Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-191
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Restrictions on requirement of physical examination -
Official statutory text
Report not basis of damages.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association,
or corporation, either for himself, herself, or itself, or in a
representative or fiduciary capacity, to require any employee or
applicant for employment, as a condition of employment or continued
employment, to submit to, or take, a physical or medical
examination, without providing such examination at no cost therefor
to such employee or applicant for employment, or without furnishing,
upon the request of the employee or applicant for employment within
thirty (30) days after such examination, free of charge, to such
employee or applicant for employment, a true and correct copy,
either original or duplicate original, of the examiner's report of
such examination. It shall further be unlawful for any such person,
partnership, association or corporation to require any employee or
applicant for employment to pay, either directly or indirectly, any
part of the cost of any such examination, report, or copy of report.
Provided that the report of any physical examination furnished in
accordance with this section shall not be made the basis or
predicate for any action in damages against the physician and
surgeon making and furnishing such report.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association,
or corporation, either for himself, herself, or itself, or in a
representative or fiduciary capacity, to require any employee or
applicant for employment, as a condition of employment or continued
employment, to submit to, or take, a physical or medical
examination, without providing such examination at no cost therefor
to such employee or applicant for employment, or without furnishing,
upon the request of the employee or applicant for employment within
thirty (30) days after such examination, free of charge, to such
employee or applicant for employment, a true and correct copy,
either original or duplicate original, of the examiner's report of
such examination. It shall further be unlawful for any such person,
partnership, association or corporation to require any employee or
applicant for employment to pay, either directly or indirectly, any
part of the cost of any such examination, report, or copy of report.
Provided that the report of any physical examination furnished in
accordance with this section shall not be made the basis or
predicate for any action in damages against the physician and
surgeon making and furnishing such report.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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