Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2554
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Duties of law enforcement officers
Official statutory text
A. A law enforcement officer shall make a diligent effort to
determine whether any disabled person he finds is an epileptic or a
diabetic or suffers from some other type of illness that would cause
the condition. Whenever feasible, this effort shall be made before
the person is charged with a crime or taken to a place of detention.
B. In seeking to determine whether a disabled person suffers
from an illness, a law enforcement officer shall make a reasonable
search for an identifying device and an identification card of the
type described in subsection B, Section 3 of this act, and examine
them for emergency information. The law enforcement officer may not
search for an identifying device or an identification card in a
manner or to an extent that would appear to a reasonable person in
the circumstances to cause an unreasonable risk of worsening the
disabled person's condition.
C. A law enforcement officer who finds a disabled person
without an identifying device or identification card is not relieved
of his duty to that person to make a diligent effort to ascertain
the existence of any illness causing the disabled condition.
D. A cause of action against a law enforcement officer does not
arise from his making a reasonable search of the disabled person to
locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the
person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an
identification card.
E. A law enforcement officer who determines or has reason to
believe that a disabled person is suffering from an illness causing
his condition shall promptly notify the person's physician, if
practicable. If the officer is unable to ascertain the physician's
identity or to communicate with him, the officer shall make a
reasonable effort to cause the disabled person to be transported
immediately to a medical practitioner or to a facility where medical
treatment is available. If the officer believes it unduly dangerous
to move the disabled person, he shall make a reasonable effort to
obtain the assistance of a medical practitioner.
determine whether any disabled person he finds is an epileptic or a
diabetic or suffers from some other type of illness that would cause
the condition. Whenever feasible, this effort shall be made before
the person is charged with a crime or taken to a place of detention.
B. In seeking to determine whether a disabled person suffers
from an illness, a law enforcement officer shall make a reasonable
search for an identifying device and an identification card of the
type described in subsection B, Section 3 of this act, and examine
them for emergency information. The law enforcement officer may not
search for an identifying device or an identification card in a
manner or to an extent that would appear to a reasonable person in
the circumstances to cause an unreasonable risk of worsening the
disabled person's condition.
C. A law enforcement officer who finds a disabled person
without an identifying device or identification card is not relieved
of his duty to that person to make a diligent effort to ascertain
the existence of any illness causing the disabled condition.
D. A cause of action against a law enforcement officer does not
arise from his making a reasonable search of the disabled person to
locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the
person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an
identification card.
E. A law enforcement officer who determines or has reason to
believe that a disabled person is suffering from an illness causing
his condition shall promptly notify the person's physician, if
practicable. If the officer is unable to ascertain the physician's
identity or to communicate with him, the officer shall make a
reasonable effort to cause the disabled person to be transported
immediately to a medical practitioner or to a facility where medical
treatment is available. If the officer believes it unduly dangerous
to move the disabled person, he shall make a reasonable effort to
obtain the assistance of a medical practitioner.
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