hormones. A. A licensed practitioner as defined in Section 355 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not prescribe, dispense, deliver, or administer an anabolic steroid or human growth hormone or cause an anabolic steroid or human growth hormone to be administered under the direction or supervision of the practitioner except for a valid medical purpose and in the course of a professional practice. A valid medical purpose for the use of anabolic steroids or human growth hormones shall not include bodybuilding, muscle enhancement or increasing muscle bulk or strength of a person who is in good health. This section shall not prohibit the use of anabolic steroids for the treatment of livestock or domestic animals in accordance with state or federal law. B. The prescribing, dispensing, delivering or administering of an anabolic steroid by a licensed practitioner in violation of the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be grounds for revocation or nonrenewal of the license of such licensed practitioner to practice in this state. In addition, any licensed practitioner prescribing, dispensing, delivering or administering an anabolic steroid in violation of the provisions of subsection A of this section, upon conviction thereof shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine. Added by Laws 1989, c. 304, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 271, § 1, operative July 1, 1990. Renumbered from § 355.3 of Title 59 by Laws 1990, c. 271, § 3, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 527, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 380, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 734, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
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