The State Board of Cosmetology is hereby authorized to deny, revoke , suspend, or refuse to renew any license, certificate, or registration that it is authorized to issue under the Oklahoma Cosmetology Act for any of the following causes:

1. 1. Conviction of a felony as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court;
2. 2. Gross malpractice or gross incompetence;
3. 3. Fraud practiced in obtaining a license or registration;
4. 4. A license or certificate holder's continuing to practice while afflicted with an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease;
5. 5. Habitual drunkenness or addiction to use of habit forming drugs;
6. 6. Advertising by means of statements known to be false or deceptive ;
7. 7. Continued or flagrant violation of any rules of the Board, or continued practice by an operator in a cosmetology salon wherein violations of the rules of the Board are being committed within the knowledge of the operator;
8. 8. Failure to display license or certificate as required by the Oklahoma Cosmetology Act;
9. 9. Continued practice of cosmetology after expiration of a license therefor; or
10. 10. Employment by a salon owner or manager of any person to perform any of the practices of cosmetology who is not duly licensed to perform the services.

Laws 1949, HB 129, p. 396, § 11, emerg. eff. June 6, 1949; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 513, c. 355, § 12, emerg. eff. July 1, 2000 (superseded document available ).