Oklahoma § 59-725.1 - Branch of healing art indicated by appending words or
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 59-725.1 — Branch of healing art indicated by appending words or, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 59-725.1. Branch of healing art indicated by appending words or
letters to name.
A. Every person who writes or prints, or causes to be written
or printed, his or her name (whether or not the word "Doctor", or an
abbreviation thereof, is used in connection therewith) in connection
with, as engaging in, or holding himself or herself out as engaging
in, any of the branches of the healing art shall append to his or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations
her name the letters or words set forth in Section 725.2 of this
title if the person is one of the ten classes of persons listed in
subsection A of Section 725.2 of this title.
B. If the person is not one of the ten classes of persons
listed in subsection A of Section 725.2 of this title and is engaged
in a branch of the healing art, the person shall write or print, in
the same size letters as his or her name, appropriate and generally
and easily understood words or letters, which clearly show and
indicate the branch of the healing art in which he or she is
licensed to practice and is engaged.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 357, § 1, emerg. eff. March 13, 1947.
Amended by Laws 2009, c. 148, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2022, c.
149, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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