Oklahoma § 59-638 - Acts punishable by fine or imprisonment – Separate

§ 59-638. Acts punishable by fine or imprisonment – Separate

criminal offense - False oath or affirmation as perjury.

A. Each of the following acts shall constitute a Class D1

felony offense, 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 as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, 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, a

Class D1 felony offense, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 536, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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.