§ 32. Short title--Volunteer Professional Services Immunity Act--Application of act
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 76. Torts
76 Okl.St.Ann. § 32
§ 32. Short title--Volunteer Professional Services Immunity Act--Application of act
C. Any volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner and any organization that arranges for the care given by the volunteer professional shall be immune from liability in a civil action on the basis of any act or omission of the volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner resulting in damage or injury if:
D. In the event the volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner refers the patient covered by this section to another volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner for additional treatment, the referred volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner shall be subject to the provisions of this section if:
F. The immunity from civil liability provided by this section shall extend only to the actions taken by a person rendering the service, care, assistance, advice or other benefit as a volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner, and does not confer any immunity to any person for actions taken by the volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner prior to or after the rendering of the service, care, assistance, advice or other benefit as a volunteer professional or volunteer health practitioner.
G. For the purpose of this section, the term “volunteer professional” and “referred volunteer professional” means a person who voluntarily provides professional medically related services without compensation or expectation of compensation of any kind. A volunteer professional or a referred volunteer professional shall include the following licensed professionals, including those persons licensed in accordance with Section 493.5 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
A volunteer professional shall be engaged in the active practice of a medical professional or retired from a medically related profession, if still eligible to provide medically related professional services within this state.
H. For the purposes of this section, the term “volunteer health practitioner” and “referred volunteer health practitioner” means a person who voluntarily provides health-related services without compensation or expectation of compensation of any kind. A volunteer health practitioner or referred volunteer health practitioner shall include the following:
I. Any person or entity participating in the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps and assisting with emergency management, emergency operations, or hazard mitigation in response to any emergency, man-made disaster, or natural disaster, or participating as authorized in public health initiatives, disaster drills, or other activities designed to strengthen emergency response that are endorsed by a city-county health department, county health department or the state health department in the State of Oklahoma, shall not be liable for civil damages on the basis of any act or omission, if:
Credits
Laws 2004, c. 368, § 34, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 106, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2009, c. 255, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 2, § 103, emerg. eff. March 3, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 77, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
76 Okl. St. Ann. § 32, OK ST T. 76 § 32
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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