A. The State Board of Health, giving consideration to the recommendations of the Consumer Protection Licensing Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, and in cooperation with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, may adopt a curriculum of required courses and establish by rule the types of courses to be offered. The complete program of instruction approved by the State Board of Health in theory and clinical training shall consist of at least three hundred (300) hours or the equivalent of competency-based instruction.

B. 1. In order to provide the State Department of Health confirmation of each applicant's competency, written theory and clinical tests shall be administered by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

2. Applicants otherwise qualified to practice medical micropigmentation as determined by the State Department of Health pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act may be certified to perform medical micropigmentation without taking or completing the program of instruction specified by this section if the applicant obtains a passing score for both the written theory and clinical tests. Not later than January 1, 2002, the State Board of Health shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this paragraph.

3. The State Board of Health, giving consideration to the recommendations of the Consumer Protection Licensing Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, shall set, by rule, a minimum passing score for both written theory and clinical tests.

C. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education may provide training and shall provide testing programs required by this section for anyone qualified to apply for a certificate pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-1454 of this title. The training and testing programs shall meet the standards established pursuant to the provisions of this section. The State Department of Health may approve training programs that meet the standards established pursuant to the provisions of this act.

D. After the initial training program offered pursuant to subsection C of this section, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education may provide a complete curriculum for the training and testing of applicants for certification as deemed needed by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

E. The State Department of Health may approve applicants for certification by reciprocity. An applicant shall qualify for certification by reciprocity if the applicant:

1. Has qualifications and training comparable to those required under the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act;

2. Provides documentation verifying two (2) years of experience and a minimum of two hundred (200) procedures; and

3. Has successfully completed the Oklahoma certification examination.

Added by Laws 2001, c. 384, § 6, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 384, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 63, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.