{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-509","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-509","heading":"Unprofessional conduct - Definition","body":"The words “unprofessional conduct” as used in Sections 481\n\nthrough 518.1 of this title are hereby declared to include, but\n\nshall not be limited to, the following:\n\n1. Procuring, aiding or abetting a criminal operation;\n\n2. The obtaining of any fee or offering to accept any fee,\n\npresent or other form of remuneration whatsoever, on the assurance\n\nor promise that a manifestly incurable disease can or will be cured;\n\n3. Willfully betraying a professional secret to the detriment\n\nof the patient;\n\n4. Habitual intemperance or the habitual use of habit-forming\n\ndrugs;\n\n5. Conviction or confession of, or plea of guilty, nolo\n\ncontendere, no contest or Alford plea to a felony or any offense\n\ninvolving moral turpitude;\n\n6. All advertising of medical business in which statements are\n\nmade which are grossly untrue or improbable and calculated to\n\nmislead the public;\n\n7. Conviction or confession of, or plea of guilty, nolo\n\ncontendere, no contest or Alford plea to a crime involving violation\n\nof:\n\na. the antinarcotic or prohibition laws and regulations\n\nof the federal government,\n\nb. the laws of this state,\n\nc. State Commissioner of Health rules, or\n\nd. a determination by a judge or jury;\n\n8. Dishonorable or immoral conduct which is likely to deceive,\n\ndefraud, or harm the public;\n\n9. The commission of any act which is a violation of the\n\ncriminal laws of any state when such act is connected with the\n\nphysician’s practice of medicine. A complaint, indictment or\n\nconfession of a criminal violation shall not be necessary for the\n\nenforcement of this provision. Proof of the commission of the act\n\nwhile in the practice of medicine or under the guise of the practice\n\nof medicine shall be unprofessional conduct;\n\n10. Failure to keep complete and accurate records of purchase\n\nand disposal of controlled drugs or of narcotic drugs;\n\n11. The writing of false or fictitious prescriptions for any\n\ndrugs or narcotics declared by the laws of this state to be\n\ncontrolled or narcotic drugs;\n\n12. Prescribing or administering a drug or treatment without\n\nsufficient examination and the establishment of a valid physician-\n\npatient relationship and not prescribing in a safe, medically\n\naccepted manner;\n\n13. The violation, or attempted violation, direct or indirect,\n\nof any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and\n\nSurgical Licensure and Supervision Act, either as a principal,\n\naccessory or accomplice;\n\n14. Aiding or abetting, directly or indirectly, the practice of\n\nmedicine by any person not duly authorized under the laws of this\n\nstate;\n\n15. The inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill\n\nand safety to patients by reason of age, illness, drunkenness,\n\nexcessive use of drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of\n\nmaterial or as a result of any mental or physical condition. In\n\nenforcing this section the State Board of Medical Licensure and\n\nSupervision may, upon probable cause, request a physician to submit\n\nto a mental or physical examination by physicians designated by it.\n\nIf the physician refuses to submit to the examination, the Board\n\nshall issue an order requiring the physician to show cause why the\n\nphysician will not submit to the examination and shall schedule a\n\nhearing on the order within thirty (30) days after notice is served\n\non the physician, exclusive of the day of service. The physician\n\nshall be notified by either personal service or by certified mail\n\nwith return receipt requested. At the hearing, the physician and\n\nthe physician’s attorney are entitled to present any testimony and\n\nother evidence to show why the physician should not be required to\n\nsubmit to the examination. After a complete hearing, the Board\n\nshall issue an order either requiring the physician to submit to the\n\nexamination or withdrawing the request for examination. The medical\n\nlicense of a physician ordered to submit for examination may be\ne physician’s attorney are entitled to present any testimony and\n\nother evidence to show why the physician should not be required to\n\nsubmit to the examination. After a complete hearing, the Board\n\nshall issue an order either requiring the physician to submit to the\n\nexamination or withdrawing the request for examination. The medical\n\nlicense of a physician ordered to submit for examination may be\n\nsuspended until the results of the examination are received and\n\nreviewed by the Board;\n\n16. a. Prescribing, dispensing or administering of controlled\n\nsubstances or narcotic drugs in excess of the amount\n\nconsidered good medical practice,\n\nb. Prescribing, dispensing or administering controlled\n\nsubstances or narcotic drugs without medical need in\n\naccordance with pertinent licensing board standards,\n\nor\n\nc. Prescribing, dispensing or administering opioid drugs\n\nin excess of the maximum limits authorized in Section\n\n2-309I of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n17. Engaging in physical conduct with a patient which is sexual\n\nin nature, or in any verbal behavior which is seductive or sexually\n\ndemeaning to a patient;\n\n18. Failure to maintain an office record for each patient which\n\naccurately reflects the evaluation, treatment, and medical necessity\n\nof treatment of the patient;\n\n19. Failure to provide necessary ongoing medical treatment when\n\na doctor-patient relationship has been established, which\n\nrelationship can be severed by either party providing a reasonable\n\nperiod of time is granted;\n\n20. Performance of an abortion as defined by Section 1-730 of\n\nTitle 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except for an abortion necessary\n\nto prevent the death of the mother or to prevent substantial or\n\nirreversible physical impairment of the mother that substantially\n\nincreases the risk of death. The performance of an abortion on the\n\nbasis of the mental or emotional health of the mother shall be a\n\nviolation of this paragraph, notwithstanding a claim or diagnosis\n\nthat the woman may engage in conduct which she intends to result in\n\nher death. The Board shall impose a penalty as provided in Section\n\n509.1 of this title on a licensee who violates this paragraph. The\n\npenalty shall include, but not be limited to, suspension of the\n\nlicense for a period not less than one (1) year;\n\n21. Failure to provide a proper and safe medical facility\n\nsetting and qualified assistive personnel for a recognized medical\n\nact, including but not limited to an initial in-person patient\n\nexamination, office surgery, diagnostic service or any other medical\n\nprocedure or treatment. Adequate medical records to support\n\ndiagnosis, procedure, treatment or prescribed medications must be\n\nproduced and maintained; or\n\n22. Knowingly providing gender transition procedures as defined\n\nin Section 1 of this act to a child.","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":"f89c63867ebf7c3d1decd5a595c640a044bd14a102064b177273d1bd1bbaa6e7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-508.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-509.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}