SECTION 380:1-1-3. Powers and duties

  The Commissioner has the following powers and duties, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:

(1)   Conducting examinations required by law to determine the qualifications of persons seeking a license to remove asbestos from public facilities, to license private employment agencies, to license welding testing laboratories, and to license qualified welders;

(2)   Promulgating rules and regulations to control applications for examinations and the taking of examinations, and the preparation and grading of examination papers;

(3)   Issuing, or refusing to issue, a license for any cause specified by law;

(4)   Revoking or suspending for cause, any license issued, after an opportunity for a hearing has been granted;

(5)   Prescribing the forms of applications for licenses and the information to be shown thereon, and of all reports which is deemed necessary in administering the law;

(6)   Hiring personnel deemed necessary to advise and assist in the performance of duties;

(7)   Collecting and assessing all fees in the General Revenue Fund;

(8)   Maintaining personal data records on each applicant or licensee;

(9)   Maintaining proceedings to enjoin persons-unlicensed and/or such criminal sanctions for law violators;

(10)   Inspecting boilers and issuing licenses to installers and manufacturers;

(11)   Insuring a proper and safe workplace for the citizens of Oklahoma in the administration of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act;

(12)   Insuring a proper and safe workplace for the citizens of Oklahoma relative to wages, conditions of labor, and hours worked;

(13)   Assisting in the collection of wages and insuring that the minimum wages as set forth by the Legislature, is paid to all employees in the State of Oklahoma;

(14)   Insuring that all contacting authorities abide by the Prevailing Wages Act when building public facilities, and;

(15)   Performing any other duties or functions specified by law or deemed necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the laws and rules and regulations governing the said requirements.

[Source: Amended at 15 Ok Reg 39, eff 8-22-97 through 5-13-98 (emergency)]

Note

EDITOR’S NOTE: This emergency amendatory action was terminated upon the Governor's disapproval of proposed permanent amendments that were intended to supersede the emergency action. Upon disapproval of a proposed permanent action intended to supersede an emergency action, the emergency action is considered terminated [see 75 O.S., § 303.2 (A)(2)]. Therefore, upon disapproval of the proposed permanent amendments on 5-14-98, the text of section 380:1-1-3 reverted back to the permanent text that was effective prior to the 8-22-97 emergency action, as was last published in the 1996 edition of the OAC.