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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 2869.5

Liability

Added by Laws 1986, c. 230, § 7, emerg. eff

A. No public agency or employee of a public agency shall be liable for the method of providing or failure to provide nine-one- one emergency telephone or communication service or nine-one-one wireless emergency telephone service or for the method of providing or failure to provide emergency response service. B. No public agency or employee of a public agency shall have any special duty to any service user or other user of the nine-one- one emergency telephone system or nine-one-one wireless emergency telephone system or any other telecommunication or communication system supplying or obligated to supply nine-one-one service. C. A service provider of telecommunications or other communication services involved in providing nine-one-one emergency telephone service or nine-one-one wireless emergency telephone service shall not be liable for any claim, damage, or loss arising from the provision of nine-one-one emergency telephone service or nine-one-one wireless emergency telephone service unless the act or omission proximately causing the claim, damage, or loss constitutes gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct. D. As used in this section:

1. "Employee" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 152 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 2. "Communication" means the transmission, conveyance, or routing of real-time, two-way voice communications to a point or between or among points by or through any electronic, radio, satellite, cable, optical, microwave, wireline, wireless, or other medium or method, regardless of the protocol used.

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