Title 59 — Title 59 — Professions and Occupations

Employing hospitals not regarded as practitioners. A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon in this state, without a license to do so, issued by the State Board of Osteopathic Exami…

The practice of medicine and surgery by persons authorized under other licensing laws of this state shall in no way be affected by the provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. Laws 1921, c. 30, p. 41, § 3; Laws 1983, c. 152, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 1983; Laws 1993, c…

A. There is hereby created the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. B. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall consist of eight (8) examiners appointed by the Governor, two of whom may be lay persons. The remaining examiners shall be regularly licensed osteopathic physici…

Each member of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, take the oath of office prescribed by the Oklahoma Constitution before someone qualified to administer oaths. Added by Laws 1921, c. 30, p. 42, § 5. Amended by Laws 1983,…

Employees - Inspection of records and facilities of licensee or applicant for license. A. 1. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall, immediately after the members have qualified, elect a president, vice president and secretary. 2. The president of the Board shall preside …

A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall preserve a record of its proceedings which shall be kept electronically and open to public inspection. B. The official register of licensed osteopathic physicians available to the public shall include: 1. The name, gender, license…

59 O.S. § 628 Repealed by Laws 2001, c. 16, § 10, eff. Nov. 1 2001

The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall have the power to: 1. Adopt and prescribe the use of a common seal; 2. Hold regular meetings at times to be fixed by the president of the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. In addition, the pres…

The standards of preliminary education deemed requisite for admission to an accredited osteopathic school, college or institution in good standing are that an applicant shall have completed the admission requirements of an osteopathic college accredited by the Bureau of Professio…

To practice as an osteopathic physician, the applicant shall be a graduate of a school or college of osteopathic medicine which is accredited by the Bureau of Professional Education of the American Osteopathic Association and shall have completed at least one (1) year of rotating…

2025.

Examiners — Criminal history check. A. The examination of those who desire to practice as osteopathic physicians shall embrace those general subjects and topics, a knowledge of which is commonly and generally required of candidates for a D.O. degree, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicin…

A. Each applicant who has met all requirements for licensure shall be issued a full and unrestricted license to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon. Upon application, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners may also issue special licenses, permits, warrants, and cer…

The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners may issue a license to a practitioner who is currently licensed in any country, state, territory or province, upon the following conditions: 1. That the requirements of registration in the country, state, territory or province in which the…

59 O.S. § 635 Repealed by Laws 1990, c. 163, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1990

A. There is established a special volunteer medical license for physicians who are retired from active practice and wish to donate their expertise for the medical care and treatment of indigent and needy persons of the state. The special volunteer medical license shall be: 1. Iss…

training rotations - Requirements. A. There is established a temporary resident license for out- of-state residents to perform one- or two-month training rotations in this state. The temporary resident license shall be: 1. Issued by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to eli…

Requirements. A. There is established in this state a resident training license for medical school graduates. The resident training license shall be: 1. Issued by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to eligible physicians; 2. Issued without any continuing education requireme…

A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners may issue an osteopathic faculty license without examination to an individual who remits an electronic application and fee, as set by the Board, who: 1. Demonstrates to the Board that he or she is currently licensed to practice osteopat…

Osteopathic physicians shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal regulations relative to reporting all births and deaths, and all matters pertaining to the public health, with equal rights and obligations as physicians of other schools of medicine, and such reports …

A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners may institute disciplinary action, enforce sanctions, or refuse to admit a person to an examination or may refuse to issue or reinstate or may suspend or revoke any license issued or reinstated by the Board upon proof that the applicant…

reinstating or refusing to renew license. A. In addition or as an alternative, as the case may be, to revoking, conditioning, suspending, reinstating or refusing to renew any license, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners may, after affording opportunity to be heard: 1. Tempor…

— Application to reinstate. A. At any time after the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners has revoked or suspended the license of any person to practice osteopathic medicine or surgery, the Board, upon its own motion and of its own authority and right, may reconsider such order a…

A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners is hereby given quasi-judicial powers while sitting as a Board for the purpose of revoking, suspending, or imposing other disciplinary actions upon the license of an osteopathic physician or surgeon of this state. B. To the extent neces…

criminal offense - False oath or affirmation as perjury. A. Each of the following acts shall constitute a Class D1 felony offense, punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by impri…

medical marijuana – Disciplinary action. A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners is hereby authorized to issue guidance to all osteopathic physicians in this state on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients. B. The Board may take disciplinary action as provided for …

Attendance at educational program - Notice to licensee. A. All persons legally licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in this state, on or before the first day of July of each year, shall apply to the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, on forms furnished thereby, for a rene…

A. All osteopathic physicians in active practice licensed by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall maintain a policy for professional malpractice liability insurance; provided, however, that such requirement shall not apply to osteopathic physicians: 1. Covered by a grou…

Cancellation of license - Reinstatement - Inactive status prohibited - Voluntary cancellation of license. A. If any licensee shall fail to comply with the requirements of Section 641 of this title or this section and such license is allowed to lapse, the licensee shall, upon orde…

against licensure, voluntary resignations, and medical malpractice claims. A. Every person licensed to practice osteopathic medicine by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall report within fourteen (14) days any criminal investigation in a jurisdiction which concerns that…

practice medicine — Liability. A. Every person licensed to practice osteopathic medicine by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall report to the Board information that the reporting person reasonably believes indicates that a person licensed to practice medicine in this s…

The funds received pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act or the Oklahoma Abortion-Inducing Drug Certification Program Act shall be deposited to the credit of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners Revolving Fund and may be expended by the State Board of Osteopathic …

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, to be designated the “State Board of Osteopathic Examiners Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist …

A. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act and may establish fees authorized but not specified in the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. B. The Board shall promulgate …

Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to be designated the “Osteopathic Physician Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and sha…

As used in this act: 1. "Assessment mechanism": a. means automated or virtual equipment, application or technology designed to be used on a telephone, a computer or an Internet-based device that may be used either in person or remotely to conduct an eye assessment, and b. include…

A. An assessment mechanism to conduct an eye assessment or to generate a prescription for contact lenses or visual aid glasses to a patient in Oklahoma shall: 1. Provide synchronous or asynchronous interaction between the patient and the Oklahoma-licensed optometrist; 2. Collect …

A. A contact lens prescription shall include the following: 1. The ophthalmic information necessary to accurately fabricate or dispense the lenses, including the lens manufacturer, lens series/brand name and the lens material, if applicable; 2. Power and base curve; 3. Name, lice…

Unless a health-related reason for the limitation is noted in the patient's medical records, contact lens prescriptions shall not have an expiration date of less than twelve (12) months from the date the prescription is authorized or the last date of the contact lens evaluation b…

sellers. A. All contact lens sellers authorized to dispense contact lenses in this state shall verify the contact lens prescription by the following: 1. Receipt of a written or faxed valid contact lens prescription signed by the prescribing optometrist; or 2. An electronic or ora…

glasses. A. Any seller or any person authorized to dispense contact lenses or visual aid glasses in this state who fills a prescription bears the full responsibility for the accurate dispensing of the contact lenses or visual aid glasses provided under the prescription. At no tim…

A contact lens fitting shall be complete and a contact lens prescription may be written when: 1. The optometrist has completed all measurements, tests and examinations necessary to satisfy his or her professional judgment that the patient is a viable candidate to wear contact len…

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act”. B. As used in this section: 1. “Chronic pain” means a pain state which is subacute, persistent and intractable; 2. “Fluoroscope” means a radiologic instrument equipped …

Chapter 15 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act”. Added by Laws 1971, c. 126, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1971. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 94, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.

1990.

Failure to renew - Fee - Automatic suspension. A. Every licensed veterinarian who is the holder of a license or certificate authorizing the practice of veterinary medicine in any manner whatsoever shall on or before the first day of July of each and every year apply to the State …

A. The practice of veterinary medicine shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Diagnosing, surgery, treating, correcting, changing, relieving, or preventing animal disease, deformity, defect, injury or other physical or mental conditions including the prescribing or administerin…

The Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act shall not be construed to prohibit: 1. Acts of animal husbandry consisting of dehorning, branding, tagging or notching ears, teeth floating, farriery, pregnancy checking by transrectal palpation, collecting semen, preparing semen, freezing sem…

59 O.S. § 698.13 Repealed by Laws 1999, c. 94, § 30, eff. Nov. 1, 1999

1990.