Grounds for denial of license, certificate or

registration – Definitions.

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;

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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.