To the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma State Senate, all cabinet members, and all directors of state agencies:
WHEREAS, the Occupational Licensing Task Force issued a report containing recommendations in January 2018. One of the main findings of the Task Force is the lack of unified data available to policy makers and the public regarding occupational licensing.
WHEREAS, One of the recommendations from the report is to continue the work of the Task Force by maintaining a centralized database for occupational licensing and to require all agencies, boards and commissions to report information to the database.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution hereby direct as follows:
1. The Occupational Licensing Database created by the Task Force shall continue to provide a centralized point of information regarding occupational licenses in the State of Oklahoma including, but not limited to: type of licenses, number of licenses, fees associated with obtaining a license, training and renewal requirements for a license, and links to licensing websites.2. I further direct all state agencies, boards and commissions to: A. Identify all occupational licenses administered by your agency and all the requirements necessary to obtain the license; B. Identify the schedule of fees for obtaining licenses administered by your agency, including fees to renew the license;C. Identify and provide links to all necessary forms and other administrative requirements to obtain a license; and D. Report all information to the Oklahoma Department of Labor by March 31, 2018.3. The Oklahoma Department of Labor shall become the central coordinating entity for the reporting of occupational licensing information from all state agencies, boards and commissions.4. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) within the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide technological support to the Oklahoma Department of Labor for the Occupational Licensing database. The Occupational Licensing database shall be made available and accessible to the public on the internet.5. The Oklahoma Department of Labor and the Chief Information Officer at the Office of Management and Enterprise Services will execute an agreement for the administration and support for the licensing database.6. The final approval of any new agency rule changes or fee changes by this Office shall be contingent on the agency complying with this Executive Order.7. The Cabinet Secretaries shall assure enforcement of this Executive Order and fully cooperate with the CIO to enforce compliance with this Executive Order. Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; and the cabinet secretaries to further distribute to directors of agencies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this 7th day of February, 2018.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Dave Lopez
Secretary of State
Okla. Admin. Code § 1:2018-2
Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 12, March 1, 2018, eff. 2/7/2018