Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-622

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 Examiners; provided, that any license or

certificate issued under the laws of this state, authorizing its

holder to practice osteopathic medicine, shall remain in full force

and effect. Persons who hold themselves out as osteopathic

physicians in this state without a license issued by the State Board

of Osteopathic Examiners shall submit themselves to the jurisdiction

of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.

2. Osteopathic physicians engaged in postgraduate training

shall be licensed. Osteopathic physicians engaged in the internship

or PGY-1 year shall be issued a resident training license and all

other postgraduate students shall be issued an advanced resident

training license.

B. 1. A person within or outside of this state who performs

through electronic communications diagnostic or treatment services

or other medical services within the scope of practice of an

osteopathic physician and surgeon for any patient whose condition is

being diagnosed or treated within this state shall be licensed in

this state, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic

Medicine Act. However, in such cases, a nonresident osteopathic

physician who, while located outside this state, consults on an

irregular basis with a physician who is located in this state is not

required to be licensed in this state.

2. Any osteopathic physician who engages in the practice of

medicine or the prescription of drugs, devices, or treatments via

electronic means may do so only in the context of an appropriate

physician-patient relationship wherein a proper patient record is

maintained including, at the minimum, a current history and

physical.

3. Any commissioned medical officer of the Armed Forces of the

United States or medical officer of the United States Public Health

Service or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, in the

discharge of official duties whose practice is confined entirely

within federally controlled facilities, who is fully licensed to

practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in one or more

jurisdictions of the United States shall not be required to be

licensed in this state pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine

Act, unless the person already holds an osteopathic medical license

in this state pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. In

such case, the medical officer shall be subject to the Oklahoma

Osteopathic Medicine Act.

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4. A person who performs any of the functions covered by this

subsection submits themselves to the jurisdiction of the courts of

this state for the purposes of any cause of action resulting from

the functions performed.

C. A hospital, as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, or a related institution which has the principal

purpose or function of providing hospital or medical care including,

but not limited to, any corporation, association, trust, or other

organization organized and operated for such purpose, may employ one

or more persons who are duly licensed to practice osteopathic

medicine in this state without being regarded as itself practicing

osteopathic medicine within the meaning and provisions of this

section. The employment by the hospital or related institution of

any person who is duly licensed shall not, in and of itself, be

considered as an act of unprofessional conduct by the person so

employed. Nothing provided herein shall eliminate, limit or

restrict the liability for any act or failure to act of any

hospital, any hospital’s employees or persons duly licensed to

practice osteopathic medicine.
employment by the hospital or related institution of

any person who is duly licensed shall not, in and of itself, be

considered as an act of unprofessional conduct by the person so

employed. Nothing provided herein shall eliminate, limit or

restrict the liability for any act or failure to act of any

hospital, any hospital’s employees or persons duly licensed to

practice osteopathic medicine.

D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act shall be

construed as to require an osteopathic physician to secure an

Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) as a condition of

licensure, reimbursement, employment or admitting privileges at a

hospital in this state. For the purposes of this subsection,

“Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC)” shall mean a continuing

education program measuring core competencies in the practice of

medicine and surgery and approved by a nationally-recognized

accrediting organization.

E. An osteopathic physician licensed under the Oklahoma

Osteopathic Medicine Act may not hold himself or herself out as a

board-certified specialist unless the osteopathic physician has

successfully completed the requirements for certification by the

American Osteopathic Association, the American Board of Medical

Specialties, or the American Association of Physician Specialists.

However, an osteopathic physician may indicate the services offered

and may state that his or her practice is limited to one or more

types of services when this statement accurately reflects the scope

of practice of the osteopathic physician.