§ 59-505 — State as party to actions - Board as trial body - Rulings

- Record. It is hereby provided that the State of Oklahoma is a proper and necessary party in the prosecution of all such actions and hearings before the Board in all matters pertaining to unprofessional conduct under the contemplation of this act, and the Attorney General of the state, in person, or by deputy, is authorized and directed to appear in behalf thereof and the defendant in such action shall have the right to be represented by counsel. The Board shall sit as a trial body and the rulings of the president thereof in all questions shall be the rulings of the Board, unless reversed by a majority vote of the Board upon appeal thereto from such rulings of the president. The secretary shall preserve a record of all proceedings in such hearings and shall furnish a transcript thereof to the defendant upon request therefor, provided the said defendant shall pay the actual cost of preparing such transcript. If the services of a court reporter are requested, the court reporter shall be reimbursed or paid by the party who made such request.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1923, c. 59, p. 109, § 25, emerg. eff. March 31, 1923. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 118, § 25, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1994, c. 323, § 28, eff. July 1, 1994.