{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-495a.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-495a.1","heading":"License reregistration","body":"A. At regular intervals set by the State Board of Medical\n\nLicensure and Supervision, no less than one time per annum, each\n\nlicensee licensed by the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical\n\nLicensure and Supervision Act shall demonstrate to the Board the\n\nlicensee's continuing qualification to practice medicine and\n\nsurgery. The licensee shall apply for license reregistration on a\n\nform or forms provided by the Board, which shall be designed to\n\nrequire the licensee to update or add to the information in the\n\nBoard's file relating to the licensee and his or her professional\n\nactivity. It shall also require the licensee to report to the Board\n\nthe following information:\n\n1. Any action taken against the licensee for acts or conduct\n\nsimilar to acts or conduct described in the Oklahoma Allopathic\n\nMedical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act as grounds for\n\ndisciplinary action by:\n\na. any jurisdiction or authority (United States or\n\nforeign) that licenses or authorizes the practice of\n\nmedicine and surgery,\n\nb. any peer review body,\n\nc. any health care institution,\n\nd. any professional medical society or association,\n\ne. any law enforcement agency,\n\nf. any court, or\n\ng. any governmental agency;\n\n2. Any adverse judgment, settlement, or award against the\n\nlicensee arising from a professional liability claim;\n\n3. The licensee's voluntary surrender of or voluntary\n\nlimitation on any license or authorization to practice medicine and\n\nsurgery in any jurisdiction, including military, public health and\n\nforeign;\n\n4. Any denial to the licensee of a license or authorization to\n\npractice medicine and surgery by any jurisdiction, including\n\nmilitary, public health or foreign;\n\n5. The licensee's voluntary resignation from the medical staff\n\nof any health care institution or voluntary limitation of the\n\nlicensee's staff privileges at such an institution if that action\n\noccurred while the licensee was under formal or informal\n\ninvestigation by the institution or a committee thereof for any\n\nreason related to alleged medical incompetence, unprofessional\n\nconduct, or mental or physical impairment;\n\n6. The licensee's voluntary resignation or withdrawal from a\n\nnational, state, or county medical society, association, or\n\norganization if that action occurred while the licensee was under\n\nformal or informal investigation or review by that body for any\n\nreason related to possible medical incompetence, unprofessional or\n\nunethical conduct, or mental or physical impairment;\n\n7. Whether the licensee has abused or has been addicted to or\n\ntreated for addiction to alcohol or any chemical substance during\n\nthe previous registration period, unless such person is in a\n\nrehabilitation program approved by the Board;\n\n8. Whether the licensee has had any physical injury or disease\n\nor mental illness during the previous registration period that\n\naffected or interrupted his or her practice of medicine and surgery;\n\nand\n\n9. The licensee's completion of continuing medical education or\n\nother forms of professional maintenance or evaluation, including\n\nspecialty board certification or recertification, during the\n\nprevious registration period.\n\nB. The Board may require continuing medical education for\n\nlicense reregistration and require documentation of that education.\n\nThe Board shall promulgate rules on the specific requirements of the\n\namount of continuing medical education needed for reregistration.\n\nFailure to meet the requirements in the allotted time may result in\n\nthe licensee being required to pay a nondisciplinary fine by the\n\nBoard secretary of up to but not more than One Thousand Dollars\n\n($1,000.00).\n\nC. The Board shall require that the licensee receive not less\n\nthan one (1) hour of education in pain management or one (1) hour of\n\neducation in opioid use or addiction each year preceding an\n\napplication for renewal of a license, unless the licensee has\nthe licensee being required to pay a nondisciplinary fine by the\n\nBoard secretary of up to but not more than One Thousand Dollars\n\n($1,000.00).\n\nC. The Board shall require that the licensee receive not less\n\nthan one (1) hour of education in pain management or one (1) hour of\n\neducation in opioid use or addiction each year preceding an\n\napplication for renewal of a license, unless the licensee has\n\ndemonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board that the licensee does\n\nnot currently hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration\n\nregistration number.\n\nD. The licensee shall sign and attest to the veracity of the\n\napplication form for license reregistration. Failure to report\n\nfully and correctly shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the\n\nBoard.\n\nE. The Board shall establish a system for reviewing\n\nreregistration forms. The Board may initiate investigations and\n\ndisciplinary proceedings based on information submitted by licensees\n\nfor license reregistration.\n\nF. Upon a finding by the Board that the licensee is fit to\n\ncontinue to practice medicine and surgery in this state, the Board\n\nshall issue to the licensee a license to practice medicine and\n\nsurgery during the next registration period.","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":"8bd1c90e214162aabca4dfcee35d4570131b76eeebd79ba4ab9a4fd09f2fdc49","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-495","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-495b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}