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72 OK Stat § 72-226 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-226. Veterans Center at Clinton - Establishment - Employees.

|There is hereby established, in addition to the Oklahoma Veterans Centers established by Section 221 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Veterans Center at Clinton, Oklahoma, on the site of the former Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium. All persons serving as employees of the Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium under provisions of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration shall continue to serve as employees of the Oklahoma Veterans Center at Clinton, provided that such employees shall remain in the classified service. All employees hired by the Oklahoma Veterans Center at Clinton on or after the effective date of this act shall be under the Oklahoma Merit System of Personnel Administration, except one superintendent, one principal assistant or deputy, one private secretary, part-time physicians and other professional personnel engaged in clinical and consultant services. The buildings and equipment and the following described land of the Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma Veterans Center at Clinton: |A strip, piece or parcel of land lying in the NE 1/4 of Section 26, T 12 N, R 17 W, in Custer County, Oklahoma, said parcel of land being described by metes and bounds as follows:Beginning at the point where the present east right-of-way line of US Highway 183 intersects the north line of said NE 1/4 a distance of 2,142.3 feet west of the NE corner of said NE 1/4, thence southwesterly along said right-of-way line along a curve to the right having a radius of 2,914.9 feet a distance of 155.2 feet, thence S 28 degrees 14' W along said right-of-way line a distance of 106.5 feet, thence S 51 degrees 46' E along said right-of-way line a distance of 10.0 feet, thence S 28 degrees 14' W along said right-of-way line a distance of 279.0 feet, thence S 21 degrees 46' E a distance of 180.0 feet, thence S 01 degree 38' E a distance of 608.5 feet, thence S 83 degrees 54' E a distance of 2,323.6 feet to a point on the east line of said NE 1/4, thence north along the east line of said NE 1/4 to the NE corner of said NE 1/4 a distance of 1,503.5 feet, thence west along the north line of said NE 1/4 a distance of 2,142.3 feet to the point of beginning.Containing 73.09 acres more or less.Laws 1972, c. 100, § 6, operative April 1, 1972.
72 OK Stat § 72-229 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-229. Veterans Center at Talihina - Establishment - Employees.

|A. Until operations are transferred pursuant to subsection B of this section, there is hereby established, in addition to the Oklahoma Veterans Centers established by Sections 221 and 226 of this title, the Oklahoma Veterans Center at Talihina, Oklahoma, on the site of the Oklahoma State Sanatorium, Talihina, Oklahoma. All persons serving as employees of the Oklahoma State Sanatorium under the provisions of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration shall continue to serve as employees of the Oklahoma Veterans Center at Talihina, provided that such employees remain in the classified service. All employees hired by the Oklahoma Veterans Center at Talihina on or after the effective date of this act shall be under the Oklahoma Merit System of Personnel Administration, except one manager, one principal assistant or deputy, one private secretary, part-time physicians and other professional personnel engaged in clinical and consultant services. The average number of full-time-equivalent employees utilized in the total operation of the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Talihina, shall not exceed one hundred fifty-three (153) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. The buildings, equipment and land under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma State Sanatorium, Talihina, are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Talihina. |B. Operations of the Oklahoma Veterans Center established pursuant to this section shall continue until such time as operations are transferred to the location identified pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Oklahoma Veterans Commission under Section 2 of this act.Added by Laws 1975, c. 255, § 1, operative July 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 100, § 3.
72 OK Stat § 72-229.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-229.1. Authority to plan, develop and construct Oklahoma veterans facilities.

|A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to plan, develop and construct two long-term care facilities for the following purposes: |1. To assume the operations of the Oklahoma Veterans Center established in Talihina pursuant to Section 229 of this title; and2. To replace the Oklahoma Veterans Center established in Ardmore pursuant to Section 221 of this title.B. For the two long-term care facilities authorized in subsection A of this section, the Department may construct new facilities or refurbish any existing facilities on property currently owned by the State of Oklahoma or on property purchased or donated from other sources, including but not limited to private owners, tribal entities or other governmental or municipal entities.C. The location of the facility referenced in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall be subject only to such geographical constraints as are imposed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to preserve and continue recognition and certification of the facility as a State Veterans Home. The facility referenced in paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section shall be located within the corporate limits of the city of Ardmore or within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of the city of Ardmore.D. The locations and sites of the two facilities referenced in subsection A of this section shall be determined by the Oklahoma Veterans Commission. The Oklahoma Veterans Commission may consider any and all criteria which, in its sole discretion, further the interests of Oklahoma veterans.E. Operations of the Oklahoma Veterans Center established in Talihina pursuant to Section 229 of this title shall continue until such time as its operations are transferred to the location identified pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Oklahoma Veterans Commission under subsection D of this section.Added by Laws 2018, c. 100, § 2. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 502, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.
72 OK Stat § 72-240 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-240. Petty cash funds.

|There is hereby created a petty cash fund at the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Clinton, Oklahoma, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Sulphur, Oklahoma, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Talihina, Oklahoma, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Norman, Oklahoma, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Claremore, Oklahoma, and at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Lawton/Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs are authorized to fix the maximum amount of these petty cash funds and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe the rules and procedures for the administration of these petty cash funds. |Added by Laws 1981, c. 254, § 8, operative July 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 234, § 5, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 312, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2001, c. 20, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 655.
72 OK Stat § 72-241 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-241. State Accrediting Agency - Members - Contracts with federal agencies.

|There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2018, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the State Accrediting Agency, which hereafter shall be composed of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or designee, the State Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or designee, the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, or designee, and two honorably discharged war veterans, who are and shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor. This entity shall be the "state approving agency" referred to in the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 (Public Law 550 - 82nd Congress), and shall have authority, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, to enter into and carry out contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or any other federal agency, under the provisions of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 346 - 78th Congress), as amended, and the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 (Public Law 550 - 82nd Congress), and any other federal law, for the approval of courses of on-the-job training, institutional on-farm training, apprentice training, war veterans' educational programs, or any other veterans' training programs authorized by federal law, and for other services authorized or required by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or other federal agencies, in connection with any such training or programs; and all such contracts that have heretofore been made or entered into by the State Accrediting Agency, which agency has been performing functions herein specified in this state, are hereby validated and approved, and shall continue in effect according to the terms and provisions thereof. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 401, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1953. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 176, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 60, § 1, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 12, § 1; Laws 2001, c. 8, § 1; Laws 2007, c. 18, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 297, § 1; Laws 2017, c. 293, § 1.
72 OK Stat § 72-242 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-242. Officers - Rules and regulations - Qualifications and duties of staff.

|The State Accrediting Agency shall: |(a) Select its officers from its membership.(b) Adopt necessary rules governing its proceedings.(c) Be authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of a director, shall employ and fix the duties and compensation of such clerical or other assistants necessary to effectuate the provisions of Sections 241 and 242 of this title, and approve all expenditures. The Agency shall elect officers annually. Except as provided in Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all officers, positions and employees of the State Accrediting Agency shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration as created by the Oklahoma Personnel Act, Section 840.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the rules promulgated thereunder. Nothing contained herein shall change the classified or unclassified status of any person employed by the State Accrediting Agency on the effective date of this act.Added by Laws 1953, p. 402, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1953. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 176, § 3, emerg. eff. June 7, 1983; Laws 1994, c. 333, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 1994.
72 OK Stat § 72-301 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-301. Short title.

|This act may be cited as the "Oklahoma G. I. Bill". |Laws 1974, c. 181, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974.
72 OK Stat § 72-302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-302. Tuition-free career and technology education - Exception.

|Any Oklahoma veteran, or the child of any Oklahoma veteran who is missing in action or a prisoner of war, shall be entitled to attend any state-supported technology center school in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education without the payment of tuition. The Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology-Okmulgee shall be excluded from the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 181, § 2, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 163, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2008, c. 54, § 7, eff. July 1, 2008.
72 OK Stat § 72-303 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-303. Eligibility of veterans.

|In order for a veteran to qualify for the benefits provided in this act, the applicant must: |1. Have an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States of America;2. Have served a minimum of eighteen (18) consecutive months' active duty between the dates of August 10, 1964, and December 31, 1976, or shall have been discharged with a service-connected disability;3. Be able to establish that he or she was a bona fide resident of the State of Oklahoma at the time of entry into the military service;4. Accept the benefits of free tuition within fifteen (15) years following his discharge or release from the armed forces; and5. Satisfy the entrance and eligibility requirements imposed by the technology center school.Added by Laws 1974, c. 181, § 3, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 96, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1979; Laws 1986, c. 252, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 164, eff. July 1, 2001.
72 OK Stat § 72-304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-304. Number of months.

|Each qualified veteran shall be entitled to one (1) month's tuition-free schooling for each month of active duty service between the dates of August 10, 1964, and December 31, 1976, with a maximum of thirty-six (36) months tuition-free schooling. Time spent in reserve status with the Oklahoma National Guard or various other reserve components of the United States Military shall not be considered as active duty time. |Laws 1974, c. 181, § 4, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974; Laws 1979, c. 96, § 2, emerg. eff. April 24, 1979.
72 OK Stat § 72-305 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-305. Eligibility of descendants of servicemen.

|A. To qualify for the benefits of free tuition the descendant of a serviceman must: |1. Prove his relationship to the missing or captured parent; and2. Satisfy the entrance and eligibility requirements imposed by the technology center school.B. Free tuition shall not exceed a period of more than thirty-six (36) months for qualified descendants; however, tuition shall be available only while the parent of the descendant is missing in action or a prisoner of war or until the descendant reaches the age of twenty-three (23) years, whichever is the shorter period of time.Added by Laws 1974, c. 181, § 5, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 165, eff. July 1, 2001.
72 OK Stat § 72-306 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-306. Quota system.

|In the event that any technology center school is being seriously handicapped in its ability to provide an education or training for all of its students as a result of a disproportionate amount of tuition-free students, then the administrative officer of such school shall certify as to the handicapped condition to the State Board of Career and Technology Education who shall be permitted to establish a quota system for the institution. A schedule of guidelines and priorities shall be established for taking students, as well as limiting the number of tuition-free students who may enroll. The excess number of applicants may enroll in some other state-supported technology center school which has not reached a critical level of tuition-free students. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 181, § 6, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 166, eff. July 1, 2001.
72 OK Stat § 72-307 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-307. Benefits prohibited in certain instances.

|Any person whose tuition is paid directly to the institution by any other governmental agency shall not be entitled to the benefits of this act. |Laws 1974, c. 181, § 7, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974.
72 OK Stat § 72-350 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-350. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Veteran" means a person who was a resident of this state at the time of his induction into the Armed Forces of the United States of America, or was a resident of this state as of January 1, 1981, and is currently a resident of this state, who served in Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos during the Vietnam Conflict;2. "Agent Orange" means the herbicide composed primarily of trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5 T) and dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4 D) and its contaminant tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (dioxin, TCDD);3. "Department" means the State Department of Health;4. "Resident of this state" means a person who has any one of the following:a.a valid Oklahoma driver's license,b.an automobile registered within the state,c.a valid Oklahoma voter identification card, ord.any other valid identification as determined by the Department;5. "Committee" means the Agent Orange Outreach Committee; and6. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 1, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982.
72 OK Stat § 72-351 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-351. Report of veterans who may have been exposed to certain defoliants or herbicides - Report form.

|A. A physician or other qualified health care professional who has primary responsibility for treating a veteran who believes the veteran may have been exposed to chemical defoliants or herbicides or other causative agents, including Agent Orange, while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, shall, at the request of the veteran, submit a report to the Department on a form provided by the Department. If there is no physician or other qualified health care professional having primary responsibility for treating the veteran, the hospital or other medical facility treating the veteran shall, at the request of the veteran, submit the report to the Department. |B. The form provided by the Department to the physician or other qualified health care professional or hospital or other medical facility shall request the following information:1. Symptoms of the veteran which may be related to exposure to chemical defoliants or herbicides or other causative agents, including Agent Orange;2. Diagnoses of the veteran; and3. Methods of treatment prescribed.C. The Department may require the veteran to provide such other information as determined by the Commissioner.Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982.
72 OK Stat § 72-352 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-352. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information.

|A. The Department, with the assistance of the Committee, shall compile and evaluate information received and actions taken pursuant to this act in a report to be distributed annually to the Governor, to the members of the Legislature and other interested institutions or groups. |B. The Department must obtain consent from each veteran or individual examined pursuant to Section 9 of this act. All information obtained from a veteran or individual shall be confidential and shall only be used for purposes of the study. The Department shall compile and evaluate information obtained from these studies in a report to be distributed as provided by subsection A of this section.C. The Department may request and shall receive from any state agency such assistance and data as is necessary for the Department to carry out the provisions of this act. The Department may enter into a contract for services necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 3, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982.
72 OK Stat § 72-353 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-353. Identity of veteran not to be disclosed - Exception - Statistical information.

|The identity of a veteran, the subject of a report made under the provisions of Section 2 or 3 of this act, may not be disclosed unless the veteran consents to the disclosure. Statistical information collected under this act is public information. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 4, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982.
72 OK Stat § 72-354 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-354. Privileges and immunities.

|A physician or other qualified health care professional or a hospital or other medical facility, subject to this act, who complies with this act may not be held civilly or criminally liable for providing the information required by this act. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 5, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982.
72 OK Stat § 72-355 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-355. Attorney General to represent veterans in certain class actions.

|The Attorney General may represent a class of individuals composed of veterans who may have been injured because of contact with chemical defoliants or herbicides or other causative agents, including Agent Orange, in a suit for release of information relating to exposure to such chemicals during military service and for release of individual medical records. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 6, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982.
72 OK Stat § 72-356 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-356. Certain state health and medical facilities to cooperate in referring and screening certain veterans - Rules and regulations.

|A. The Department and the health science centers and other medical facilities of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Children's Hospital, University Hospital or the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine shall institute a cooperative program to: |1. Refer veterans to appropriate state and federal agencies for the purpose of filing claims to remedy medical and financial problems caused by the veteran's exposure to chemical defoliants or herbicides or other causative agents including Agent Orange; and2. Initiate an education program for health professionals on the detection, diagnosis and treatment of the symptoms associated with exposure to chemical defoliants or herbicides or other causative agents including Agent Orange.B. The Commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to the administration of the programs authorized by this section.Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 7, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 326, § 37, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 2021, c. 285, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
72 OK Stat § 72-357 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-357. Referral and screening functions to be discontinued under certain conditions.

|If the Commissioner determines that an agency of the federal government is performing the referral and screening functions required by Section 7 of this act, the Commissioner may discontinue any program required by this act or any duty required of a physician or hospital or other medical facility under this act. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 8, emerg. eff. March 29, 1982.
72 OK Stat § 72-360 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors|§72-360. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Veteran" means a person who is currently a resident of this state, who served on and after August 2, 1990, during the Gulf War in the southwest Asia theater of operations, which includes Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the airspace above these locations;2. "Department" means the State Department of Health;3. "Resident of this state" means a person who has any one of the following:a.a valid Oklahoma driver license or license for identification only,b.a motor vehicle registered within the state,c.a valid Oklahoma voter identification card, ord.any other valid identification as determined by the Department;4. "Committee" means the Gulf War Syndrome Outreach Committee;5. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health; and6. "Board" means the State Board of Health.Added by Laws 1997, c. 52, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997.