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§ 5-104. False attestation--Penalty

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 43A. Mental Health

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 43a. Mental Health (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Mental Health Law of 1986 (Refs & Annos)
Admission to Institutions
43A Okl.St.Ann. § 5-104
§ 5-104. False attestation--Penalty
Any person who intentionally falsely attests to the mental illness, alcohol dependency, or drug dependency of any person, or whose false attestations as to mental illness, alcohol dependency, or drug dependency of any person is proved to be the result of negligence or deficient professional skill, or who signs such an evaluation or petition for pecuniary reward, or promise thereof, or other consideration of value or operating to his or her advantage, other than the professional fee usually paid for such service, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by payment of a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Credits

Laws 1953, p. 175, § 139, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953; Laws 1986, c. 103, § 64, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Renumbered from Title 43A, § 139 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Laws 2005, c. 195, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2007, c. 130, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
43A Okl. St. Ann. § 5-104, OK ST T. 43A § 5-104
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 3 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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