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ANNOUNCES REGIONAL MEETINGS
To Receive Comments on Proposed Administrative
Mechanical Rules and the addition of a category
Medical Gas Piping Journeyman to the Mechanical
License that would require licensure and regulate
the installation of medical gas piping in health
care facilities.
Tulsa Technology Center January 24, 2011 _at_ 600
pm Business Training Center 3638 S.
Memorial Tulsa Kiamichi Technology
Center January 25, 2011 _at_ 600 pm 301 Kiamichi
Drive McAlester High Plains Technology
Center January 27, 2011 _at_ 600 pm Main Bldg. 201B
Meeting Room 3921 34th St. Woodward Great
Plains Technology Center January 31, 2011 _at_ 600
pm Bldg. 100 4500 W. Lee Blvd. Lawton
Construction Industries Board February 1, 2011
_at_ 600 pm Shepherd Mall 2401 NW 23rd, Ste
5 Oklahoma City
RULE CHANGES SUMMARY 15850-1-2 defines
"Health care facility", "Medical gas piping
work", "Medical gas journeyman", for purposes of
regulatory compliance. "Mechanical work",
"Process piping", "Refrigeration system", and
"Variance" have been modified for regulatory
clarification. 15850-1-3(c), (d), (e), (f) and
(g) provide uniformity between the Mechanical
Licensing Act and the Mechanical Industry
Regulations and establish the requirements for
the installation, replacement, modification, or
repair of mechanical systems. 15850-1-4
acknowledges approved code documents by the
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission as the
minimum standard for mechanical work in Oklahoma.
15850-5-1(b)(9) creates the mechanical license
category and license type for medical gas
journeyman. 158 50-5-2(b)(10) clarifies the
authorized activities and limitations of a
medical gas journeyman licensee.
15850-9-1(b)(1)(A)(B)(C) and (D) and
15850-9-1(b)(2) set forth the qualification
requirements for persons applying for a license
and require proof of the minimum number of hours
of verifiable experience and education necessary
to receive a license. 15850-9-1(c) sets
requirements for certification by examination for
the Medical Gas license category. 15850-9-2 is
clean up language which corrects a misspellings
and typographical errors. 158 50-9-7(l) and (m)
eliminate continuing education requirements for
ground source piping category licensees and
medical gas category licensees.
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