{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.14","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.14","heading":"Grounds for suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of","body":"license or certificate – Hearing – Definitions.\n\nA. The Board of Governors of the Architects, Landscape\n\nArchitects and Licensed Interior Designers of Oklahoma shall have\n\npower to suspend, to revoke or refuse to renew a license or\n\ncertificate of authority issued by it, pursuant to the provisions of\n\nthe State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act, when\n\nthe holder thereof:\n\n1. Has been convicted of a felony crime that substantially\n\nrelates to the practice of architecture, landscape architecture or\n\nlicensed interior design and poses a reasonable threat to public\n\nsafety;\n\n2. Has been guilty of fraud or misrepresentation;\n\n3. Has been guilty of gross incompetence or recklessness in the\n\npractice of architecture relating to the construction of buildings\n\nor structures, or of dishonest practices;\n\n4. Has been guilty of gross incompetence or recklessness in the\n\npractice of landscape architecture, or of dishonest practices;\n\n5. Has been guilty of gross incompetence or recklessness in the\n\npractice of licensed interior design, or of dishonest practices;\n\n6. Presents the license or certification of another as his or\n\nher own;\n\n7. Gives false or forged evidence to the Board;\n\n8. Conceals information relative to any inquiry, investigation\n\nor violation of this act or rules promulgated under this act; or\n\n9. Has been found to be guilty of a violation of a provision of\n\nthe State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act, or the\n\nrules of the Board; provided, that a person or entity complained of\n\nshall be afforded the opportunity for a formal hearing carried out\n\nas described under the current Administrative Procedures Act or\n\nsettled by the Board with a consent order or final order approved by\n\nthe Board.\n\nThe Board shall keep a record of the evidence in, and a record\n\nof each proceeding for the suspension, revocation of or refusal to\n\nrenew a license or certificate of authority and shall make findings\n\nof fact and render a decision therein. If, after a hearing, the\n\ncharges shall have been found to have been sustained by the vote of\n\na majority of the members of the Board it shall immediately enter\n\nits order of suspension, revocation, penalties, probation,\n\neducational coursework and objectives or refusal to renew, as the\n\ncase may be.\n\nB. 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":"4d4d656d06c88d0902cc79e9bfb1540a0cbc668a237000336aa8bd2fd45e1904","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.12","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}