Oklahoma § 59-1800.7 - Qualifications of applicants - Information concerning

§ 59-1800.7. Qualifications of applicants - Information concerning

felonies or crimes involving moral turpitude - Photographs Fingerprints – Definitions.

A. Any person applying for a license to engage in an alarm or

locksmith industry business pursuant to the Alarm, Locksmith and

Fire Sprinkler Industry Act shall provide evidence to the Alarm,

Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Committee that the individual

within this state having direct supervision over the function and

local operations of such alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler industry

business or a branch thereof has the following qualifications:

1. Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

2. Has not been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction

incompetent by reason of mental defect or disease, and has not been

restored to competency;

3. Is not a habitual user of intoxicating liquors or a user of

any illegal or illicit drug or controlled substance, including, but

not limited to, the non-medical use of any prescription drug or

other intoxicating substance;

4. Has not been discharged from the Armed Services of the

United States under dishonorable conditions; and

5. Meets such other standards as may be established by the

Commissioner of Labor relating to experience or knowledge of the

alarm, locksmith or fire sprinkler industry.

B. The applicant shall advise the Committee and furnish full

information on each individual described in subsection A of this

section of any conviction of a felony crime which substantially

relates to the occupation of an individual in an alarm or locksmith

industry business and poses a reasonable threat to public safety for

which a full pardon has not been granted and furnish a recent

photograph of a type prescribed by the Commissioner and two

classifiable sets of fingerprints of such individual.

C. As used in this section:

1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct

for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the

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fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or

responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and

2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal

conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat

of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability

to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 217, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws

2006, c. 110, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Laws 2012, c. 368, § 9, eff.

Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 22, § 3, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2019,

c. 218, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2019, c. 363, § 59, eff. Nov.

1, 2019.