Section 61.1 - Authority, Powers, and Duties of State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering - Unsanitary PracticesA. Except as provided in subsection B of Section 61.4 of this title, the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is hereby authorized to promulgate rules which govern the examining and licensing of barbers, barber apprentices, barber instructors, and barber colleges; the defining of categories and limitations for such licenses; the sanitary operation and sanitation of barber shops and barber colleges; and the establishment and levying of administrative fines not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for those licensed and not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for those not licensed. Each day a violation continues shall be a separate offense.B. Except as provided in subsection B of Section 61.4 of this title, the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall have the power and duty to issue and renew annual barber, barber apprentice, barber instructor and barber college licenses, to inspect barber licenses, and to inspect the sanitary operating practices of barbers and the sanitary condition of barber shops and barber colleges.C. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew any barber, barber instructor, barber apprentice, or barber college license for: 1. Unsanitary operating practices or unsanitary conditions of barber shops or barber colleges;2. Unsanitary practices of barbers, apprentice barbers, or barber instructors;3. Making a material misstatement in the application for a license, in the renewal of a license, or in the records which are maintained by barber instructors or colleges to comply with Sections 61.1 through 61.6 of this title or the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; or4. Employment of an unlicensed person as a barber, barber apprentice, or barber instructor.Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 61.1
Repealed by Laws 2014 , c. 260, s. 12, eff. 11/1/2014.Amended by Laws 2013 , c. 229, s. 81, eff. 11/1/2013.Added by Laws 1985, HB 1149, c. 183, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1985; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2018, c. 87, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2250, c. 318, §4, emerg. eff. 7/1/1996; Amended by Laws 2002 , SB 1250, c. 93, §1, eff. 11/1/2002.