Okla. Stat. tit. 76, § 76-5.8

declared national, state or local emergency - Immunity from

liability.

A. A licensed architect or professional engineer who

voluntarily, without compensation other than expense reimbursement,

provides architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical or other

design professional services related to a declared national, state

or local emergency caused by a natural disaster or catastrophic

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event, at the request of or with the approval of a national, state

or local public official, law enforcement official, public safety

official or building inspection official believed by the licensed

architect or professional engineer to be acting in an official

capacity, shall not be liable for any personal injury, wrongful

death, property damage or other loss of any nature related to the

licensed architect's or professional engineer's acts or omissions in

the performance of such professional services for any publicly or

privately owned structure, building, facility, project utility,

equipment, machine, process, piping or other system. Nothing in

this section shall provide immunity for injury or damage resulting

from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in rendering

the emergency professional services. The immunity provided in this

section shall apply only to a voluntary architectural or engineering

service that occurs during the emergency or within ninety (90) days

following the end of the period for an emergency, disaster or

catastrophic event, unless extended by an executive order issued by

the Governor under the Governor's emergency executive powers.

B. In the event a natural disaster or catastrophic event

described pursuant to subsection A of this section occurs, and the

services of licensed architects or professional engineers who

provide architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical or other

design professional services are required, but the number of

professional persons licensed or registered in this state is

insufficient for such purpose, any person licensed or registered in

another state to practice such profession and who is a member of a

mobile support team or unit of the licensing state, may inspect and

placard structures for safety and habitability in this state upon

request by the Governor of this state and order of the Governor of

the person's home state without being licensed or registered in this

state. Out-of-state licensed architects or professional engineers

who inspect and placard structures for safety and habitability under

these conditions shall not be liable for any personal injury,

wrongful death, property damage or other loss related to the

licensed architect's or professional engineer's acts or omissions in

the performance of such emergency professional services for any

publicly or privately owned structure, building, facility, project

utility, equipment, machine, process, piping or other system.

Nothing in this section shall provide immunity for injury or damage

resulting from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in

rendering the emergency professional services. The immunity

provided in this section shall apply only to a voluntary

architectural or engineering service of inspecting and placarding

structures for safety and habitability that occurs during the

emergency or within ninety (90) days following the end of the period

for an emergency, disaster or catastrophic event, unless extended by

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an executive order issued by the Governor of this state under the

Governor's emergency executive powers.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Building inspection official" means any appointed or

elected federal, state or local official with executive

responsibility to coordinate building inspection in the jurisdiction

in which the emergency or event has occurred;

2. "Law enforcement official" means any appointed or elected
rnor of this state under the

Governor's emergency executive powers.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Building inspection official" means any appointed or

elected federal, state or local official with executive

responsibility to coordinate building inspection in the jurisdiction

in which the emergency or event has occurred;

2. "Law enforcement official" means any appointed or elected

federal, state or local official with executive responsibility to

coordinate law enforcement in the jurisdiction in which the

emergency or event has occurred;

3. "Licensed architect" means a person duly licensed pursuant

to Section 46.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. "Professional engineer" means a person duly licensed and

registered pursuant to Section 475.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

5. "Public official" means any elected federal, state or local

official with executive responsibility in the jurisdiction in which

the emergency or event has occurred; and

6. "Public safety official" means any appointed or elected

federal, state or local official with executive responsibility to

coordinate public safety in the jurisdiction in which the emergency

or event has occurred.