ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1178	By:	Nichols of the Senate

			and

		Terrill of the House

An Act relating to professions and occupations; amending 59 O.S. 2001, Section 487, which relates to the secretary of the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; modifying duty of secretary; modifying date of transmittal of certain official copy; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2001, Section 487, is amended to read as follows:

Section 487.  A.  The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision may appoint the secretary to serve as Medical Advisor to the Board and the Board staff.  The Board may hire the secretary as an employee of the Board at such hours of employment and compensation as determined by the Board.  The Board may hire a licensed allopathic physician to serve as the secretary-medical advisor to the Board and its staff.  This position shall be in the exempt unclassified service, as provided for in subsection B of Section 840-5.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  The secretary shall not be a member of the Board and shall not vote on Board actions.

B.  The secretary of the Board shall preserve a true record of the official proceedings of the meetings of the Board.  He or she shall also preserve a record of physicians licensed ~~or~~, applying for such license or applying for reinstatement of such license in this state showing:

1.  Age;

2.  Ethnic origin;

3.  Sex;

4.  Place of practice and residence;

5.  The time spent in premedical and medical study, together with the names of the schools attended, and the date of graduation therefrom, with the degrees granted;

6.  The grades made in examination for license or grades filed in application therefor; and

7.  A record of the final disposition of each application for licensure.

The secretary of the Board shall, on or before the first day of ~~March~~ May in each year, transmit an official copy of said register for the preceding calendar year, to the Secretary of State for permanent record, a certified copy of which shall be admitted as evidence in all courts of the state.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

Passed the Senate the 11th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 30th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer	of the House
	of Representatives