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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1725 By: Dossett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to indigenous and traditional healing
66	66	therapies; defining terms; stating legislative
67	67	findings; granting certain protect ions to
68	68	practitioners of indigenous and traditional healing
69	69	therapies; prohibiting certain acts by practitioners;
70	70	providing for penalties; providing for codification;
71	71	and providing an effective date .
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to b e codified
79	79	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 732 of Title 59, unless there is
80	80	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
81	81	A. As used in this section:
82	82	1. “Culture” means a way of life of a group of people
83	83	including, but not limited to, the behaviors, beliefs, values,
84	84	customs, traditional practices, art, rituals, and ceremonies
85	85	specific to a people ;
86	86	2. “Indigenous” or “native” means any individual with a
87	87	distinct language, culture, and belief ; and
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139	139	3. “Indigenous and traditional healing therapies” means any
140	140	healing art, practice, ritual, ceremony, or modality that has been
141	141	historically performed and utilized by indigenous or native peoples .
142	142	B. The Legislature intends , by its enactment of this section,
143	143	to protect and preserve by this state, unfettered public access to
144	144	all indigenous and traditional healing therapies and to protect and
145	145	preserve the right to practice and pro vide services according to
146	146	this section.
147	147	C. Notwithstanding any other state law or rule, an individual
148	148	who does not hold a li cense, permit, certification, or registration
149	149	as a health care professional issued by this state shall not be in
150	150	violation of any health care professional practice act or other law
151	151	or rule if that individual or agent provides care or treatment in
152	152	compliance with subsection D of this section and does not falsely
153	153	represent himself or herself as a licensed practitioner of medicine
154	154	or other healthcare professional as described in Tit le 59 of the
155	155	Oklahoma Statutes, or fraudulently use any title or degree
156	156	appertaining to the licensed practice thereof, or falsely claim any
157	157	training, certification, or approval of any organization that he or
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159	159	D. A practitioner of indigenous and traditional healing
160	160	therapies shall not:
161	161	1. Perform surgery, or any other procedure that harmfully
162	162	penetrates the body;
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214	214	2. Set fractures;
215	215	3. Prescribe or administer X or Gamma ray radiation, or any
216	216	other radiation field not inherent to the human body;
217	217	4. Prescribe or administer a prescription drug or device, or
218	218	any controlled substance;
219	219	5. Recommend interruption or elimination of prescribed
220	220	medications and/or treatments ;
221	221	6. Conventionally diagnose a medical disease ;
222	222	7. Forcefully move joints, or move joints beyond their normal
223	223	range of motion;
224	224	8. State, advertise, or otherwise falsely represent to any
225	225	individual that the person is licensed by, certified by, or
226	226	registered with this state to practice as a healthcare professional ;
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228	228	9. Have a felony conviction of any crime involving the
229	229	intentional harm of another pers on or moral turpitude.
230	230	E. Any person who fails to comply with this section may , as
231	231	provided by law, be subject to administrative action by the
232	232	appropriate licensing board , criminal prosecution, civil liability,
233	233	or any other remedies provided by law.
234	234	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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