SECTION 435:50-3-4. Application procedure

(a)   An applicant for licensure by the Board, whether by standard qualifications, alternative qualifications, Grandfather Clause or by endorsement, shall provide the Board with all information required pursuant to the Oklahoma Licensed Pedorthist Act on forms created for that purpose by staff. In addition, an applicant shall provide either original documents required or notarized or certified duplicates.

(b)   The application and forms shall be submitted to the Board accompanied by fees as set by the Board. Any incomplete or missing information, documentation or fees shall render the application incomplete. No license shall be issued unless all application requirements have been met. Incomplete applications will be considered abandoned after one year. Any applicable fees paid shall not be refunded.

(c)   The applicant shall be forthright and open in the provision of information to the Board in the application process. No applicant shall be awarded a license who does not provide the Board with complete, open and honest responses to all requests for information.

(d)   Any Board or Committee member, based on any response to any question or request for information on the application form, may request an applicant to provide any additional information that the Board or Committee member feels is necessary or useful to determine the applicant's ability to practice pedorthics.

(e)   The applicant shall be candid in regard to the provision of information related to any academic misconduct or disciplinary action.

(f)   The applicant shall be provided a copy of the Act and Board rules on unprofessional conduct. The applicant shall review such rules and state candidly and honestly whether the applicant has committed any act which would constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board under the Act and rules of the Board.

(g)   The applicant shall pay all necessary fees related to the application.

(h)   It is the responsibility of the applicant to verify the applicant's identity and the validity of all documents or information submitted to the Board in the licensure process.

(i)   The Board must be in receipt of correspondence from the Board of Certification in Pedorthics prior to issuance of any pedorthic license according to standard qualifications. The Board may also contact other sources as necessary. Should information be found through correspondence with the ABC, BOC or other sources that was previously unknown to the Board, the application will be held until such time as the Secretary of the Board is satisfied that the information has been validated by the staff.

(j)   An applicant may withdraw an application for licensure at any time prior to the submission of the application for consideration by members of the Committee. No application may be withdrawn by an applicant after it has been submitted to members of the Committee.

(k)   A foreign applicant shall provide the Board with written proof of the applicant's ability to work in the United States as authorized by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 540, eff 12-28-01 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 2314, eff 6-28-02; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1083, eff 5-11-09]