penalty shall not exceed Ten\n\nThousand Dollars ($10,000.00).\n\n3. Administrative penalties imposed pursuant to this subsection\n\nshall be enforceable in the district courts of this state.\n\n4. All administrative penalties collected shall be deposited\n\ninto the Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors Revolving Fund,\n\ncreated by Section 1883 of this title.\n\nE. The hearings provided for by the Licensed Alcohol and Drug\n\nCounselors Act shall be conducted in conformity with, and records\n\nmade thereof as provided by Article II of the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act.","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":"4b4bedf40342f2df8521d1c0d60aac738e372e8666619f6ab47eaebe62875531","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1880","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1882"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}