{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-328.64","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-328.64","heading":"Proceedings of mediation committee privileged -","body":"Exceptions.\n\nA. Except as provided in subsections B and C of this section,\n\nany reports, statements, memoranda, proceedings, findings, or other\n\nrecords of mediation committees shall be privileged and shall not be\n\nsubject to discovery, subpoena or other means of legal compulsion\n\nfor their release to any person or entity and shall not be\n\nadmissible in evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.\n\nNor shall any participants in the mediation process be compelled to\n\ndisclose the proceedings of the mediation committee by deposition,\n\ninterrogatories, requests for admission, or other means of legal\n\ncompulsion for use as evidence in any judicial or administrative\n\nproceeding. This privilege may be claimed by the legal entity\n\ncreating the mediation committee, the mediation committee, the\n\nindividual members of the mediation committee, the dentist whose\n\nconduct is being examined, the patient requesting mediation and any\n\nwitnesses testifying before or supplying information to the\n\nmediation committee. Such privilege shall only protect information\n\nderived from the mediation proceedings and shall not restrict\n\ndiscovery directed to the dentist who treated the patient, even\n\nthough the testimony or records of the dentist have become part of\n\nthe mediation record.\n\nB. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority, which may\n\notherwise be provided by law, of the Board of Dentistry to obtain\n\nrecords of proceedings of the mediation committee for use:\n\n1. In conjunction with the determination of appeals of\n\nmediation committee recommendations;\n\n2. In an investigation being conducted by a review panel of the\n\nBoard, pursuant to Section 328.43a of this title; or\n\n3. In an individual proceeding being conducted by the Board,\n\npursuant to Section 328.44a of this title.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority, which may\n\notherwise be provided by law, of the Attorney General of the State\n\nof Oklahoma, a District Attorney, or a United States Attorney to\n\nobtain records of proceedings of the mediation committee for use in\n\ninvestigations or litigation, conducted by the State of Oklahoma or\n\nthe federal government.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"eaefbf06daca2f806ba4f29010eefad32b71fc8312a8b51571b1d483dec8d2ee","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-328.63","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-328.65"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}