Title 505:10-7-1 to Title 505:10-7-3

    In accordance with statute, no optometrist’s license will be revoked, suspended, annulled, withdrawn or its renewal refused until the licensee is notified by certified mail or by other means of notification as specified in individual proceedings of the facts which warrant the intended action by the Board, and the licensee is given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license.

    Charges against Optometrists must be made in the form of a Complaint filed with the Executive Director. If the complaint is unable to be reconciled, then a formal or informal hearing will be set and the Executive Director will advise the members of the Board of the filing of the time and place of hearing the Complainant will be set. Notice of the time and place of hearing will be given to the Optometrists complained against, and to the Complainant, by the Executive Director by mail at least ten (10) days before the date of the hearing. The proceedings will be conducted in accordance with the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. 1971 Sections 301 – 327.

• (a) Renewal after revocation for failure to pay fees. The Board shall have discretion to issue a new certificate of registration to any of its licensees whose certificate has been revoked for failure to pay the annual license fee. The Board may, at its discretion, issue a new certificate upon payment all annual license fees then due and owing for all years since the revocation of the certificate plus payment of a reinstatement fee of three times annual fee. Prior to issuance of such a new certificate, the Board may, in its discretion, require the applicant to establish his knowledge of Optometry by passing such examinations, including as the Board may deem appropriate, all or part of either state or national board examinations. The applicant may also be required to furnish proof, acceptable to the Board, of good moral character during the period of revocation, and that the applicant has not been convicted of any felony offense at any time.
• (b) Renewal of certificates in circumstances of possible misconduct by licensee. If information comes to the Board’s attention that the applicant for issuance of a new license after revocation may have engaged in conduct either before or during the period of revocation which, had the applicant been a current licensee, might have resulted in discipline by the Board, the Board may, prior to issuing a new certificate of registration, conduct a hearing to determine if misconduct has occurred which should result in the denial of a new certificate of registration. The Board may decline to issue a new certificate of authority for any misconduct which could result in the suspension or revocation of a certificate under applicable statutes or rules of the Board. Any such hearing shall be conducted with the same notice and procedures employed in keeping the Optometry statutes, the Board’s rules and the Administrative Procedures Act. If at the conclusion of the hearing, the Board determines by clear and convincing evidence that applicable statutes or rules have been violated and that a new certificate of registration should not be issued, it will so hold in a written order.