Oklahoma § 47-855.1 - Official inspectors – License – Revocation or

§ 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 Whenever any license has been revoked, no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.