Oklahoma § 59-632 - Examination — National Board of Osteopathic Medical

§ 59-632. Examination — National Board of Osteopathic Medical

Examiners — Criminal history check.

A. The examination of those who desire to practice as

osteopathic physicians shall embrace those general subjects and

topics, a knowledge of which is commonly and generally required of

candidates for a D.O. degree, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, by

accredited osteopathic colleges in the United States.

B. The applicant may be accepted who has successfully completed

the examination sequence of the National Board of Osteopathic

Medical Examiners and meets all other requirements as prescribed by

the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners through rule.

C. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall have

exclusive power and authority to determine the qualifications and

fitness of all applicants for admission to practice osteopathic

medicine in this state. The Board shall require that each applicant

submit to a national criminal history record check as defined in

Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Board shall

not disseminate criminal history record information resulting from

the record check.

D. 1. The Board is authorized to obtain a national criminal

history record check on osteopathic physician applicants seeking a

letter of qualification for purposes of registration for expedited

licensure through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact pursuant

to Section 493.7 of this title.

2. Oklahoma osteopathic physician applicants seeking a letter

of qualification under the Compact shall be fingerprinted for the

national criminal history record check. Applicant fingerprints

shall be submitted to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and

the national criminal history record check shall be conducted in

accordance with Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The Bureau shall return national criminal history record check

results to the Board.

3. Results obtained from the national criminal history record

check shall be used solely for the screening of osteopathic

physician applicants and shall be retained by the Board. The Board

shall not disseminate criminal history record information resulting

from the record check.

4. This subsection shall only apply to Oklahoma osteopathic

physician applicants seeking an expedited license under the Compact.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

Added by Laws 1921, c. 30, p. 45, § 12. Amended by Laws 1978, c.

136, § 1; Laws 1983, c. 152, § 12, emerg. eff. May 26, 1983; Laws

1993, c. 230, § 13, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 152, § 4, eff.

Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 16, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2020,

c. 145, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; Laws 2025, c. 168, § 8,

emerg. eff. May 12, 2025.