1. A. In order to safeguard and protect the health and general welfare of the people of the State of Oklahoma, the State Board of Cosmetology is hereby vested with the powers and duties necessary and proper to enable it to fully and effectively carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology Act.

2. B. The Board shall have the following specific powers and duties:

   1. 1. Pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, the Board shall promulgate rules relating to standards of sanitation which shall be observed and practiced by all cosmetology schools and cosmetology salons. The Board shall furnish copies of the rules to the owner or manager of each cosmetology school or cosmetology salon operating in this state, and it shall be the duty of each owner or manager to post the rules in a conspicuous place in each of the establishments or schools;
   2. 2. The Board shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of registration as manicurists, cosmetologists, facial operators, hairbraiding technician, manicurist/nail technician instructor, facial/esthetics instructor, master instructor and cosmetician at such times and places determined by the Board. Applications for all examinations shall be made on forms approved by the Board;
   3. 3. The Board shall keep a record of all its proceedings. It shall keep a record of all applicants for certificates, licenses and permits, showing the name of the applicant, the name and location of the place of occupation or business, if any, and the residence address of the applicant, and whether the applicant was granted or refused a certificate, license or permit. The records of the Board shall be valid and sufficient evidence of matters contained therein, shall constitute public records, and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times and subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
   4. 4. The Board shall have authority to issue all certificates of registration, licenses, permits, notices and orders;
   5. 5. The Board is authorized to establish, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, limited specialty licenses for cosmetician, facial/esthetics instructor, hairbraiding technician and manicurist/nail technician instructor within the practice of cosmetology. The Board shall also promulgate rules for said special licenses, including but not limited to reduced curriculum requirements, as the Board may deem appropriate and necessary to further the purposes of the Oklahoma Cosmetology Act;
   6. 6. The Board or the duly authorized representatives thereof shall make regular inspections of all cosmetology schools and cosmetology salons licensed to operate in this state, and reports thereof shall be kept and maintained in the office of the Board;
   7. 7. The Board or the duly authorized representatives thereof shall make investigations and reports on all violations of the Oklahoma Cosmetology Act;
   8. 8. The Board or the duly authorized representatives thereof shall have authority to take samples of beauty supplies for the purpose of chemical analysis; provided, that if the owner demands payment for the sample taken, payment at the regular retail price shall be made;

   9. 9.

      1. a. The Board shall have the power to refuse, revoke, or suspend licenses, certificates of registration or permits after notice and an opportunity for a full hearing, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, on proof of violation of any of these provisions or the rules established by the Board.
      2. b. Any person whose license, certificate of registration, or permit has been suspended or revoked may, after the expiration of thirty (30) days, make application to the Board for reinstatement thereof. Reinstatement of any such license, certificate of registration, or permit shall rest in the sound discretion of the Board. Any action of the Board in refusing, revoking, or suspending a license, certificate of registration, or permit may be appealed to the district court of the county of the appellant's residence pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act; and 10. In any case where a licensee becomes a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, such license shall not lapse by reason thereof but shall be considered and held in full force and effect without further payment of license fees during the period of service in the Armed Forces of the United States and for six (6) months after honorable release therefrom. At any time within six (6) months after honorable release from the Armed Forces of the United States the licensee may resume practice pursuant to a license without other or further examination by notifying the Board in writing. The period of time in which the licensee shall have been a member of the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be computed in arriving at the amount of fee or fees due or to become due by such licensee.

Laws 1949, HB 129, p. 391, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 1949; Amended by Laws 1951, SB 158, p. 163, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951; Amended by Laws 1968, HB 1237, c. 313, § 3, emerg. eff. May 7, 1968; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1189, c. 215, § 1; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1134, c. 77, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 1010, c. 135, § 2, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 513, c. 355, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 2000 (superseded document available).