Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 265 - State Fire Marshal Commission
Chapter 10 - Smoke Detectors
Subchapter 5 - Compliance
Section 265:10-5-5 - Enforcement

(a) No person, partnership, corporation, organization, the State, city, town, county or other sub-division of this State owning a building or structure used as a Hospital, Church, Theater, Hotel, Motel, Apartment House, rooming House, Dormitory, Rest Home, Nursing Home, Day Nursery, Convalescent Home, Auditorium or Child Care Institution, existing or constructed, shall commence the installation of Smoke Detection system without obtaining a permit.

(b) Said permit for which a charge may be made in conformity with the local ordinances, except as limited in this Chapter as to governmental agencies, shall be obtained from the city, town or county in whose jurisdiction the installation is planned.

(c) In all geographical areas wherein no permit is required by local authorities, such permit must be obtained from the State Fire Marshal, who may require the submission of plans and specifications covering the proposed installation, and he shall refuse to issue such permit unless the work planned is in accordance with the applicable provisions of current N.F.P.A. Standard #72 as referenced by the building codes most recently adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.

(d) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as repealing any ordinance of any city, town or county requiring the submission to the local authorities of plans and specifications and the obtaining of permits, but the power of authority of any such city, town or county to levy or assess any charge for such permit or to make and enforce requirements prerequisite to the issuance of such permit, other than requiring compliance with this Chapter, shall, as to governmental agencies, be limited as set forth in (a) through (f) of this Section.

(e) No city, town, county, State or other subdivision of government shall charge, assess or collect any fee or other charge for such permit, except the regular and customary inspection fees fixed by ordinances for inspection of the work to be done under such permit, and no other charge, fee or other conditions of any kind under the authority of this Act shall be made a condition of or prerequisite to the obtaining of such permit by any such governmental agency.

(f) In all geographical areas where no permit is issued by local authorities, the State Fire Marshal shall certify that said building is equipped with a Smoke Detection system, complying with this Chapter.