Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-3009
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Medical bills - Identification
Official statutory text
Upon the trial of any civil case involving injury, disease or
disability, the patient, a member of the patient’s family or any
other person responsible for the care of the patient, shall be a
competent witness to identify doctor bills, hospital bills,
ambulance service bills, drug bills and similar bills for expenses
incurred in the treatment of the patient upon a showing by the
witness that such bills were received from a licensed practicing
physician, hospital, ambulance service, pharmacy, drug store, or
supplier of therapeutic or orthopedic devices, and that such
expenses were incurred in connection with the treatment of the
injury, disease or disability involved in the subject of litigation
at trial. Such items of evidence need not be identified by the
person who submits the bill, and it shall not be necessary for an
expert witness to testify that the charges were reasonable and
necessary.
disability, the patient, a member of the patient’s family or any
other person responsible for the care of the patient, shall be a
competent witness to identify doctor bills, hospital bills,
ambulance service bills, drug bills and similar bills for expenses
incurred in the treatment of the patient upon a showing by the
witness that such bills were received from a licensed practicing
physician, hospital, ambulance service, pharmacy, drug store, or
supplier of therapeutic or orthopedic devices, and that such
expenses were incurred in connection with the treatment of the
injury, disease or disability involved in the subject of litigation
at trial. Such items of evidence need not be identified by the
person who submits the bill, and it shall not be necessary for an
expert witness to testify that the charges were reasonable and
necessary.
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