OK HB2207

Prohibits practicing surgical technology in Oklahoma health care facilities unless the person has completed an accredited educational program and holds a certified surgical technologist credential, completed military or U.S. Public Health Service training, was employed in the field before the act's effective date, or is serving the federal government

Requires new surgical technology program graduates to obtain certification within 12 months of completing their program to continue employment

Mandates continuing education for surgical technologists who qualified through military training or prior employment, matching the same requirements as certified technologists

Allows health care facilities to hire unqualified individuals only after documenting a diligent effort to find qualified surgical technologists and maintaining written records of those efforts

Assigns enforcement responsibility to the State Department of Health, with an effective date of November 1, 2015