SECTION 390:35-5-7. Licensure of private investigator applicants with no training or experience

  Applicants for a private investigator license who lack the necessary training or experience to meet such requirements for a license must complete the following steps in obtaining a license:

(1)   The applicant must be employed by a licensed investigative agency as a bonafide, full-time investigator, or investigator-trainee;

(2)   The applicant must make immediate application for a conditional license;

(3)   The applicant must complete the training requirements for a regular license, within 180 days of the date of his conditional license, including a psychological evaluation, if applicable;

(4)   The applicant must pass the appropriate licensing examination;

(5)   The applicant must obtain a regular license;

(6)   Upon attainment of a regular license, a private investigator may become self-employed. In such case, the licensee must also obtain an Investigative Agency License.

[Source: Amended at 13 Ok Reg 1451, eff 9-25-95 through 7-14-96 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 3291, eff 7-25-96]