Section 637.1 - Alternatives to revoking, conditioning, suspending, reinstating or refusing to renew licenseA. In addition or as an alternative, as the case may be, to revoking, conditioning, suspending, reinstating or refusing to renew any license, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners may, after affording opportunity to be heard: 1. Temporarily order suspension or limitation of license;2. Issue an order of warning, reprimand or censure with regard to any act, conduct or practice which, in the judgment of the Board upon consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, does not warrant the initiation of formal action;3. Order that any person violating any provision of an act or regulation administered by the Board to cease and desist from future violations thereof or to take such affirmative corrective action as may be necessary with regard to any act or practice found unlawful by the Board;4. Order any person as a condition for continued, reinstated or renewed licensure or as a condition for probation or suspension to secure medical or such other professional treatment as may be necessary to properly discharge licensee functions; or5. Order any person as a condition of any suspension or probation or any disciplinary action, to attend and produce evidence of successful completion of a specific term of education, residency or training in enumerated fields and/or institutions as ordered by the Board based on the facts of the case. Said education, residency or training shall be at the expense of the person so ordered.B. If after considering all the testimony presented, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners finds that the respondent has violated any provision of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act or any rule promulgated thereto, the Board may impose on the respondent as a condition of any suspension, revocation, or probation, or any other disciplinary action, the payment of costs expended by the Board in investigating and prosecuting said cause, such costs to include but not be limited to staff time, salary and travel expense, witness fees and attorney fees. In addition, the Board may impose an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each count or separate violation.C. The Secretary of the Board may issue a letter of concern to a licensee, without a hearing, when evidence does not warrant formal proceedings, but indications exist of possible errant conduct that could lead to serious consequences and formal action. The letter of concern may contain, at the Secretary's discretion, clarifying information from the licensee. Such letters of concern are considered remedial.Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 637.1
Added by Laws 1983, SB 142, c. 152, § 17, emerg. eff. 5/26/1983. Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1321, c. 233, § 3, emerg. eff. 7/1/1989; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1323, c. 230, § 18, emerg. eff. 7/1/1993; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1466, c. 222, § 7, eff. 11/1/1997.