{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-199.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-199.3","heading":"Powers of Board","body":"A. In order to safeguard and protect the health and general\n\nwelfare of the people of this state, the State Board of Cosmetology\n\nand Barbering is hereby vested with the powers and duties necessary\n\nand proper to enable it to fully and effectively carry out the\n\nprovisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act.\n\nB. The Board shall have the powers and duties to:\n\n1. Promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures\n\nAct relating to standards of sanitation which must be observed and\n\npracticed by all cosmetology and barber establishments, cosmetology\n\nor barber schools, master cosmetology instructors, master barber\n\ninstructors, barbers, apprentices, students, and board licensees.\n\nThe Board shall furnish copies of the rules to the owner or manager\n\nof each cosmetology school, barber school and cosmetology and barber\n\nestablishment operating in this state. It shall be the duty of each\n\nowner or manager to post a copy of the rules in a conspicuous place\n\nin each of the establishments or schools;\n\n2. Conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of\n\nregistration as manicurists, cosmetologists, facial operators,\n\nmanicurist/nail technician instructor, facial/esthetics instructor,\n\nmaster cosmetology instructor, barber, or barber instructor at such\n\ntimes and places determined by the Board. Applications for all\n\nexaminations shall be made on forms approved by the Board;\n\n3. Keep a record of all its proceedings. The Board shall keep\n\na record of all applicants for certificates, licenses and permits,\n\nshowing the name of the applicant, the name and location of the\n\nplace of occupation or business, if any, and the residence address\n\nof the applicant, and whether the applicant was granted or refused a\n\ncertificate, license or permit. The records of the Board shall be\n\nvalid and sufficient evidence of matters contained therein, shall\n\nconstitute public records. Records shall be open to public\n\ninspection at all reasonable times and subject to the Oklahoma Open\n\nRecords Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the\n\ncontrary, records and information obtained in connection with an\n\ninvestigation of alleged violations, including complaints, identity\n\nof a complainant, investigative reports, and documentation or images\n\ngenerated or received during the course of an investigation, shall\n\nbe confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure;\n\n4. Issue all certificates of registration, licenses, permits,\n\nnotices and orders;\n\n5. Establish limited specialty licenses and certificates for\n\nfacial/esthetics instructor, eyelash extension instructor,\n\nmanicurist/nail technician instructor, master barber instructor, or\n\nmaster cosmetology instructor within the practice of cosmetology or\n\nbarbering. The Board shall also promulgate rules for special\n\nlicenses, including but not limited to reduced curriculum\n\nrequirements, as the Board may deem appropriate and necessary to\n\nfurther the purposes of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act;\n\nprovided, that the rules promulgated for specialty licenses shall\n\nnot require training or testing not required in this act;\n\n6. Make regular inspections of all cosmetology and barber\n\nschools and cosmetology and barber establishments operating in this\n\nstate, and reports thereof shall be kept and maintained in the\n\noffice of the Board;\n\n7. Make investigations and reports on all violations of the\n\nOklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act;\n\n8. Take samples of beauty supplies for the purpose of chemical\n\nanalysis; provided, that if the owner demands payment for the sample\n\ntaken, payment at the regular retail price shall be made;\n\n9. Refuse, revoke, or suspend licenses, certificates of\n\nregistration or permits after notice and an opportunity for a full\n\nhearing, pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures\n\nof chemical\n\nanalysis; provided, that if the owner demands payment for the sample\n\ntaken, payment at the regular retail price shall be made;\n\n9. Refuse, revoke, or suspend licenses, certificates of\n\nregistration or permits after notice and an opportunity for a full\n\nhearing, pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures\n\nAct, on proof of violation of any of these provisions or the rules\n\nestablished by the Board;\n\n10. Enter into any contracts necessary to implement or enforce\n\nthe provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act or\n\nrules promulgated thereto; and\n\n11. Apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order\n\nenjoining an unlicensed person from practicing cosmetology or\n\nbarbering or holding himself or herself out as a practitioner of\n\ncosmetology or barbering. Injunctive relief granted by the court\n\nshall be without bond.\n\nC. 1. Any person whose license, certificate of registration,\n\nor permit has been suspended or revoked may, after the expiration of\n\nthirty (30) days, make application to the Board for reinstatement\n\nthereof.\n\n2. Reinstatement of any such license, certificate of\n\nregistration, or permit shall rest in the sound discretion of the\n\nBoard.\n\n3. Any action of the Board in refusing, revoking, or suspending\n\na license, certificate of registration, or permit may be appealed to\n\nthe district court of the county of the appellant’s residence\n\npursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.\n\nD. 1. In any case where a licensee becomes a member of the\n\nArmed Forces of the United States, such license shall not lapse by\n\nreason thereof but shall be considered and held in full force and\n\neffect without further payment of license fees during the period of\n\nservice in the Armed Forces of the United States and for six (6)\n\nmonths after honorable release therefrom. At any time within six\n\n(6) months after honorable release from the Armed Forces of the\n\nUnited States the licensee may resume practice pursuant to a license\n\nwithout other or further examination by notifying the Board in\n\nwriting.\n\n2. The period of time in which the licensee shall have been a\n\nmember of the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be\n\ncomputed in arriving at the amount of fee or fees due or to become\n\ndue by such 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":"9dcfd43c9764b67fdecaa86b99d26d28e8fde1129bf39fdb1784f7d83da9b634","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-199.21","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-199.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}