{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-85.42","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.42","heading":"One-year limitation on entering contracts with certain","body":"persons - Exceptions.\n\nA. 1. Except as otherwise provided for in this section or\n\nother applicable law, any agency, whether or not such agency is\n\nsubject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, shall be prohibited\n\nfrom entering into a sole-source contract or agreement or a contract\n\nor agreement for professional services with or for the services of\n\nany person who has terminated employment with or who has been\n\nterminated by that agency for one (1) year after the termination\n\ndate of the employee from the agency. Any contract or agreement\n\nentered into in violation of this subsection shall be void. Any\n\nperson found to have violated this subsection shall be prohibited\n\nfrom entering into any state contract for a period of five (5) years\n\nfrom the date of the execution of the contract or agreement. The\n\nprovisions of this subsection shall not prohibit an agency from\n\nhiring or rehiring such person as a state employee.\n\n2. Any chief administrative officer of an agency, whether or\n\nnot such agency is subject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act,\n\nshall not enter into any contract for nonprofessional or\n\nprofessional services for the purpose of or which would result in\n\nthe circumvention of the full-time-equivalent employee limitation\n\nestablished by law for such agency.\n\nB. Each contract, including change orders, extensions,\n\nrenewals, or amendments, entered into by any person or firm with the\n\nState of Oklahoma shall include a statement certifying that no\n\nperson who has been involved in any manner in the development,\n\napproval, or negotiation of such contract while employed by the\n\nstate shall be employed or given anything of value to fulfill any of\n\nthe services provided for under the contract. Each contract,\n\nincluding change orders, extensions, renewals, or amendments, shall\n\ninclude a statement from the chief executive officer or head of the\n\ncontracting state agency certifying that no known officer or\n\nemployee of the contracting state agency who has any direct or\n\nindirect financial, pecuniary, or other personal interest in the\n\ncontract has been involved in any manner in the development,\n\napproval, or negotiation of the contract through influence,\n\ndecision, recommendation, or otherwise. This subsection shall not\n\npreclude faculty and staff of the institutions within The Oklahoma\n\nState System of Higher Education from negotiating and participating\n\nin research grants and educational contracts. This subsection shall\n\nnot apply to Oklahoma Department of Commerce personnel who contract\n\nto provide services to the Oklahoma Capital Investment Board.\n\nC. As used in this section, “person” means any state official\n\nor employee of a department, board, bureau, commission, agency,\n\ntrusteeship, authority, council, committee, trust, school district,\n\nfair board, court, executive office, advisory group, task force,\n\nstudy group, supported in whole or in part by public funds or\n\nentrusted with the expenditure of public funds or administering or\n\noperating public property, and all committees, or subcommittees\n\nthereof, judges, justices and state legislators.\n\nD. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section,\n\nthe following sole-source or professional services contracts are\n\nallowed at any time:\n\n1. A contract for professional services at any time with a\n\nperson who is a qualified interpreter for the deaf; and\n\n2. A contract between a business entity that is a part-time\n\ncertified court reporter and the Administrative Office of the\n\nCourts, on behalf of the district courts, or the Office of the\n\nAttorney General.\n\nE. Provided the provisions specified in subsection B of this\n\nsection are satisfied, the following professional services contracts\n\nare allowed:\n\n1. The Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Water Resources\n\nBoard, Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism and\norter and the Administrative Office of the\n\nCourts, on behalf of the district courts, or the Office of the\n\nAttorney General.\n\nE. Provided the provisions specified in subsection B of this\n\nsection are satisfied, the following professional services contracts\n\nare allowed:\n\n1. The Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Water Resources\n\nBoard, Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism and\n\nRecreation Department, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and the\n\nOklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may contract\n\nwith a person who has retired from state service;\n\n2. To maintain public health infrastructure and preparedness,\n\nthe State Department of Health and city-county health departments\n\nmay contract with a physician assistant, Registered Nurse, advanced\n\npractice nurse, Nurse-Midwife, registered dietician, occupational\n\ntherapist, physical therapist or speech-language pathologist who has\n\nretired from state service; and\n\n3. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services\n\nmay contract with a physician, Registered Nurse, registered\n\npharmacist or person meeting the definition of a licensed mental\n\nhealth professional, as defined in Title 43A of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, who has separated and/or retired from state service.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"963632012da5177dd37c88f884fedc16ca261f7c93681ab3af3079fead02a23c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-85.41a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-85.43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}