Oklahoma § 59-635.1 - Special volunteer medical license

§ 59-635.1. Special volunteer medical license

A. There is established a special volunteer medical license for

physicians who are retired from active practice and wish to donate

their expertise for the medical care and treatment of indigent and

needy persons of the state. The special volunteer medical license

shall be:

1. Issued by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to

eligible physicians;

2. Issued without a payment of an application fee, license fee

or renewal fee;

3. Issued for a fiscal year or part thereof; and

4. Renewable annually upon approval of the Board.

B. A physician must meet the following requirements to be

eligible for a special volunteer medical license:

1. Completion of a special volunteer medical license

application, including documentation of the physician’s osteopathic

school graduation and practice history;

2. Documentation that the physician has been previously issued

a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in this state

or in another state of the United States and that he or she has

never been the subject of any medical disciplinary action in any

jurisdiction;

3. Acknowledgement and documentation that the physician’s

practice under the special volunteer medical license will be

exclusively and totally devoted to providing medical care to needy

and indigent persons in this state or to providing care under the

Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps; and

4. Acknowledgement and documentation that the physician will

not receive or have the expectation to receive any payment or

compensation, either direct or indirect, for any medical services

rendered under the special volunteer medical license.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 138, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws

2004, c. 523, § 25, emerg. eff. June 9, 2004; Laws 2025, c. 168, §

11, emerg. eff. May 12, 2025.