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Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-58

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Mandatory reporting of domestic abuse - Exceptions

Official statutory text

A. Criminally injurious conduct, as defined by the Oklahoma

Crime Victims Compensation Act, which appears to be or is reported

by the victim to be domestic abuse, as defined in Section 60.1 of

this title, or domestic abuse by strangulation, domestic abuse

resulting in great bodily harm, or domestic abuse in the presence of

a child, as defined in Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, shall be reported according to the standards for reporting

as set forth in subsection B of this section.

B. Any physician, surgeon, resident, intern, physician

assistant, registered nurse, or any other health care professional

examining, attending, or treating the victim of what appears to be

domestic abuse or is reported by the victim to be domestic abuse, as

defined in Section 60.1 of this title, or domestic abuse by

strangulation, domestic abuse resulting in great bodily harm, or

domestic abuse in the presence of a child, as defined in Section 644

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall not be required to

report any incident of what appears to be or is reported to be

domestic abuse, domestic abuse by strangulation, domestic abuse

resulting in great bodily harm, or domestic abuse in the presence of

a child if:

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1. Committed upon the person of an adult who is over the age of

eighteen (18) years; and

2. The person is not an incapacitated adult.

C. Any physician, surgeon, resident, intern, physician

assistant, registered nurse, or any other health care professional

examining, attending, or treating a victim shall be required to

report any incident of what appears to be or is reported to be

domestic abuse, domestic abuse by strangulation, domestic abuse

resulting in great bodily harm, or domestic abuse in the presence of

a child, if requested to do so either orally or in writing by the

victim. A report of any incident shall be promptly made orally or

by telephone to the nearest law enforcement agency in the county

wherein the domestic abuse occurred or, if the location where the

conduct occurred is unknown, the report shall be made to the law

enforcement agency nearest to the location where the injury is

treated.

D. In all cases of what appears to be or is reported to be

domestic abuse, the physician, surgeon, resident, intern, physician

assistant, registered nurse, or any other health care professional

examining, attending, or treating the victim of what appears to be

domestic abuse shall clearly and legibly document the incident and

injuries observed and reported, as well as any treatment provided or

prescribed.

E. In all cases of what appears to be or is reported to be

domestic abuse, the physician, surgeon, resident, intern, physician

assistant, registered nurse, or any other health care professional

examining, attending or treating the victim of what appears to be

domestic abuse shall refer the victim to domestic violence and

victim services programs, including providing the victim with the

twenty-four-hour statewide telephone communication service

established by Section 18p-5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

F. Every physician, surgeon, resident, intern, physician

assistant, registered nurse, or any other health care professional

making a report of domestic abuse pursuant to this section or

examining a victim of domestic abuse to determine the likelihood of

domestic abuse, and every hospital or related institution in which

the victim of domestic abuse was examined or treated shall, upon the

request of a law enforcement officer conducting a criminal

investigation into the case, provide copies of the results of the

examination or copies of the examination on which the report was

based, and any other clinical notes, x-rays, photographs, and other

previous or current records relevant to the case to the

investigating law enforcement officer.

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