Okla. Stat. tit. 59 § 161.11

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 161.11 - Annual renewal license - Fee - Suspension and reinstatement - Disciplinary guidelines
A.
1. Beginning January 1, 2005:
a. a person holding an original license and who is actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state shall pay to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, on or before July 1 of each year, a renewal license fee of Two Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($275.00),
b. an inactive nonresident holding an original license to practice chiropractic in Oklahoma and who has filed a statement with the Board that the licensee is not actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state and shall not engage in the practice of chiropractic in this state during the succeeding year, shall pay to the Board, on or before July 1 of each year, a renewal license fee of One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00),
c. an inactive resident holding an original license to practice chiropractic in Oklahoma, and who has filed, or on whose behalf has been filed, a statement with the Board that because of illness, infirmity, active military service or other circumstances as approved by the Board, the licensee is unable to actively engage in the practice of chiropractic during the succeeding year, shall pay to the Board a renewal license fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and
d. a person holding an original license, but who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who has filed a statement with the Board that the licensee is not actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state and shall not engage in the practice of chiropractic in this state during the succeeding year, shall pay to the Board a renewal licensee fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
2. In addition, each licensee shall present to the Board satisfactory evidence that during the preceding twelve (12) months the licensee attended sixteen (16) hours of continuing education that meets the requirements of Section 161.10a of this title, provided that inactive resident licensees may, at the discretion of the Board, be exempt from this requirement.
3. Every chiropractic physician who is actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state shall submit to the Board documentary evidence that the chiropractor has malpractice insurance and maintains such insurance twelve (12) months of each year when practicing in this state. Any licensee who is not actively engaged in practice in this state, shall be exempt from providing proof of malpractice insurance.
B. Subject to the laws of this state applicable to professional licenses and rules promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act, the Board shall, upon determination that a licensee has complied with the requirements of this section and the duly promulgated rules of the Board, issue a renewal license to the licensee.
C. The failure of a licensee to properly renew a license or certificate shall be evidence of noncompliance with the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act.
1. The license shall automatically be placed in a lapsed status for failure to renew and shall be considered lapsed and not in good standing for purposes of the practice of chiropractic.
2. If within sixty (60) calendar days after July 1, the licensee cures any renewal requirement deficiency, pays the renewal fee and pays a reinstatement fee set by the Board, the license may be reactivated.
3. If a license is not reactivated under this subsection within sixty (60) calendar days after July 1, the license shall automatically be suspended for failure to renew.
4. The practice of chiropractic is prohibited unless the license is active and in good standing with the Board.
D. When an original license or renewal license, or both, have been suspended under the provisions of this section, the license or licenses may be reinstated upon:
1. Payment of a reinstatement fee in an amount fixed by the Board not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00);
2. Payment of the renewal license fee for the calendar year in which the original license is reinstated; and
3. Presentation to the Board of satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirement of this section for the calendar year in which the original license is reinstated.
E. The Board, by rule, may establish guidelines for the disposition of disciplinary cases involving specific types of violations. The guidelines may include, but are not limited to:
1. Minimum and maximum administrative fines;
2. Periods of suspension, probation or supervision;
3. Terms and conditions of probation; and
4. Terms and conditions for the reinstatement of an original license or renewal license, or both.
F. The license of a chiropractic physician who is not compliant with Oklahoma income tax law pursuant to Section 238.1 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be renewed. Such license shall be automatically suspended as of July 1 of the renewal year and shall remain suspended until the Board receives notice from the Oklahoma Tax Commission that the licensee has come into compliance with Oklahoma income tax law. A physician whose license is suspended under this subsection shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount fixed by the Board but not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00).

Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 161.11

Amended by Laws 2019 , c. 213, s. 6, eff. 11/1/2019.
Amended without change by Laws 2019 , c. 25, s. 31, eff. 4/4/2019.
Amended by Laws 2019 , c. 25, s. 30, eff. 4/4/2019.
Amended by Laws 2018 , c. 94, s. 6, eff. 11/1/2018.
Amended by Laws 2018 , c. 57, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2018.
Added by Laws 1937, HB 459, c. 24, § 3, emerg. eff. 5/25/1937; Amended by Laws 1947, HB 51, c. 5, § 2, emerg. eff. 3/17/1947; Amended by Laws 1963, SB 302, c. 108, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/31/1963; Amended by Laws 1967, SB 302, c. 168, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/1/1967; Amended by Laws 1972, HB 1625, c. 250, § 5, emerg. eff. 4/7/1972; Amended by Laws 1982, SB 565, c. 268, § 7, emerg. eff. 5/14/1982; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1790, c. 182, § 2, emerg. eff. 5/7/1990; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 461, c. 265, § 11, eff. 10/1/1991; Renumbered from 59 O.S. § 164c by Laws 1991, SB 461, c. 265, §22, eff. 10/1/1991; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 1032, c. 390, §6, eff. 9/1/1994; Amended by Laws 1998 , HB 2917, c. 181, §1, eff. 11/1/1998; Amended by Laws 2002 , SB 975, c. 255, §4, eff. 11/1/2002; Amended by Laws 2004 , HB 2724, c. 269, §9, emerg. eff. 5/6/2004; Amended by Laws 2005 , HB 1811, c. 149, §6, eff. 11/1/2005; Amended by Laws 2006 , SB 1552, c. 36, §1, eff. 11/1/2006; Amended by Laws 2008, SB 1789, §2, emerg. eff. 6/3/2008.