Okla. Stat. tit. 85 § 42

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Rule 42 - INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINERS - REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENT
A. Removal of a physician from the list of independent medical examiners shall be by request of the independent medical examiner or by a majority vote of the judges of the Court.
B. The Court may remove a physician from the list of independent medical examiners for cause, including, but not limited to the following grounds:
1. a material misrepresentation on the Form 463 application for appointment to the list of independent medical examiners or on the physician disclosure Form 17;
2. refusal or substantial failure to notify the Court of any change affecting the physician's qualifications as provided in Rule 41(A); or
3. refusal or substantial failure to comply with the provisions of Rules 41 through 45, 85 O.S., Section 329, or other applicable Court rules and statutes.
C. In arriving at a determination regarding whether to remove a physician from the list, the Court may consider the character of the alleged violation and all of the attendant circumstances, and may confer with the Physician Advisory Committee, or other public or private medical consultants.
D. A physician whose qualification to serve as independent medical examiner has been revoked by the Court is not eligible to be selected as an independent medical examiner during the period of revocation.

Okla. Stat. tit. 85, § 42

Adopted by order of the Supreme Court, 1997 OK 130, eff. 11/1/1997; Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2006 OK 6, eff. 1/30/2006. Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2012 OK 19, eff. 3/6/2012.