Oklahoma § 21-592 - Definitions
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-592 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-592. Definitions
A. As used in this section:
1. "Agent" means any person who acts for another at the request
or with the knowledge of the other in dealing with third persons;
2. "Medical care provider" means any person licensed in
Oklahoma as a medical doctor, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, a
dentist, an osteopathic physician or an optometrist or a hospital;
and
3. "Runner", "capper", and "steerer" mean any person acting
within this state for compensation as an agent for a medical care
provider in the solicitation of a person to employ the medical care
provider to provide medical services.
B. No medical care provider shall, by means of an agent,
runner, capper, steerer, or other person who is not a medical care
provider, solicit or procure a person to employ the medical care
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provider to provide medical services under the workers' compensation
laws of this state.
C. No medical care provider shall, directly or indirectly, pay
or promise to pay any person, other than another medical care
provider, any money, service, fee, commission, or other thing of
value in consideration for the employment of the medical care
provider to provide medical services under the workers' compensation
laws of this state.
D. No person shall act or agree to act as an agent, runner,
capper, or steerer for a medical care provider.
E. Subsections B and C of this section shall not prohibit
participation by a medical care provider in a voluntary medical care
provider referral program including, but not limited to, referral
programs operated by an association of medical care providers.
F. Any contract for employment of a medical care provider
secured in violation of this section shall be void and unenforceable
and no medical care provider shall provide medical services in
violation of this section.
G. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a
fine of up to Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each
offense, which shall not be subject to Section 101 of Title 85 of
the Oklahoma Statutes. Penalties imposed pursuant to this section
shall be in addition to any penalties which might be imposed by the
professional licensing organization for the medical care provider or
similar organization of another state or by a court when punishing
for contempt or when imposing sanctions against a medical care
provider or party.
Added by Laws 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 48, emerg. eff. Nov. 4,
1994.
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Section 21-592 ("Definitions") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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