Oklahoma Code § 59-491

Title 59. Professions And Occupations: Practicing without a license - Penalties
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A.  1.  Every person before practicing medicine and surgery or
any of the branches or departments of medicine and surgery, within
the meaning of the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical
Licensure and Supervision Act, the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine
Act, or the Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment
Act, within this state, must be in legal possession of the unrevoked
license or certificate issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Allopathic
Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act or the Oklahoma
Osteopathic Medicine Act.
2.  Any person practicing in such manner within this state, who
is not in the legal possession of a license or certificate, shall,
upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, punishable
by a fine in an amount not less than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by
imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section
20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
3.  Each day a person is in violation of any provision of this
subsection shall constitute a separate criminal offense and, in
addition, the district attorney may file a separate charge of
medical battery for each person who is injured as a result of
treatment or surgery performed in violation of this subsection.
4.  Any person who practices medicine and surgery or any of the
branches or departments thereof without first complying with the
provisions of the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure
and Supervision Act, the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act, or the
Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act shall, in
addition to the other penalties provided therein, receive no
compensation for such medical and surgical or branches or
departments thereof services.
B.  1.  If a license has been revoked or suspended pursuant to
the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and

Supervision Act or the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act whether for
disciplinary reasons or for failure to renew the license, the State
Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision may, subject to rules
promulgated by the Board, assess and collect an administrative fine
not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each day after
revocation or suspension whether for disciplinary reasons or for
failure to renew such license that the person practices medicine and
surgery or any of the branches or departments thereof within this
state.
2.  The Board may impose administrative penalties against any
person who violates any of the provisions of the Oklahoma
Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act or any rule
promulgated pursuant thereto.  The Board is authorized to initiate
disciplinary and injunctive proceedings against any person who has
violated any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Interventional Pain
Management and Treatment Act or any rule of the Board promulgated
pursuant thereto.  The Board is authorized in the name of the state
to apply for relief by injunction in the established manner provided
in cases of civil procedure, without bond, to enforce the provisions
of the Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act, or
to restrain any violation thereof.  The members of the Board shall
not be personally liable for proceeding under this section.
3.  Fines assessed shall be in addition to any criminal penalty
provided pursuant to subsection A of this section.
Added by Laws 1923, c. 59, p. 104, § 11, emerg. eff. March 31, 1923.
Amended by Laws 1994, c. 323, § 10, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2001, c.
115, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 523, § 3, emerg.
eff. June 9, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 358, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws
2010, c. 67, § 2, emerg. eff. April 9, 2010; Laws 2016, c. 229, § 1,
eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 535, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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