{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1925.15","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1925.15","heading":"Denial, revocation, suspension or probation of license","body":"– Administrative hearing for applicant with felony conviction –\n\nDefinitions.\n\nA. The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure may deny,\n\nrevoke, suspend or place on probation any license issued subject to\n\nthe provisions of the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act, if\n\nthe person has:\n\n1. Been convicted of a felony crime that substantially relates\n\nto the practice of counseling and poses a reasonable threat to\n\npublic safety;\n\n2. Violated ethical standards of such a nature as to render the\n\nperson found by the Board to have engaged in such violation unfit to\n\npractice marital and family therapy;\n\n3. Misrepresented any information required in obtaining a\n\nlicense;\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 Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act;\n\n5. Knowingly aided or abetted a person not licensed pursuant to\n\nthese provisions in representing himself or herself as a licensed\n\nmarital and family therapist in this state;\n\n6. Engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules\n\npromulgated by the Board; or\n\n7. Engaged in negligence or wrongful actions in the performance\n\nof the duties of such person.\n\nB. If the Board determines that a felony conviction of an\n\napplicant renders the convicted applicant unfit to practice\n\ncounseling, the Board shall provide notice and opportunity to the\n\napplicant, by certified mail at the last-known address, for an\n\nadministrative hearing to contest such determination before the\n\nBoard may deny the application. The request shall be made by the\n\napplicant within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the notice.\n\nC. No license shall be suspended, revoked or placed on\n\nprobation until notice is served upon the licensed marital and\n\nfamily therapist and a hearing is held in such manner as is required\n\nby the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act.\n\nD. Any person who is determined by the Board to have violated\n\nany of the provisions of the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure\n\nAct or any rule promulgated or order issued pursuant thereto may be\n\nsubject to an administrative penalty. The maximum fine shall not\n\nexceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). All administrative\n\npenalties collected pursuant to the Marital and Family Therapist\n\nLicensure Act shall be deposited into the Licensed Marital and\n\nFamily Therapist Revolving Fund. Administrative penalties imposed\n\npursuant to this subsection shall be enforceable in the district\n\ncourts of this state.\n\nE. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Substantially relates\" means the nature of criminal conduct\n\nfor which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the\n\nfitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or\n\nresponsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and\n\n2. \"Poses a reasonable threat\" means the nature of criminal\n\nconduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat\n\nof harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability\n\nto serve the public or work with others in the occupation.","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":"f27f1632d552732be14f57d41f185da775a9b4b405a2e37493bd77a004157d57","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1925.14","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1925.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}