1. A. A person or persons designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Committee shall act as the Alternative Fuels Technician Hearing Board and shall comply with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.

2. B. The Alternative Fuels Technician Hearing Board may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon written complaint filed by any person, investigate the business transactions of any certified alternative fuels equipment or compression technician, or electric vehicle technician. The Board shall suspend or revoke any certificate or registration obtained by false or fraudulent representation. The Board shall also suspend or revoke any certificate or registration for any of the following:

   1. 1. Making a material misstatement in the application for a certificate or registration, or the renewal of a certificate or registration;
   2. 2. Loaning or illegally using a certificate;
   3. 3. Demonstrating incompetence to act as an alternative fuels equipment technician, alternative fuels compression technician, or electric vehicle technician;
   4. 4. Violating any provisions of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act, or any rule or order prescribed by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; or

   5. 5. Willfully failing to perform normal business obligations without justifiable cause.

      Any person whose alternative fuels equipment technician certificate, alternative fuels compression technician certificate, or electric vehicle technician certificate has been revoked by the Alternative Fuels Technician Hearing Board may apply for a new certificate one (1) year from the date of such revocation.

Laws 1990, HB 1953, c. 294, § 9, emerg. eff. July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1193, c. 235, § 14, emerg. eff. July 1, 1991; Renumbered from 52 O.S. § 420.59 by Laws 1991, HB 1193, c. 235, § 24, emerg. eff. July 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 1886, c. 379, § 12, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1998, HB 2655, c. 160, § 11, eff. November 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2012, HB 3079, c. 304, § 830 (superseded document available).