A. The Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects, Landscape Architects and Registered Interior Designers of Oklahoma shall have power to suspend, to revoke or refuse to renew a license, registration, certificate of authority or certificate of title issued by it, pursuant to the provisions of the State Architectural and Registered Interior Designers Act, when the holder thereof:

1. Has been convicted of a felony crime that substantially relates to the practice of architecture, landscape architecture or interior design and poses a reasonable threat to public safety;

2. Has been guilty of fraud or misrepresentation;

3. Has been guilty of gross incompetence or recklessness in the practice of architecture relating to the construction of buildings or structures, or of dishonest practices;

4. Has been guilty of gross incompetence or recklessness in the practice of landscape architecture, or of dishonest practices;

5. Presents the license, registration or certification of another as his or her own;

6. Gives false or forged evidence to the Board;

7. Conceals information relative to any inquiry, investigation or violation of this act or rules promulgated under this act; or

8. Has been found to be guilty of a violation of a provision of the State Architectural and Registered Interior Designers Act, or the rules of the Board; provided, that a person or entity complained of shall be afforded the opportunity for a formal hearing carried out as described under the current Administrative Procedures Act or settled by the Board with a consent order or final order approved by the Board.

The Board shall keep a record of the evidence in, and a record of each proceeding for the suspension, revocation of or refusal to renew a license or certificate of authority and shall make findings of fact and render a decision therein. If, after a hearing, the charges shall have been found to have been sustained by the vote of a majority of the members of the Board it shall immediately enter its order of suspension, revocation, penalties, probation, educational course work and objectives or refusal to renew, as the case may be.

B. As used in this section:

1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and

2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 351, § 14, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 287, § 15, operative July 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 45.14 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 287, § 31, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 220, § 11, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2006, c. 163, § 12, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 184, § 10, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2014, c. 234, § 9, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 183, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 363, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.