After notice and hearing pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, the Oklahoma State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke or suspend, any license or registration for any one or combination of the following:

1. 1. Conviction of a felony shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction;
2. 2. Conviction of a misdemeanor involving funeral services;
3. 3. Gross malpractice or gross incompetency, which shall be determined by the Board;
4. 4. False or misleading advertising as a funeral director or embalmer;
5. 5. Employment by the licensee of a person or persons to solicit funeral directing or embalming; provided, however, that this paragraph shall have no application to the operation of burial associations;
6. 6. Violation of any of the provisions of the Funeral Services Licensing Act or any violation of Sections 201 through 231 of Title 8 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
7. 7. Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license;
8. 8. Using any casket or part thereof which has previously been used as a receptacle for, or in connection with, the burial or other disposition of dead human remains, unless such disclosure is made to the purchaser;
9. 9. Violation of any rules of the Board in administering the purposes of the Funeral Services Licensing Act;
10. 10. Use of intoxicating liquor sufficient to produce drunkenness in public, or habitual addiction to the use of habit-forming drugs or either;
11. 11. Payment or causing to be paid, directly or indirectly, for the securing of business, or direct or indirect solicitation of business;
12. 12. Refusing to properly release a dead human body to the custody of the person entitled to custody;
13. 13. Violating applicable state laws relating to the failure to file a death certificate, cremation permit, or prearrangement or prefinancing of a funeral;
14. 14. Failing to obtain other necessary permits as required by law in a timely manner;
15. 15. Failing to comply with the Funeral Rules of the Federal Trade Commission, 15 U.S.C., Section 57a(a);
16. 16. Failing to comply with any applicable provisions of the Funeral Services Licensing Act at the time of issuance or renewal; or
17. 17. Improper issuance or renewal of a license or registration.

Laws 1989, SB 155, c. 297, § 11, eff. November 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 1999, SB 86, c. 64, § 12, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).