Any officer or employee of a facility who maliciously assaults, beats, batters, abuses, or uses mechanical restraints, or willfully aids, abets, advises or permits any consumer confined therein to be maliciously assaulted, beaten, battered, abused, or mechanically restrained shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1953, HB 846, p. 174, § 134, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953; Renumbered from 43A O.S. § 134 by Laws 1986, HB 2021, c. 103, § 103, eff. November 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 468 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 340, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2003, HB 1266, c. 46, § 7, emerg. eff. April 8, 2003 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2005, HB 1845, c. 150, § 10, emerg. eff. May 9, 2005 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 508, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).