Oklahoma § 40-191 - Restrictions on requirement of physical examination Report not basis of damages

§ 40-191. Restrictions on requirement of physical examination Report not basis of damages

It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association,

or corporation, either for himself, herself, or itself, or in a

representative or fiduciary capacity, to require any employee or

applicant for employment, as a condition of employment or continued

employment, to submit to, or take, a physical or medical

examination, without providing such examination at no cost therefor

to such employee or applicant for employment, or without furnishing,

upon the request of the employee or applicant for employment within

thirty (30) days after such examination, free of charge, to such

employee or applicant for employment, a true and correct copy,

either original or duplicate original, of the examiner's report of

such examination. It shall further be unlawful for any such person,

partnership, association or corporation to require any employee or

applicant for employment to pay, either directly or indirectly, any

part of the cost of any such examination, report, or copy of report.

Provided that the report of any physical examination furnished in

accordance with this section shall not be made the basis or

predicate for any action in damages against the physician and

surgeon making and furnishing such report.

Laws 1949, p. 286, § 2.