Oklahoma § 8-220 - Application for burial agent license and proceedings

§ 8-220. Application for burial agent license and proceedings

thereon.

(a) Application for a burial agent license shall be made to the

Board upon a form prescribed by the Board.

(b) Upon receipt of the application the Board shall promptly

determine the general reputation and character of the applicant as

to honesty, integrity, and responsibility. If the Board finds that

the applicant would be a trustworthy person to hold a burial agent

license and that the applicant otherwise qualifies under the

provisions of this act, it shall issue a burial agent license to the

applicant upon requisition by a burial association or associations.

(c) If the Board finds that the applicant does not qualify to

hold a burial agent license, it shall so advise the applicant and at

the same time forward to the applicant a full and complete statement

of the reasons supporting such finding. The Board shall within

fifteen (15) days after the applicant receives such statement grant

a hearing on the matter upon receiving a written request from the

applicant. The Board, at the conclusion of the hearing shall make

its written findings, decision and order. Within twenty (20) days

after being served with a copy of the written findings, decision and

order, the applicant may appeal to the district court of Oklahoma

County by filing with the clerk of the court a petition for review

of the findings, decision and order, together with a certified copy

of the proceedings of the Board. The court may review all the facts

and, in disposing of any issue before it, may modify, affirm, or

reverse the findings, decision and order of the Board, in whole or

in part.

Laws 1953, p. 134, § 20.