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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 361 By: Dossett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to indigenous or traditional healing
66	66	therapies; defining terms; stating legislative
67	67	intent; granting certain protections to traditional
68	68	healing practitioners; prohibiting certain acts by
69	69	traditional healing practitioners; providing for
70	70	penalties; providing for codification; and providing
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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 be 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, music, rituals, or ceremonies
85	85	specific to a people;
86	86	2. “Indigenous or traditional healing therapy ” means any
87	87	healing art, practice, ritual, ceremony, or modality that has been
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139	139	historically performed or ut ilized by indigenous or native peoples
140	140	or traditional healing practitioners; and
141	141	3. “Traditional healing practitioner ” means any individual with
142	142	a distinct culture, practice, be lief, or healing system that is
143	143	practiced or performed to support wellness.
144	144	B. The Legislature intends, by its enactment of this section,
145	145	to protect and preserve by this state, unfettered public access to
146	146	all indigenous or traditional healing therapies an d to protect and
147	147	preserve the right to practice and provide services according to
148	148	this section.
149	149	C. Notwithstanding any other state law or rule, a traditional
150	150	healing practitioner who does not hold a license, permit,
151	151	certification, or registration as a hea lth care professional issued
152	152	by this state shall not be in violation of any health care
153	153	professional practice act or other law or rule if that individual or
154	154	agent provides care or treatment in compliance with subsection D of
155	155	this section and does not false ly represent himself or herself as a
156	156	licensed practitioner of medicine or othe r health care professional
157	157	as described in Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or fraudulently
158	158	use any title or degree appertaining to the licensed practice
159	159	thereof, or falsely cl aim any training, certification, or approval
160	160	of any organization that he or she does not have.
161	161	D. A traditional healing practitioner shall not:
162	162	1. Perform surgery, or any intravenous medical procedure;
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214	214	2. Set fractures;
215	215	3. Prescribe or administer x -ray or gamma ray radiation, or any
216	216	other radiation field not inherent to the huma n 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 or treatments;
221	221	6. Conventionally diagnose a medical disease;
222	222	7. Move joints beyond their normal range of motion; or
223	223	8. State, advertise, or otherwise falsely represent to any
224	224	individual that the person is licensed by, certified by, or
225	225	registered with this state to pr actice as a health care
226	226	professional.
227	227	E. Any person who fails to comply with this section may, as
228	228	provided by law, be subject to administrative action by the
229	229	appropriate licensing board, criminal prosecution, civil liability,
230	230	or any other remedies provide d by law.
231	231	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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