Oklahoma Code § 85A-21

Title 85A. Workers' Compensation: Officers - Quorum
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A.  Commissioners shall be considered officers and shall take
the oath prescribed by the Oklahoma Constitution and the laws of
this state.
B.  1.  A majority of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and vacancies
shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to
exercise all the powers of the full Commission, so long as a
majority remains.
2.  Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the Commission
is authorized to hold or undertake may be held or undertaken by or
before any one commissioner of the Commission, or appointee acting
for him or her, under authorization of the Commission.
C.  The Commission shall have a seal for authentication of its
judgments, awards, and proceedings, on which shall be inscribed the
words: "Workers' Compensation Commission, State of Oklahoma".
D.  Except with respect to the Commission's authority to hear
appeals of decisions from administrative law judges, any reference
in this title to the Commission's ability to hear and decide the
rights of interested parties under this title shall not prevent it
from delegating that responsibility to an administrative law judge.

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