A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering may issue a reciprocity license to an applicant if:

1. The applicant has complied with the requirements of another state, territory or province and applicant holds a current license as verified by certification; and

2. The applicant successfully passes Oklahoma's state rules, regulations and law test administered by the Board.

B. The Board may issue a license without examination to an applicant from a foreign country or territory if:

1. The applicant is otherwise qualified and possesses a current license issued in that foreign country or territory; or

2. The applicant is otherwise qualified and does not possess a current license issued in that foreign country or territory, but can show he or she has continuously engaged in the practices or occupation for which a reciprocity license is applied for at least (3) years immediately prior to such application.

The applicant from a foreign country or territory applying for a cosmetology, manicurist, facialist or barber license shall successfully pass Oklahoma's state rules, regulations and law test administered by the Board and shall possess the equivalent of at least an eighth-grade education.

The applicant from a foreign country or territory applying for a master instructor's license shall successfully pass Oklahoma's state rules, regulations and law test administered by the Board and shall possess the equivalent of a high school education.

The applicant from a foreign country may be required to provide evidence that documents have been verified as valid by a creditable agency as recognized by the Board.

C. The applicant from a foreign country or territory who is otherwise qualified, but who possesses a current license issued in that foreign country or territory must take examinations, both practical and written, to be issued a license if the applicant cannot show that he or she has been continuously engaged in the practices or occupation for which a reciprocity license is applied for at least three (3) years immediately prior to such application and shall successfully pass Oklahoma's state rules, regulations and law test administered by the Board.

D. Payment of the reciprocity fee shall also constitute payment of the first annual license fee.

E. The Board may establish by rule any administrative or other fees associated with processing reciprocity applications for licensure without examination.

Added by Laws 1949, p. 396, § 13, emerg. eff. June 6, 1949. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 355, § 13, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 56, § 7; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 96, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 260, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2018, c. 62, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.