2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-626. Organization - Officers - Duties - Bond - Expenditures - Employees - Inspection of records and facilities of licensee or applicant for license.

A. 1. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall, immediately after the members have qualified, elect a president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer.

2. The president of said Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board and perform such other duties as the Board by its rule may prescribe.

3. The vice-president shall perform all the duties of the president, during the president's absence or disability.

4. The secretary-treasurer shall keep a record of all proceedings of the Board and perform such other duties as are prescribed in the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act, or which may be prescribed by said Board. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to receive and care for all monies coming into the hands of said Board, and to pay out the same upon orders of the Board.

B. The State Board and such employees as determined by the Board shall be bonded as required by Sections 85.26 through 85.31 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. The State Board may expend such funds as are necessary in implementing the duties of the Board. The Board may hire:

1. An executive director and all necessary administrative, clerical and stenographic assistance as the Board shall deem necessary at a salary to be fixed by the Board;

2. An attorney, on a case-by-case basis, to represent the Board in legal matters and to assist authorized state and county officers in prosecuting or restraining violations of the provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. The Board shall fix the compensation of said attorney; and

3. One or more investigators at least one of whom shall be certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training as a peace officer, as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act at an annual salary to be fixed by the Board, and may authorize necessary expenses. In addition, the investigators may investigate and inspect the nonfinancial business records of all persons licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act in order to determine whether or not licensees are in compliance with the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act and the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act or any other law, rule of the State of Oklahoma or any federal law or rule affecting the practice of osteopathic medicine.

D. Any licensee or applicant for license subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act shall be deemed to have given consent to any duly authorized employee or agent of the Board to access, enter, or inspect the records, either on-site or at the Board office, or facilities of such licensee or applicant subject to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. Refusal to allow such access, entry, or inspection may constitute grounds for the denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of a license. Upon refusal of such access, entry, or inspection, pursuant to this section, the Board or a duly authorized representative may make application for and obtain a search warrant from the district court where the facility or records are located to allow such access, entry, or inspection.

Added by Laws 1921, c. 30, p. 42, § 6. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 152, § 6, emerg. eff. May 26, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 233, § 1, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 230, § 7, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 16, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2014, c. 83, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.