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OKLAHOMA STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BOARDS COMMISSIONS DEPARTMENTS (Data current October, 1992) ACCOUNTANCY BOARD, OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC Robert D. Ltmdgren, C.P.A., Chair ................................... Tulsa Jimmie L. Cole, C.P.A., Vice Chair. .. Oklahoma City Harold L. Russell, C.P.A., Secretary . .. Oklahoma City William F. Eubank, C.PA ..................................... Ponca City J. Gay Minnix, C.P.A ........................................... Clinton Charles W. Carroll Sr.,C.P.A. ....................................... Enid C. Joe Williams, C.P.A . .. Tulsa Department •• Oklahoma State Board of Public Accountancy, 4545 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 165, Oklahoma City 73105. Telephone (405) 521-2397. Administration •• Diana Collinsworth, Executive Director, Edith Steele, Deputy Director. Personnel·· 8 non merit, unclassified employees. History and Function •• The first accountancy law was enacted by the Legislature in 1917 and the Board was recreated by the Legislature in 1986 in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law to administer the provisions of the Public Accountancy Act for the protection of the public. The Board is composed of five certified public accountants and one public accountant who serve for five-year terms and one lay member who serves coterminous with the Governor. All members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and are responsible for promulgating rules of general application, setting forth guidelines for agency operations and governing the professional practices of the registrants. The agency is self-supporting through fees. ACCREDITING AGENCY, STATE E. R. Jeffers, Chair ....................................... Oklahoma City Sandy Garrett, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or designee, (ex officio) Vice Chair Elmore Meshew . .. Oklahoma City Hans Brisch, Ph.D., Chancel/or, State Regents for Higher Education or designee, (ex officio) Roy Peters, Ed.D., Director, State Department of Vocational and Technical Education, or designee, (ex officio). Department •• State Accrediting Agency, Veterans Memorial Building, 2311 N. Central, P.O. Box 53067, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152. Telephone (405) 521-3807. Administration •• Michael L. Seymore, Director. History and Function •• The Agency was established in 1949 and is responsible for the approval and the monitoring of education and training programs for veterans, their dependents, active duty military and reservists in the State of Oklahoma. AERONAUTICS COMMISSION, OKLAHOMA Paul B. Odom Jr., Chair . ................................... Oklahoma City Stan Stamper, VICe Chair .......................................... Hugo Robert L. Triplett, Secretary ........................................ Tulsa Joe Cunningham .............................................. Cookson Howard Fowler ..... .. Shawnee William Hamilton ............................................. Lawton Department •• Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, Department of Transportation, 200 N.E. 21st, B-7 First Floor, Oklahoma City 73112. Telephone (405) 521-2377. Administration •• Revere A. Young, Director; Nancy Reese Barrett, Deputy Director; Dawn Collier, Business Manager; Walter Strong, Airport Specialist. History and Function •• The Commission was created in 1963 by the Legislature to "encourage, foster and assist in the development of aeronautics in this State," which includes financial participation in airport development projects. Legislation in 1976 included the Commission as part of the Department of Transportation but stipulated that its powers and duties remain as previously defined by the Statutes. 232 AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF Gary L .. Sherrer, President .••...................................... Snow Tom GillillJJl ................................................ Newcastle Jimmy Harrel ................................................. Leedey Vrrgil Jurgensmeyer . .. MillJDi Dean Smith . .. Hydro Department -- 2800 North Lincoln, Oklahoma City 73105. Telephone (405) 521-3864. Agriculture Statistics Telephone (405) 525-9226. Administration -- Gary L. Sherrer, Commissioner; Sharon Higbie, Executive Secretary; Charles W. Anderson, Assistant Commissioner; Coy Morse, Director, Administrative Services; Robert Hartin, D.V.M., Director, Animal Industry Division; Sue Cannon, Director, AgriculbJral Laboratory; Roger Davis, Director, Forestry Division; A.L. Bonner, Director, Plant Industry and Consumer Services; Anna Belle Wiedemann, Director, Market Development Division. Personnel -- 497 clas., 54 unclas., 39 temps. History and Function -- The State Board of Agriculture was established by the Oklahoma Constitution in 1907. The first Legislature, in 1909, made the office of president of the Board elective, but in 1949 the Legislature returned it to appointive status. The five-member Board is appointed by the Governor and the Board elects its president, who is also the Commissioner. The State Department of Agriculture enforces rules and regulations relating to the agricultural industry. It is also involved, nationally and internationally, in marketing and promoting Oklahoma agricultural products in an effort to improve the economy of Oklahoma. As originally established, the duties of the Board are related primarily to jurisdiction over matters concerned with animal industry and animal quarantine regulations. Board of Control -- Bureau of Standards Administration -- Sue Cannon, Director; Charles W. Anderson, Ray O. Elliott, Assistant Directors; Ken Fraley, State Metrologist. History and Function -- This board is authorized to determine the standards of weights, measures and tests of all kinds. Function of the bureau is within the Department of Agriculture. Office -- 2800 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City 73105. Telephone (405) 521-3864, ext. 374. ALCOHOL AND DRUG INFLUENCE, BOARD OF TESTS FOR Kurt M .. Dubowski, Ph.D., designee of Dean, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Chair (ex officio) James M. Cox, Chief, Midwest City Police Department ............... Midwest City John Whetsel, Chief, Choctaw Police Department ....................... Choctaw Kenneth Vanhoy, designee of Commissioner of Public Safety (ex officio) Don Flynt, designee of Director, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (ex officio) Joan K. Leavitt, M.D., Commissioner of Health, or designee (ex officio) Johnny F. Dirck, Director, Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, or designee (ex officio) Department -- State Department of Public Safety, Robert R. Lester Training Center, 3600 Martin Luther King Ave., P.O. Box 11415, Oklahoma City 73136. Telephone (405) 271-2270. Administration - Dr. Kurt M. Dubowski, State Director and Chairman of the Board; Emmett Goodson, Administrative Assistant. History and Function -- Created by the Legislature, the Board began functioning January I, 1969. Recreated by the Legislature in 1982 with a name change and expanded responsibilities, it is the state agency charged with the authority and responsibility for approving laboratories for analysis of alcohol and other intoxicating substances in blood, breath, saliva, and urine under the Oklahoma Chemical Tests Act for traffic law enforcement purposes; issuing permits to persons qualified to conduct such tests; approving methods, techniques, devices, equipment, and records for such tests and for collection and handling of specimens. 233 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAWS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION Jim Hughes, Chair . Altus Jacque J. Brawner, VICe Chair . .. Oklahoma City Carlos J. Chappelle .............................................. Tulsa Al Cherry ..................................................... Hugo Rick D. Farmer . Tahlequah Robert Lester ................................................ Norman Robert F. Maynard . .. Shawnee Department -- Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Bldg., 2501 N. Stiles, 3rd Floor, Oklahoma City 73105. Telephone (405) 521-3484. Administration -- Ron L. Willis, Director; Charles J. Weaver, Assistant Director; Gary Davidson, Chief Management Analysis; Kurt Morgan, Chief Counsel; A. Keith Burt, Business Manager. History and Function -- Created by the 28th amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution, the Commission consists of seven members appointed by the Governor, who in turn appoint the director, all subject to the advice and consent of the State Senate. The purpose of the Commission is viewed as an exercise of the police power of the State of Oklahoma for the protection, welfare, health, peace, temperance and safety of the people of the State and for the purpose of licensing and regulating the liquor industry. The Agency enforces the Oklahoma Beverage Control Act. ANATOMICAL BOARD OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Joe G. Wood, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, or designee (ex offICio)., Chair. Joe Gnybowski, Ph.D. Edmond Mary R. Whitmore, Ph.D. .. Norman Kyung Chung, Ph.D., designee of Dean, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma (ex offICio). Kirby L. Jarolim, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Anatomy, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Oklahoma State University, or designee (ex officio) Daniel Overack, Ph.D., designee of Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Oklahoma State University (ex officio) Department -- State Anatomical Board, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73190. Telephone (405) 271-2424. Administration -- Pam Lawson, Executive Secretary. Personnel -- 0 non-merit employees. History and Function -- Created by the 1935 Legislature, the Board is composed of deans, or their designees, of each accredited