A. No person who is exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act shall display any badge or identification card bearing the words "private investigator" or "private detective", or use any words or phrases that imply that such person is a private investigator or private detective.
B. No person licensed as a private investigator shall:
1. Divulge any information gained by the private investigator in his or her employment except as the employer of the private investigator may direct or as the private investigator may be required by law to divulge; or
2. Willfully make a false report to the employer of the private investigator or to a client.
Any violation of this subsection, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training or its employees shall not disclose application information pertaining to persons licensed pursuant to this act, except:
1. To verify the current license status of any applicant or licensee to the public;
2. To perform duties pursuant to the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act;
3. To a bona fide law enforcement agency;
4. To a licensing authority in another jurisdiction;
5. As required by court order;
6. To provide final orders where an applicant or licensee was the respondent in or was the subject of an administrative proceeding initiated by the Council; or
7. To provide information regarding application information to the agency employing a licensee including, but not limited to, the information and/or documentation requested by CLEET from the applicant or licensee to complete the application process.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 224, § 8, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 193, § 8, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 200, § 6, eff. July 1, 1988; Laws 2019, c. 246, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.