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OK SB1055
Bill
AI Summary
- Amends Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to clarify that individuals adjudicated as incompetent by courts, boards, or other authorities due to mental illness or conditions that make them a danger to themselves/others cannot obtain a handgun license
- Explicitly excludes veterans and others successfully treated for post-traumatic stress disorder from the licensing prohibition if they don't meet the incompetency conditions
- Creates new guidelines for health care practitioners asking patients about firearms ownership, requiring practitioners to inform patients they may refuse to answer and that refusal won't affect treatment
- Prohibits health care practitioners from refusing treatment based on a patient's lawful firearm ownership or refusal to disclose firearm information
- Establishes administrative fines of $250 for nonwillful violations and $500 for willful violations by health care practitioners who fail to follow the disclosure guidelines, with additional disciplinary action possible through licensing authorities
Legislative Description
Oklahoma Self-Defense Act; clarifying prohibited condition. Effective date.
Revenue and Taxation
Last Action
CCR submitted
5/16/2012
Committee Referrals
Public Safety3/19/2012
Veterans and Military Affairs2/7/2012
Full Bill Text
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