2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-1800.2. Definitions.

59 OK Stat § 59-1800.2 (2016) What's This?

As used in the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act:

1. "Alarm industry" means the sale, except as provided in Section 1800.3 of this title, installation, alteration, repair, replacement, service, inspection, or maintenance of alarm systems or service involving receipt of alarm signals for the purpose of employee response and investigation of such signals or any combination of the foregoing activities except inspections on one- and two-family dwellings are exempt;

2. "Alarm system" means one or more devices designed either to detect and signal an unauthorized intrusion or entry or to signal a fire or other emergency condition, which signals are responded to by public law enforcement officers, fire department personnel, private guards or security officers;

3. "Committee" means the Alarm and Locksmith Industry Committee;

4. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor;

5. "Licensee" means any person licensed pursuant to the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act;

6. "Lock" means mechanical or electronic devices consisting entirely of Class 2 or Class 3 circuits and power source requirements as established by the National Electrical Code and designed to control use of a device or control ingress or egress of a structure or automobile, including, but not limited to, peripheral devices to alarm systems, safes, vaults, safe deposit boxes, biometric/retina readers and mechanical or electronic key systems;

7. "Locksmith industry" means the sale, servicing or installing, repairing, rebuilding, readying, rekeying, repinning, adjusting or installing locks, mechanical or electronic security devices, annunciation devices not designed to require a response by law enforcement or opening or bypassing a lock by a means other than those intended by the manufacturer of such devices. For the purposes of the Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act, "mechanical or electronic security devices" includes, but is not limited to, access control systems including peripheral devices to alarm systems, fiber optic security systems, fire sprinklers, closed circuit television and nurse call systems; and

8. "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other similar entity.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 217, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 295, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 174, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 394, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Laws 2006, c. 110, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Laws 2010, c. 299, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 368, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2015, c. 172, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

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