A. Each of the following acts shall constitute a felony, punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one (1) year or imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than four (4) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment:
1. The practice of osteopathic medicine or attempt to practice osteopathic medicine without a license issued by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners;
2. Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, a license under the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act by fraud or false statements;
3. Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, money or any other thing of value, by fraudulent representation or false pretense;
4. Advertising as an osteopathic physician and surgeon, or practicing or attempting to practice osteopathic medicine under a false, assumed, or fictitious name, or a name other than the real name; or
5. Allowing any person in the licensee’s employment or control to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon when not actually licensed to do so.
B. Each day a person is in violation of any provision of subsection A of this section 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 subsection A of this section.
C. Any person making any willfully false oath or affirmation whenever oath or affirmation is required by the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act shall be deemed guilty of the felony of perjury, and upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by the general laws of this state.
Added by Laws 1921, c. 30, p. 47, § 18. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 152, § 18, emerg. eff. May 26, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 230, § 19, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 509, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 523, § 12, emerg. eff. June 9, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 358, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 509 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.