Oklahoma § 59-587 - Examinations - Fees - Compensation and expenses Optometry Board Revolving Fund

§ 59-587. Examinations - Fees - Compensation and expenses Optometry Board Revolving Fund

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

The fee for such examinations shall be set by rules promulgated

by the Board of Examiners in Optometry, not to be less than One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars

($200.00), and a yearly license fee set by rules promulgated by the

Board of Examiners in Optometry, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), shall be paid each fiscal year by all persons holding a

license to practice optometry in this state, and shall be paid not

later than the 30th day of June of each year. In the event of

default of payment of such license fee by any person, his or her

certificate shall be revoked by the Board who shall take such action

only after notifying the person in default by registered mail and

allowing that person fifteen (15) days in which to comply with this

requirement. The Board shall be paid travel expenses as provided in

the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title

74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The secretary-treasurer shall receive

compensation fixed by the Board, not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars

($200.00) per month. All fees and charges collected by the

secretary-treasurer of the Board shall be paid on the first day of

each month into a revolving fund in the State Treasury to be

designated as the "Optometry Board Revolving Fund". This fund shall

consist of all monies received by the Board other than appropriated

funds. The revolving fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to

fiscal year limitations and shall be under the control and

management of the Board. Expenditures from this fund shall be made

pursuant to the purposes of Sections 581 through 606 of this title

and without legislative approval. Warrants for expenditures shall

be drawn by the State Treasurer based on claims signed by an

authorized employee or employees of the Board and approved for

payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services.

Added by Laws 1927, c. 80, p. 120, § 7, emerg. eff. March 22, 1927.

Amended by Laws 1965, c. 89, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1965; Laws

1980, c. 8, § 1, emerg. eff. March 3, 1980; Laws 1982, c. 225, § 2,

operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 35, operative July 1,

1985; Laws 1994, c. 113, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2009, c. 321,

§ 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 18, eff. July 1, 2010;

Laws 2012, c. 304, § 265; Laws 2025, c. 331, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.