{"id":"DUT-OK-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oklahoma","state":"OK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 1946, 2d Sess., 57th Leg.; signed by Governor Stitt)","authority":"Laws 2020, SB 1946, c. 159, sec. 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; codified at 76 O.S. 111","instrument":"76 O.S. 111 (SB 1946, 2020)","title":"Liability (civil actions claiming injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-05-21","effective":"2020-05-21; applies \u0027to a civil action filed on or after the effective date of this act\u0027","end":"standing (no sunset in the text; in force in every claim quarter from May 21, 2020)","startDate":"2020-05-21","endDate":"2020-05-21","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","COND","EMP"],"addressees":["every \u0027person or agent of the person who conducts business in this state\u0027 (\u0027person\u0027 includes an individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association)"],"clause":"A person or agent of the person who conducts business in this state shall not be liable in a civil action... if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the person or agent was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations, a Presidential or Gubernatorial Executive Order, or guidance applicable at the time of the alleged exposure.","enforcement":"Loss of the immunity: exposure to civil liability for COVID-19 exposure claims under ordinary duty-of-care rules","functions":[],"notes":"From May 21, 2020 the only business protected from COVID-19 exposure suits in Oklahoma was one whose conduct \u0027was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations, a Presidential or Gubernatorial Executive Order, or guidance applicable at the time of the alleged exposure\u0027, \u0027guidance\u0027 meaning \u0027written guidelines related to COVID-19 issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor, Oklahoma State Department of Health, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, or any other state agency, board or commission\u0027 (subsection A.2); the Legislature thereby made the executive orders and the CDC, OSHA, OSDH and Commerce protocols the legal standard of care for every business open in the State, and a business that departed from them stood exposed to ordinary negligence liability for every customer and employee exposure.","sourceUrl":"https://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=486703","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":355470,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-OK","url":"/library/DUT-OK-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OK-013","citation":"Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 1946, 2d Sess., 57th Leg.; signed by Governor Stitt), 76 O.S. 111 (SB 1946, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-013)","stateName":"Oklahoma","related":["DUT-OK-007","DUT-OK-010"]}