Oklahoma § 59-1750.8 - Prohibited acts - Penalties - Disclosure of application

§ 59-1750.8. Prohibited acts - Penalties - Disclosure of application

information.

A. No person who is exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma

Security Guard and Private Investigator Act shall display any badge

or identification card bearing the words "private investigator" or

"private detective", or use any words or phrases that imply that

such person is a private investigator or private detective.

B. No person licensed as a private investigator shall:

1. Divulge any information gained by the private investigator

in his or her employment except as the employer of the private

investigator may direct or as the private investigator may be

required by law to divulge; or

2. Willfully make a false report to the employer of the private

investigator or to a client.

Any violation of this subsection, upon conviction, shall be

punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)

or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such

fine and imprisonment.

C. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training or its

employees shall not disclose application information pertaining to

persons licensed pursuant to this act, except:

1. To verify the current license status of any applicant or

licensee to the public;

2. To perform duties pursuant to the Oklahoma Security Guard

and Private Investigator Act;

3. To a bona fide law enforcement agency;

4. To a licensing authority in another jurisdiction;

5. As required by court order;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

6. To provide final orders where an applicant or licensee was

the respondent in or was the subject of an administrative proceeding

initiated by the Council; or

7. To provide information regarding application information to

the agency employing a licensee including, but not limited to, the

information and/or documentation requested by CLEET from the

applicant or licensee to complete the application process.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 224, § 8, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by

Laws 1987, c. 193, § 8, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 200, § 6,

eff. July 1, 1988; Laws 2019, c. 246, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.