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31	53		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	55		2nd Session of the 59th Legislature ( 2024)
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35	57		HOUSE BILL 3552 By: Sterling
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41	63		AS INTRODUCED
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43	65		An Act relating to motor vehicles; creating the
44	66		Shelby Johnson and Logan Deardorff Act of 2024 ;
45	67		amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -207, as amended by
46	68		Section 70, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Supp.
47	69		2023, Section 6-207), which relates to authority to
48	70		deny application for or cancel license for certain
49	71		ailments; modifying types of ailments that might
50	72		impair driving ability; req uiring certain diagnosis
51	73		report; requiring certain immunity from civil
52	74		liability; requiring report to be admitted into
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54	76		promulgation of certain rules; providing for
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61	83		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
62	84		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
63	85		codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
64	86		This act shall be known and ma y be cited as the "Shelby Johnson
65	87		and Logan Deardorff Act of 2024".
66	88		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 6 -207, as
67	89		amended by Section 70, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022 (47 O.S. Supp. 2023,
68	90		Section 6-207), is amended to read as follows:
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96	142		Section 6-207. Whenever Service Oklahoma is furnished with
97	143		information or, from the records on file in Service Oklahoma, it is
98	144		established that the holder of a driver license is afflicted with a
99	145		physical disease with a history of seizures, or mental disease, or
100	146		momentary lapses of consciousness or any other ailment which may
101	147		result in temporary loss of control or partial control of a motor
102	148		vehicle, Service Oklahoma may, in its discretion, execute an order
103	149		of cancellation of any driver license issued to such individual, or,
104	150		should such information be available at the time of application for
105	151		a driver license, Service Oklahoma may execute an order denying the
106	152		issuance of said license to any such in dividual and shall cause any
107	153		such license that may have been issued to be picked up or to be
108	154		delivered to Service Oklahoma as specified for other such orders.
109	155		Every physician or surgeon, including doctors of medicine and
110	156		osteopathy, examining, attending or treating an individual for any
111	157		illness or injury epilepsy, seizures, or momentary lapse of
112	158		consciousness that would impair the ability of the individual in any
113	159		manner as to affect the performance of the person to operate a motor
114	160		vehicle, may make a written report of the diagnos is to Service
115	161		Oklahoma. Any person who is diagno sed with epilepsy, seizures, or
116	162		momentary lapse of consciousness that would impair the ability of
117	163		the individual in any manner as to affe ct the performance of the
118	164		person to operate a motor vehicle shall report his or her diagnosis
119	165		to Service Oklahoma. Service Oklahoma may, in its discretion,
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121		-	HB3552 HFLR Page 3
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147	217		suspend or cancel the license of such person for such period of time
148	218		as in its judgment is justified.
149	219		In addition thereto, any person or physician or any medical
150	220		personnel participating in good faith and without negligence or
151	221		malicious intent in making of a report pursuant to this act shall
152	222		have the immunity from civil liability from the patient that might
153	223		otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have
154	224		the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial
155	225		proceeding resulting from such report.
156	226		Provided further that, in any proceeding resulting from a report
157	227		made pursuant to this act or in any proceeding where such a report
158	228		or any contents thereof are sought to be introduced in evidence,
159	229		such report or contents or any other fact or facts related thereto,
160	230		or the condition of the individual who is the subject of the report
161	231		shall only be admitted in evidence in actions regarding the
162	232		revocation, suspension, cancellation or denial of the subject's
163	233		driver's license and or actions resulting from a motor vehicle
164	234		collision where the subject of the report was at fault. The report
165	235		shall not be considere d to be a public record provided that the
166	236		report shall not be excluded on the ground that the matter is or may
167	237		be the subject of a physician-patient privilege or similar privilege
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196	290		Any person whose license has been canceled or de nied under the
197	291		provisions of this section shall have the right of appeal from said
198	292		order, as provided under Section 6-211 of this title.
199	293		Service Oklahoma is authorized to p romulgate rules to effectuate
200	294		the provisions of this section.
201	295		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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203		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTE E ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 02/27/2024 -
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