Oklahoma § 59-1107 - Application for certificate - Qualifications - Renewals,

§ 59-1107. Application for certificate - Qualifications - Renewals,

expiratrion.

A. Upon application, made upon a form to be prescribed by the

Department, by an individual not less than eighteen (18) years of

age, the Department shall issue a certificate when the applicant has

paid a nonrefundable application fee and has met any one of the

following qualifications:

1. An applicant who successfully completes training and

examination as prescribed by the Department; or

2. An applicant who holds a license or certificate issued by

any other state or territory of the United States, and currently

valid at the time he makes application hereunder, similar to a

certificate provided for herein, where the requirements of such

other state or territory for the issuance of a license or

certificate, at the time such applicant received said license or

certificate, were of a level found by the Department to be the

equivalent of the standards required hereby for a certificate of

similar kind. Provided, however, that no certificate shall be

issued under this paragraph unless the holder of a certificate under

this act would be issued a similar license or certificate by such

other state or territory under substantially the same conditions.

B. All fees shall be deposited in the Certification Fund.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

C. Any certificate issued under this section shall be renewable

annually for the period from July 1 to June 30.

D. A certificate shall be renewed upon approval of the

Department. Application for such renewal shall be submitted to the

Department on forms prescribed by the Department, shall be

accompanied by a renewal fee as set by the Board and shall include

documentation that the applicant has met the annual renewal training

requirements of the Department. The Department may allow a thirtyone-day grace period for such renewals, from July 1 through July 31,

without requiring payment of a late fee as set by the Board,

provided the applicant submits the required renewal fee and

qualifies for such renewal.

E. A certificate which is not so renewed by July 31 shall have

no further force, effect or validity unless the Department, upon

receipt of an application from the holder of the expired certificate

within two (2) years after the certificate's June 30 renewal date,

reactivates such certificate. Such reactivation application shall

include the submission of data on forms prescribed by the

Department, renewal and reactivation late fees as set by the Board,

and documentation that the applicant has met the Department's

renewal training requirements. A reactivated certificate may be

renewed annually thereafter as provided in this section.

F. The holder of an expired and unreactivated certificate shall

not be issued any new certificate unless he applies and qualifies

therefor pursuant to the Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operator

Certification Act.

Added by Laws 1959, p. 271, § 7. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 88, § 2,

emerg. eff. May 5, 1965; Laws 1978, c. 166, § 4, eff. July 1, 1978;

Laws 1993, c. 145, § 281, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 353, §

33, eff. July 1, 1994.