Oklahoma § 59-199.13 - Reciprocity licenses - Criteria for issuing licenses

§ 59-199.13. Reciprocity licenses - Criteria for issuing licenses

without examination.

A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering may issue a

reciprocity license to an applicant if:

1. The applicant has complied with the requirements of another

state, territory or province and applicant holds a current license

as verified by certification; and

2. The applicant successfully passes Oklahoma's state rules,

regulations and law test administered by the Board.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

B. The Board may issue a license without examination to an

applicant from a foreign country or territory if:

1. The applicant is otherwise qualified and possesses a current

license issued in that foreign country or territory; or

2. The applicant is otherwise qualified and does not possess a

current license issued in that foreign country or territory, but can

show he or she has continuously engaged in the practices or

occupation for which a reciprocity license is applied for at least

(3) years immediately prior to such application.

The applicant from a foreign country or territory applying for a

cosmetology, manicurist, facialist or barber license shall

successfully pass Oklahoma's state rules, regulations and law test

administered by the Board and shall possess the equivalent of at

least an eighth-grade education.

The applicant from a foreign country or territory applying for a

master instructor's license shall successfully pass Oklahoma's state

rules, regulations and law test administered by the Board and shall

possess the equivalent of a high school education.

The applicant from a foreign country may be required to provide

evidence that documents have been verified as valid by a creditable

agency as recognized by the Board.

C. The applicant from a foreign country or territory who is

otherwise qualified, but who possesses a current license issued in

that foreign country or territory must take examinations, both

practical and written, to be issued a license if the applicant

cannot show that he or she has been continuously engaged in the

practices or occupation for which a reciprocity license is applied

for at least three (3) years immediately prior to such application

and shall successfully pass Oklahoma's state rules, regulations and

law test administered by the Board.

D. Payment of the reciprocity fee shall also constitute payment

of the first annual license fee.

E. The Board may establish by rule any administrative or other

fees associated with processing reciprocity applications for

licensure without examination.

Added by Laws 1949, p. 396, § 13, emerg. eff. June 6, 1949. Amended

by Laws 2000, c. 355, § 13, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 56, §

7; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 96, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 260, §

10, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2018, c. 62, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.