Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1708
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Malpractice insurance on doctors and nurses in health
Official statutory text
departments - Liability.
The State Commissioner of Health may purchase, with public
funds, insurance to protect the public against malpractice of
doctors and nurses employed by the State Department of Health full
time, and to indemnify such doctors and nurses in connection
therewith; and the director of any county, district or cooperative
department of health may purchase, with public funds, insurance to
protect the public against malpractice of doctors and nurses
employed full time by such department and to indemnify such doctors
and nurses in connection therewith. This section shall not be
construed to make the state or a county, or any of the aforesaid
departments of health, liable for damages resulting from such
malpractice.
The State Commissioner of Health may purchase, with public
funds, insurance to protect the public against malpractice of
doctors and nurses employed by the State Department of Health full
time, and to indemnify such doctors and nurses in connection
therewith; and the director of any county, district or cooperative
department of health may purchase, with public funds, insurance to
protect the public against malpractice of doctors and nurses
employed full time by such department and to indemnify such doctors
and nurses in connection therewith. This section shall not be
construed to make the state or a county, or any of the aforesaid
departments of health, liable for damages resulting from such
malpractice.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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