Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-518
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Emergency care or treatment - Immunity from civil damages
Official statutory text
or criminal prosecution.
No person who is a licensed practitioner of a healing art in the
State of Oklahoma, who in good faith renders emergency care or
treatment at the scene of the emergency, shall be liable for any
civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person in
rendering the emergency care or treatment, and no person who is a
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 492
licensed practitioner of a healing art in the State of Oklahoma
shall be prosecuted under the criminal statutes of this state for
treatment of a minor without the consent of a minor's parent or
guardian when such treatment was performed under emergency
conditions and in good faith.
No person who is a licensed practitioner of a healing art in the
State of Oklahoma, who in good faith renders emergency care or
treatment at the scene of the emergency, shall be liable for any
civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person in
rendering the emergency care or treatment, and no person who is a
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 492
licensed practitioner of a healing art in the State of Oklahoma
shall be prosecuted under the criminal statutes of this state for
treatment of a minor without the consent of a minor's parent or
guardian when such treatment was performed under emergency
conditions and in good faith.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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