To the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives, the Honorable Members of the Oklahoma State Senate, all
cabinet members, and all directors of state agencies:
WHEREAS, the Occupational Licensing Task Force issued a report
containing recommendations in January 2018. One of the main findings of the
Task Force is the lack of unified data available to policy makers and the
public regarding occupational licensing.
WHEREAS, One of the recommendations from the report is to
continue the work of the Task Force by maintaining a centralized database for
occupational licensing and to require all agencies, boards and commissions to
report information to the database.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma,
pursuant to the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article
VI of the Oklahoma Constitution hereby direct as follows:
1. The Occupational Licensing Database
created by the Task Force shall continue to provide a centralized point of
information regarding occupational licenses in the State of Oklahoma including,
but not limited to: type of licenses, number of licenses, fees associated with
obtaining a license, training and renewal requirements for a license, and links
to licensing websites.
2. I further
direct all state agencies, boards and commissions to:
A. Identify all occupational licenses
administered by your agency and all the requirements necessary to obtain the
license;
B. Identify the schedule
of fees for obtaining licenses administered by your agency, including fees to
renew the license;
C. Identify and
provide links to all necessary forms and other administrative requirements to
obtain a license; and
D. Report
all information to the Oklahoma Department of Labor by March 31,
2018.
3. The Oklahoma
Department of Labor shall become the central coordinating entity for the
reporting of occupational licensing information from all state agencies, boards
and commissions.
4. The Chief
Information Officer (CIO) within the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall provide technological support to the Oklahoma Department of
Labor for the Occupational Licensing database. The Occupational Licensing
database shall be made available and accessible to the public on the
internet.
5. The Oklahoma
Department of Labor and the Chief Information Officer at the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services will execute an agreement for the
administration and support for the licensing database.
6. The final approval of any new agency rule
changes or fee changes by this Office shall be contingent on the agency
complying with this Executive Order.
7. The Cabinet Secretaries shall assure
enforcement of this Executive Order and fully cooperate with the CIO to enforce
compliance with this Executive Order.
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; and the cabinet
secretaries to further distribute to directors of agencies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
this 7th day of February, 2018.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Dave Lopez
Secretary of State
