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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 804 By: Montgomery of the Senate
and
Sims of the House
An Act relating to professions and occupations;
amending 59 O.S. 2021, Sections 536.8 and 3040.13,
which relate to registration; removing requirement
for license registration to a county clerk; repealing
59 O.S. 2021, Section 510, which relates to
registration of corporations; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 536.8, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 536.8. A. Every person who is licens ed pursuant to the
provisions of the Registered Electrologist Act and who is licensed
to practice electrolysis in this state shall regi ster the license
with the county clerk of the county in which said person has legal
residence. The county clerk to whom s uch license is presented shall
register the name and address of the person designated in the
license, together with the date and the n umber inscribed thereon,
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which record shall be open to the public, and shall file with t he
Board annually, during the mont h of February, a notice of the record
so made.
B. Every person who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of
the Registered Electrolo gist Act to practice electrolysis in this
state shall keep said license displayed in his place of business as
long as he is engaged in the practice of electrolysis. Th e receipt
for the annual renewal of license shall be kept at such person ’s
place of business and shall be shown to any person requesting to see
the same. The licensee shall ke ep the Board informed of his curre nt
address. A license issued by the Board is the property of the Board
and shall be surrendered on demand of the Board.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 30 40.13, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 3040.13. A. The State Department of Health shall
maintain a roster of each person licensed as a midwi fe in this
state. The roster shall contain for each licensed midwife the
information required on the informed ch oice and disclosure statement
under Section 3040.10 of this title and other information the
Department determines necessary to accurately identify each licensed
midwife. The roster shall be a public document available under the
Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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B. The Department shall provide each county clerk and each
local registrar of births in a county with the name of each midwife
practicing in the county.
C. Any data required to be submitted to the Department pursuant
to Shepherd’s Law shall not contain a ny personally identifying
information of the client by the midwife and shall be considered
confidential records collected for statistical information purposes
only.
SECTION 3. REPEALER 59 O.S. 2021, Section 510, is hereby
repealed.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COM MITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, dated
04/12/2023 - DO PASS.