{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-567.6a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.6a","heading":"Advanced Unlicensed Assistant - Certificate -","body":"Qualifications – Definitions.\n\nA. All applicants for a certificate to practice as an Advanced\n\nUnlicensed Assistant shall be subject to Section 567.8 of this\n\ntitle.\n\nB. An applicant for a certificate to practice as an Advanced\n\nUnlicensed Assistant shall submit to the Oklahoma Board of Nursing\n\ncertified evidence that the applicant:\n\n1. Has successfully completed the prescribed curricula in a\n\nstate-approved education program for Advanced Unlicensed Assistants\n\nand holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or certificate therefrom,\n\nor equivalent courses in a formal program of instruction;\n\n2. Has never been convicted of a felony crime that\n\nsubstantially relates to the occupation of nursing and poses a\n\nreasonable threat to public safety;\n\n3. Has submitted a criminal history records search that is\n\ncompliant with Section 567.18 of this title;\n\n4. Is a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age; and\n\n5. Has met such other reasonable preliminary qualification\n\nrequirements as the Board may prescribe.\n\nC. The applicant for a certificate to practice as an Advanced\n\nUnlicensed Assistant shall be required to pass an examination in\n\nsuch subjects as the Board may require. Upon the applicant\n\nsuccessfully passing such examination, the Board may issue to the\n\napplicant a certificate to practice as an Advanced Unlicensed\n\nAssistant. An applicant who fails such examination shall be subject\n\nto reexamination according to the rules of the Board. The passing\n\ncriteria shall be established by Board rules.\n\nD. Any person who holds a certificate to practice as an\n\nAdvanced Unlicensed Assistant in this state shall have the right to\n\nuse both the title \"Advanced Unlicensed Assistant\" and the\n\nabbreviation \"A.U.A.\". No other person shall assume such title or\n\nuse such abbreviation or any other words, letters, signs, or figures\n\nto indicate that the person using the same is an Advanced Unlicensed\n\nAssistant. Any individual doing so shall be guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor, which shall be punishable, upon conviction, by\n\nimprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by\n\na fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than\n\nOne Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and\n\nfine for each offense.\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":"71ae2645fe5bc0d85a2083a3f20ed9fdfc8696d93904047ce716bd1ad06f1dda","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-567.6","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-567.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}