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2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-2555. Medical practitioners - Duties - Liability.
Universal Citation: 63 OK Stat § 63-2555 (2021)
A. A medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card of the type described in subsection B, Section 3 of this act, and examine them for emergency information.
B. A cause of action against a medical practitioner does not arise from his making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 212, § 5, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.
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