{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-353.26","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-353.26","heading":"Reprimand, revocation or suspension of certificate,","body":"license or permit - Grounds – Procedure.\n\nA. The State Board of Pharmacy may reprimand, place on\n\nprobation, suspend, revoke permanently and levy fines not to exceed\n\nThree Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) per count and take other\n\ndisciplinary action against any person who:\n\n1. Violates any provision of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act or any\n\nother applicable state or federal law;\n\n2. Violates any of the provisions of the Uniform Controlled\n\nDangerous Substances Act;\n\n3. Has been convicted of a felony or has pleaded guilty or no\n\ncontest to a felony;\n\n4. Engages in the practice of pharmacy while incapacitated or\n\nabuses intoxicating liquors or other chemical substances;\n\n5. Conducts himself or herself in a manner likely to lower\n\npublic esteem for the profession of pharmacy;\n\n6. Has been disciplined by another State Board of Pharmacy or\n\nby another state or federal entity;\n\n7. Has been legally adjudged to be not mentally competent; or\n\n8. Exercises conduct and habits inconsistent with the rules of\n\nprofessional conduct established by the Board.\n\nB. 1. The Board, its employees, or other agents of the Board\n\nshall keep confidential information obtained during an investigation\n\ninto violations of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act; provided, however,\n\nsuch information may be introduced by the state in administrative\n\nproceedings before the Board and the information then becomes a\n\npublic record.\n\nTo ensure the confidentiality of such information obtained\n\nduring the investigation but not introduced in administrative\n\nproceedings, this information shall not be deemed to be a record as\n\nthat term is defined in the Oklahoma Open Records Act, nor shall the\n\ninformation be subject to subpoena or discovery in any civil or\n\ncriminal proceedings, except that the Board may give such\n\ninformation to law enforcement and other state agencies as necessary\n\nand appropriate in the discharge of the duties of that agency and\n\nonly under circumstances that ensure against unauthorized access to\n\nthe information.\n\n2. 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\nC. 1. The Board shall mail by certified mail to respondent at\n\nthe last address provided by respondent to the Board, postmarked at\n\nleast ten (10) days before the hearing, the sworn complaint filed\n\nwith its Executive Director against respondent and notice of the\n\ndate and place of a hearing thereon. Alternatively, at least ten\npeal therefrom and agrees not to otherwise\n\ndisclose the information.\n\nC. 1. The Board shall mail by certified mail to respondent at\n\nthe last address provided by respondent to the Board, postmarked at\n\nleast ten (10) days before the hearing, the sworn complaint filed\n\nwith its Executive Director against respondent and notice of the\n\ndate and place of a hearing thereon. Alternatively, at least ten\n\n(10) days before the hearing, the Board may serve respondent\n\npersonally by any person appointed to make service by the Executive\n\nDirector of the Board and in any manner authorized by the law of\n\nthis state for the personal service of summonses in proceedings in a\n\nstate court. Such service shall be effective upon the personal\n\nservice or mailing of the complaint and notice, and shall constitute\n\ngood service. If the Board finds that the allegations of the\n\ncomplaint are supported by the evidence rendered at the hearing, the\n\nBoard is hereby authorized and empowered to, by written order,\n\nrevoke permanently or suspend for a designated period, the\n\ncertificate, license or permit of the respondent and/or reprimand,\n\nplace on probation and/or fine the respondent.\n\n2. A person whose certificate, license, or permit has been\n\nrevoked or suspended or who has been reprimanded or placed on\n\nprobation or fined may appeal such Board order pursuant to the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act.\n\n3. The Board's order shall constitute a judgment and may be\n\nentered on the judgment docket of the district court in a county in\n\nwhich the respondent has property and may be executed thereon in the\n\nsame manner as any other judgment of a court of record, unless the\n\nfine is paid within thirty (30) days after the appeal time has run.\n\nD. A person, other than a pharmacy technician, whose license or\n\npermit has been suspended by the Board or by operation of law shall\n\npay a reinstatement fee not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars\n\n($150.00) as a condition of reinstatement of the license.","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":"e9a2317537293e72ea54fe89129367922167b1165b1b06cbeeaa314d1718d0d0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-353.25","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-353.29.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}