Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-592: Definitions

A. As used in this section:

1. "Agent" means any person who acts for another at the request

or with the knowledge of the other in dealing with third persons;

2. "Medical care provider" means any person licensed in

Oklahoma as a medical doctor, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, a

dentist, an osteopathic physician or an optometrist or a hospital;

and

3. "Runner", "capper", and "steerer" mean any person acting

within this state for compensation as an agent for a medical care

provider in the solicitation of a person to employ the medical care

provider to provide medical services.

B. No medical care provider shall, by means of an agent,

runner, capper, steerer, or other person who is not a medical care

provider, solicit or procure a person to employ the medical care

provider to provide medical services under the workers' compensation

laws of this state.

C. No medical care provider shall, directly or indirectly, pay

or promise to pay any person, other than another medical care

provider, any money, service, fee, commission, or other thing of

value in consideration for the employment of the medical care

provider to provide medical services under the workers' compensation

laws of this state.

D. No person shall act or agree to act as an agent, runner,

capper, or steerer for a medical care provider.

E. Subsections B and C of this section shall not prohibit

participation by a medical care provider in a voluntary medical care

provider referral program including, but not limited to, referral

programs operated by an association of medical care providers.

F. Any contract for employment of a medical care provider

secured in violation of this section shall be void and unenforceable

and no medical care provider shall provide medical services in

violation of this section.

G. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall

be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a

fine of up to Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each

offense, which shall not be subject to Section 101 of Title 85 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Penalties imposed pursuant to this section

shall be in addition to any penalties which might be imposed by the

professional licensing organization for the medical care provider or

similar organization of another state or by a court when punishing

for contempt or when imposing sanctions against a medical care

provider or party.