§ 59-508 — Revocation for fraud, misrepresentation or mistake -

Misdemeanor. A. Whenever any license has been procured or obtained by fraud or misrepresentation on the licensure application, or was issued by mistake; or if the diploma of graduation in medicine and surgery or any other credentials required as necessary to the admission to the examination for license were obtained by fraud or misrepresentation on the licensure application, or were issued by mistake; or if the reciprocity endorsement from another state, upon which a license has been issued in this state, was procured by fraud or misrepresentation, or was issued by mistake, it shall be the duty of the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to take appropriate disciplinary action in the same manner as is provided by the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act for the disciplining of unprofessional conduct or in cases of unintentional misrepresentation of information on the licensure application, the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall delegate to the Board secretary the ability to issue a nondisciplinary administrative fine of up to but not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per licensure applicant or to require a continuing medical education course in ethics, or to take both actions, to impress upon the applicant the seriousness of completing the application truthfully. B. Use of fraudulent information to obtain a license shall be a misdemeanor offense, punishable, upon conviction, by the imposition of a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1923, c. 59, p. 110, § 28, emerg. eff. March 31, 1923. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 118, § 27, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1994, c. 323, § 30, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2002, c. 213, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 2002; Laws 2019, c. 492, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.