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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1444 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to professions and occupations;
requiring certain licensing boards to utilize certain
web-based platform for applicat ion and renewal of
professional licenses; requiring Service Oklahoma to
select and host platform; directing execution of
certain interagency agreements; providing ce rtain
construction; authorizing promulgation of rules;
providing for codification; and prov iding an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6021.1 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. All licensing boards of this state providing licensing for
professional occupations including, but not limited to, the
following shall utilize the web-based platform described in
subsection B of this section for application and renewal of
professional licenses :
1. The Oklahoma Accountancy Board;
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2. The Board of Governors of the Licensed Arch itects, Landscape
Architects and Registered Commercial Interior Designers of Oklahom a;
3. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering;
4. The Oklahoma Funeral Board ;
5. The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors;
6. The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners;
7. The Oklahoma Real Estate Commission;
8. The Real Estate Appraiser Board;
9. The Construction Industries Board ;
10. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Cod e Commission;
11. The Oklahoma Inspector Examiners Committee ; and
12. The Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Committee .
B. Service Oklahoma shall select the singula r web-based
platform for licensing of professional occupations in accordance
with the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act and shall host the platform
on its website.
C. Service Oklahoma and a ll licensing boards of this state
providing licensing for professional occupations including, but not
limited to, those listed in subsection A of t his section shall enter
into interagency agreements to implement the provisions of this
section.
D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
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1. Remove, abrogate, reduce, or otherwise affect any power or
duty of a licensing board to establish or enforce licensure
qualifications, examination requirements , or disciplinary standards
or procedures, or to exercise any other power or duty of the
licensing board prov ided by law; or
2. Confer to Service Oklahoma any power or duty of a licensing
board provided by law including, but not limited to, those described
in paragraph 1 of this subsection. The sole function of Service
Oklahoma under this section shall be to select and host the web-
based platform as provided by subsection B of this section.
E. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma and all licensing
boards covered under this section may promulgate rules as necessary
to implement the provisions of this section .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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