Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-117
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Estoppel from denying employment
Official statutory text
Every employer and insurance carrier who schedules any employee
as a person employed by the employer for the purpose of paying or
collecting insurance premiums on a workers' compensation insurance
policy or who pays, receives or collects any premiums upon any
insurance policy covering the liability of such employer under the
workers' compensation law by reason of or upon the basis of the
employment of any such employee shall be estopped to deny that such
employee was employed by the employer.
as a person employed by the employer for the purpose of paying or
collecting insurance premiums on a workers' compensation insurance
policy or who pays, receives or collects any premiums upon any
insurance policy covering the liability of such employer under the
workers' compensation law by reason of or upon the basis of the
employment of any such employee shall be estopped to deny that such
employee was employed by the employer.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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