Any part of the rules in this Chapter, found by a Court or the Attorney General to be inconsistent with the provisions thereof as presently exist or are hereafter amended, shall be interpreted so as to comply with such statutes as they presently exist or are hereafter amended and the partial or total invalidity of any section or sections of these rules shall not affect its valid sections. These rules go through the legislative process, thereby giving them the same effect as law.
Okla. Admin. Code § 55:10-1-5