A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is hereby authorized to deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license, certificate, or registration that it is authorized to issue under the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act for any of the following causes:

1. Conviction of a felony crime that substantially relates to the practice of cosmetology and poses a reasonable threat to public safety;

2. Gross malpractice or gross incompetence;

3. Fraud practiced in obtaining a license or registration;

4. A license or certificate holder's continuing to practice while afflicted with an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease;

5. Habitual drunkenness or addiction to use of habit forming drugs;

6. Advertising by means of statements known to be false or deceptive;

7. Continued or flagrant violation of any rules of the Board, or continued practice by a Board licensee in a cosmetology or barber establishment wherein violations of the rules of the Board are being committed within the knowledge of the licensee;

8. Failure to display license or certificate as required by the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act;

9. Continued practice of cosmetology or barbering after expiration of a license therefor;

10. Employment by a salon or barber establishment owner or manager of any person to perform any of the practices of cosmetology or barbering who is not duly licensed to perform the services;

11. Practicing cosmetology or barbering in an unprofessional manner;

12. Unsanitary operating practices or unsanitary conditions of a school or establishment; or

13. Unsanitary operating practices of a licensee.

B. As used in this section:

1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and

2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.

Added by Laws 1949, p. 396, § 11, emerg. eff. June 6, 1949. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 355, § 12, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 56, § 6; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 95, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 260, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 183, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 363, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.