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 and objects of Sections 199.1 through 199.16 of this title, and to make and enforce all reasonable rules necessary therefor.

2. B. In addition to the above general powers the Board shall have the following specific powers and duties:

   1. 1. Subject to approval of the State Commissioner of Health, the Board shall adopt and promulgate rules relating to standards of sanitation, which shall be observed and practiced by all beauty schools and beauty shops. Said rules may be changed or modified. The Board shall furnish copies of the rules to the owner or manager of each beauty school or beauty shop 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;
   2. 2. The Board shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of registration as manicurists, operators, facial operators, and instructors six (6) times each year on the second Monday and Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September and November and at such places as may be determined by the Board. Examinations of applicants for all other certificates of registration or licenses shall be given at the times and in the manner as shall be provided by the Board. Applications for all examinations shall be made on forms to be approved by the Board;
   3. 3. The Board shall keep a record of 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 his or her place of occupation or business, if any, and his or her residence address, and whether the applicant was granted or refused a certificate, license or permit. The records of the Board shall be prima facie evidence of matters contained therein, shall constitute public records, and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times;
   4. 4. The Board shall have authority to issue all certificates of registration, licenses, permits, notices and orders;
   5. 5. The Board or the duly authorized representatives thereof shall make regular inspections of all beauty schools and beauty shops licensed to operate in this state, and reports thereof shall be kept and maintained in the office of the Board;
   6. 6. The Board or the duly authorized representatives thereof shall make investigations and reports on all cases of illegal practice of these provisions;
   7. 7. 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;

   8. 8. The Board shall have the power to refuse, revoke, or suspend licenses, certificates of registration or permits after full hearing, on proof of violation of any of these provisions or the rules established by the Board, and shall have the power to require the production of such books, records, and papers as it may desire. Before any certificate of registration, license or permit shall be suspended or revoked for any of the causes contained herein, the holder thereof shall have notice, in writing, of the charge or charges against him or her, and shall, at a day specified in the notice, which shall be at least five (5) days after the service thereof, be given a public hearing with a full opportunity to produce testimony in his or her behalf. 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 said Board.

      An appeal may be taken from any action of the Board in refusing, revoking or suspending a license, certificate of registration or permit to the district court of the county of such person's residence; and

   9. 9. In any case where a licensee becomes a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, his or her 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 under his or her 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.