Oklahoma § 2-6-267 Withdrawal or refusal of inspection service.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 2-6-267 — Withdrawal or refusal of inspection service.

Oklahoma § 2-6-267

Title 2Agriculture

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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-267 (2026).

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A.The Board may, for such period, or indefinitely, as it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under this act with respect to any establishment if it determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection upon this act because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court, within the previous ten (10) years, of 1. any felony or more than one misdemeanor under any law based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or fraud in

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A. The Board may, for such period, or indefinitely, as it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under this act with respect to any establishment if it determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection upon this act because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court, within the previous ten (10) years, of 1. any felony or more than one misdemeanor under any law based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or fraud in connection with transactions in food; or 2. any felony, involving fraud, bribery, extortion, or any other act or circumstances indicating a lack of the integrity needed for the conduct of operations affecting the public health. For the purpose of this paragraph, a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner, officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity. B. Upon the withdrawal of inspection service from any official establishment for failure to destroy condemned poultry products as required under Section 6 of this act, or other failure of an official establishment to comply with the requirements as to premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, as provided in Section 7 of this act, or the refusal of inspection service to any applicant therefor because of failure to comply with any requirements under Section 7, the applicant for, or recipient of, the service shall, upon request, be afforded opportunity for a hearing with respect to the merits or validity of such action; but such withdrawal or refusal shall continue in effect unless otherwise ordered by the Board. C. The determination and order of the Board, when made after opportunity for hearing, with respect to withdrawal or refusal of inspection service under this act, shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such order in the District Court of Oklahoma County. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order are based.