Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-73
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Preservation and enforcement of orders
Official statutory text
A. The Commission shall have the power to preserve and enforce
order during any proceeding before it, to issue subpoenas for and
administer oaths to and compel the attendance and testimony of
witnesses, and require the production of books, papers, documents,
and other evidence.
B. If any person or party attending any proceeding before the
Commission disobeys or resists any lawful order or process,
obstructs the hearing, neglects to produce any book, paper or
document after having been ordered to do so, refuses to appear after
having been subpoenaed, refuses to take oath as a witness, refuses
to be examined according to law, refuses to comply with any final
judgment of an administrative law judge or the Commission or
willfully refuses to pay an uncontroverted medical or related
expense within forty-five (45) days after the respondent has
received the statement, the person or party, at the discretion of
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the administrative law judge or the Commission, may be found to be
in contempt of the Commission and may be subject to a fine not to
exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
order during any proceeding before it, to issue subpoenas for and
administer oaths to and compel the attendance and testimony of
witnesses, and require the production of books, papers, documents,
and other evidence.
B. If any person or party attending any proceeding before the
Commission disobeys or resists any lawful order or process,
obstructs the hearing, neglects to produce any book, paper or
document after having been ordered to do so, refuses to appear after
having been subpoenaed, refuses to take oath as a witness, refuses
to be examined according to law, refuses to comply with any final
judgment of an administrative law judge or the Commission or
willfully refuses to pay an uncontroverted medical or related
expense within forty-five (45) days after the respondent has
received the statement, the person or party, at the discretion of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 85A. Workers' Compensation Page 104
the administrative law judge or the Commission, may be found to be
in contempt of the Commission and may be subject to a fine not to
exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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