Oklahoma § 59-508 - Revocation for fraud, misrepresentation or mistake Misdemeanor

§ 59-508. Revocation for fraud, misrepresentation or mistake Misdemeanor

A. Whenever any license has been procured or obtained by fraud

or misrepresentation on the licensure application, or was issued by

mistake; or if the diploma of graduation in medicine and surgery or

any other credentials required as necessary to the admission to the

examination for license were obtained by fraud or misrepresentation

on the licensure application, or were issued by mistake; or if the

reciprocity endorsement from another state, upon which a license has

been issued in this state, was procured by fraud or

misrepresentation, or was issued by mistake, it shall be the duty of

the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to take

appropriate disciplinary action in the same manner as is provided by

the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and

Supervision Act for the disciplining of unprofessional conduct or in

cases of unintentional misrepresentation of information on the

licensure application, the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision shall delegate to the Board secretary the ability to

issue a nondisciplinary administrative fine of up to but not more

than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per licensure applicant or to

require a continuing medical education course in ethics, or to take

both actions, to impress upon the applicant the seriousness of

completing the application truthfully.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

B. Use of fraudulent information to obtain a license shall be a

misdemeanor offense, punishable, upon conviction, by the imposition

of a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by

imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or

by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1923, c. 59, p. 110, § 28, emerg. eff. March 31, 1923.

Amended by Laws 1987, c. 118, § 27, operative July 1, 1987; Laws

1994, c. 323, § 30, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2002, c. 213, § 3,

emerg. eff. May 8, 2002; Laws 2019, c. 492, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.