2017 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
§47-855.1. Official inspectors – License – Revocation or suspension.
A. 1. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall designate official inspectors and shall issue licenses for and furnish instructions and all necessary forms to said official inspectors for the inspection of vehicles and the issuance of official certificates of inspection or rejection.
2. Application for a license as an official inspector shall be made upon an official form and shall be granted only when the Commissioner of Public Safety, after appropriate training, examination and investigation, is satisfied that the applicant is eligible in accordance with the requirements as prescribed by the Commissioner to make such inspections. The Commissioner shall prescribe by rule the training requirements for all official inspectors, and the applicant shall complete all training requirements, including any subsequent additional training requirements which the Commissioner deems necessary for licensed official inspectors.
3. The Commissioner and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education may enter into an interlocal agreement to carry out the requirements of this subsection.
B. Any employee of a station, facility or conversion center which converts motor vehicles to have the capability of being fueled by alternative fuels, as defined by Section 130.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may be authorized by the Commissioner to perform inspections as provided in Chapter 70 of this title. Subject to the application requirements specified in this section, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall issue an official inspector license to any such person who qualifies for a license as an official inspector.
C. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall properly supervise and cause inspections to be made of the performance of persons licensed under this section and shall suspend or revoke and require the surrender of the license issued to the person who is not properly conducting inspections.
D. No license shall be revoked or suspended except upon notice to the licensee and to the employer of the licensee and after an opportunity to be heard by the Commissioner. A license may be temporarily suspended without notice pending any investigation or hearing. Whenever any license has been revoked, no license shall be reissued to an applicant until after the expiration of a period of one (1) year from the date of such revocation.
