Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 380 - Department of Labor
Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 380:1-1-3 - Powers and duties
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
The Commissioner has the following powers and duties, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
(1) Conducting examinations required by law to determine the qualifications of persons seeking a license to remove asbestos from public facilities, to license private employment agencies, to license welding testing laboratories, and to license qualified welders;
(2) Promulgating rules and regulations to control applications for examinations and the taking of examinations, and the preparation and grading of examination papers;
(3) Issuing, or refusing to issue, a license for any cause specified by law;
(4) Revoking or suspending for cause, any license issued, after an opportunity for a hearing has been granted;
(5) Prescribing the forms of applications for licenses and the information to be shown thereon, and of all reports which is deemed necessary in administering the law;
(6) Hiring personnel deemed necessary to advise and assist in the performance of duties;
(7) Collecting and assessing all fees in the General Revenue Fund;
(8) Maintaining personal data records on each applicant or licensee;
(9) Maintaining proceedings to enjoin persons-unlicensed and/or such criminal sanctions for law violators;
(10) Inspecting boilers and issuing licenses to installers and manufacturers;
(11) Insuring a proper and safe workplace for the citizens of Oklahoma in the administration of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act;
(12) Insuring a proper and safe workplace for the citizens of Oklahoma relative to wages, conditions of labor, and hours worked;
(13) Assisting in the collection of wages and insuring that the minimum wages as set forth by the Legislature, is paid to all employees in the State of Oklahoma;
(14) Insuring that all contacting authorities abide by the Prevailing Wages Act when building public facilities, and;
(15) Performing any other duties or functions specified by law or deemed necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the laws and rules and regulations governing the said requirements.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 39, eff 8-22-97 through 5-13-98 (emergency)1
1This emergency amendatory action was terminated upon the Governor's disapproval of proposed permanent amendments that were intended to supersede the emergency action. Upon disapproval of a proposed permanent action intended to supersede an emergency action, the emergency action is considered terminated [see 75 O.S., § 303.2 (A)(2)]. Therefore, upon disapproval of the proposed permanent amendments on 5-14-98, the text of section 380:1-1-3 reverted back to the permanent text that was effective prior to the 8-22-97 emergency action, as was last published in the 1996 edition of the OAC.
