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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 4321 By: Stearman
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36	36	AS INTRODUCED
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38	38	An Act relating to vaccination incentives; defining
39	39	terms; prohibiting the offering of incentives for
40	40	COVID-19 vaccinations for children; creating
41	41	penalties and punishments; creating monetary fines;
42	42	amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section 509, which r elates to
43	43	unprofessional conduct; adding category; providing
44	44	for codification; and providing an effective date.
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49	49	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A:
50	50	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
51	51	in the Oklahoma Statu tes as Section 175.18 of Title 10, unless there
52	52	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
53	53	A. As used in this section:
54	54	1. "Child" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age;
55	55	and
56	56	2. "Incentive" means any physical gift, monetary promise,
57	57	scholarship, physical money, gift card, digital currency, event
58	58	tickets, privilege, tax incentive, or any item of monetary value
59	59	given.
60	60	B. No state agency, medical facility, pharmacy, or any other
61	61	public or private entity shall offer or propose to of fer any form of
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88	88	incentive to any child, parent , or guardian in an attempt to coerce,
89	89	persuade, or encourage the administ ration of the COVID-19 vaccine to
90	90	any child within the State of Oklahoma.
91	91	C. Any person who purposefully violates any provision of this
92	92	act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by a
93	93	fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by
94	94	imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than one (1)
95	95	year, or by both such fine and imprisonment .
96	96	D. Any public or private entity whose employees violate any
97	97	provision of this law shall be fined no less th an Two Hundred
98	98	Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).
99	99	E. Any public or private entity which violates any provision of
100	100	this section shall be fined no less than Five Hundred Thousand
101	101	Dollars ($500,000.00).
102	102	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 509, is
103	103	amended to read as follows:
104	104	Section 509. The words "unprofessional conduct" as used in
105	105	Sections 481 through 518.1 of this title are hereby declared to
106	106	include, but shall not be limited to, the follow ing:
107	107	1. Procuring, aiding or abetting a criminal operation;
108	108	2. The obtaining of any fee or of fering to accept any fee,
109	109	present or other form of remunera tion whatsoever, on the assurance
110	110	or promise that a manifestly incurab le disease can or will be cured;
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137	137	3. Willfully betraying a professional secret to the detriment
138	138	of the patient;
139	139	4. Habitual intemperance or the habitual use of habit-forming
140	140	drugs;
141	141	5. Conviction or confession of, or plea of guilty, nolo
142	142	contendere, no contest or Alford plea to a felony or any offense
143	143	involving moral turpitude;
144	144	6. All advertising of medical business in which sta tements are
145	145	made which are grossly untrue or improbable and calculated to
146	146	mislead the public;
147	147	7. Conviction or confession of, or plea of guilty, nolo
148	148	contendere, no contest or Alford plea to a crime involving v iolation
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150	150	a. the antinarcotic or prohibiti on laws and regulations
151	151	of the federal government,
152	152	b. the laws of this state,
153	153	c. State Commissioner of Health rules, or
154	154	d. a determination by a judge or jury;
155	155	8. Dishonorable or immoral conduct which is likely to deceive,
156	156	defraud, or harm the public;
157	157	9. The commission of any act which is a violation of the
158	158	criminal laws of any state when such act is connected with the
159	159	physician's practice of medicine. A complai nt, indictment or
160	160	confession of a criminal violati on shall not be necessary for the
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187	187	enforcement of this provision. Proof of the commission of the act
188	188	while in the practice of medicine or under the guise of the practice
189	189	of medicine shall be unprofessional conduct;
190	190	10. Failure to keep complete and accurat e records of purchase
191	191	and disposal of control led drugs or of narcotic drugs;
192	192	11. The writing of false o r fictitious prescriptions for any
193	193	drugs or narcotics declared by the laws of this state to be
194	194	controlled or narcotic drugs;
195	195	12. Prescribing or adminis tering a drug or treatment without
196	196	sufficient examination and the establishment of a valid physician -
197	197	patient relationship and not prescribing in a safe, medically
198	198	accepted manner;
199	199	13. The violation, or att empted violation, direct or indirect,
200	200	of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Allopathic Medic al and
201	201	Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act, either as a principal,
202	202	accessory or accomplice;
203	203	14. Aiding or abetting, directly or indirectly, the practice of
204	204	medicine by any person not duly authorized under th e laws of this
205	205	state;
206	206	15. The inability to p ractice medicine with reasonable skill
207	207	and safety to patien ts by reason of age, illness, drunkenness,
208	208	excessive use of drugs, nar cotics, chemicals, or any other type of
209	209	material or as a result of any mental or p hysical condition. In
210	210	enforcing this section the State Board of Medical Licensure and
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237	237	Supervision may, upon probable cause, request a physician to submit
238	238	to a mental or physical examination by physicians d esignated by it.
239	239	If the physician refuses to subm it to the examination, the Board
240	240	shall issue an order requiring the physician to show cause why the
241	241	physician will not submit to the examination and shall schedule a
242	242	hearing on the order within thirty (30) days after notice is served
243	243	on the physician, excl usive of the day of service. The physician
244	244	shall be notified by either personal service or by certified mail
245	245	with return receipt requested. At the hearing, the physician an d
246	246	the physician's attorney are entitled to present any testimony and
247	247	other evidence to show why the physician should not be req uired to
248	248	submit to the examination. After a complete heari ng, the Board
249	249	shall issue an order either requiring the physician to s ubmit to the
250	250	examination or withdrawing the request for examination. The medical
251	251	license of a physician ordered to submit for examination may be
252	252	suspended until the results of the exami nation are received and
253	253	reviewed by the Board;
254	254	16. a. Prescribing, dispensing or administering of cont rolled
255	255	substances or narcotic drugs in excess of t he amount
256	256	considered good medical practice,
257	257	b. Prescribing, dispensing or administering controlled
258	258	substances or narcotic drugs without medical need in
259	259	accordance with pertin ent licensing board standards,
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287	287	c. Prescribing, dispensing or administering opio id drugs
288	288	in excess of the maximum limits auth orized in Section
289	289	2-309I of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statut es;
290	290	17. Engaging in physical conduct with a patient which is sexual
291	291	in nature, or in any verbal behav ior which is seductive or sexually
292	292	demeaning to a patient;
293	293	18. Failure to maintain an office r ecord for each patient which
294	294	accurately reflects the evalua tion, treatment, and medical necessity
295	295	of treatment of the patient;
296	296	19. Failure to provide necessary ongoing medical treatment when
297	297	a doctor-patient relationship has been established, which
298	298	relationship can be severed by either party providing a reasonabl e
299	299	period of time is granted;
300	300	20. Performance of an abortion as defin ed by Section 1-730 of
301	301	Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except for an abortion n ecessary
302	302	to prevent the death of the mother or to prevent substantial or
303	303	irreversible physical impairment of the mother that substantially
304	304	increases the risk of death. The p erformance of an abortion on the
305	305	basis of the mental or emotional health of the mo ther shall be a
306	306	violation of this paragraph, n otwithstanding a claim or diagnosis
307	307	that the woman may enga ge in conduct which she intends to result in
308	308	her death. The Board sh all impose a penalty as provided in Section
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337	337	license for a period of not less than one (1) year; or
338	338	21. Failure to provide a proper and safe medical facility
339	339	setting and qualified assistive personnel for a recognized medical
340	340	act, including but not limi ted to an initial in-person patient
341	341	examination, office sur gery, diagnostic service or any other medical
342	342	procedure or treatment. Adequate medical records to sup port
343	343	diagnosis, procedure, treatment , or prescribed medications must be
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345	345	22. Offering, or proposing to offer, any form of incentive to
346	346	any child, parent, or guardian in an attempt to coerce, persua de, or
347	347	encourage the administra tion of the COVID-19 vaccine.
348	348	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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