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63 OK Stat § 63-1-517 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-517. Definitions.

|For the purposes of the following sections of this article: |(a) The term "sexually transmitted infection (STI)" means syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and any other disease which may be transmitted from any person to any other person through or by means of any form of sexual contact.(b) The term "infected person" means any individual, either sex, who may be carrying the organism or is afflicted with any STI.(c) The term "dealer" means any person who may handle, for sale, any medicinal remedies or supposed remedies for an STI, and the agents, clerks and employees of any such person; and any person who may profess or claim to treat or cure, by the use of medicine or otherwise, any sexually transmitted infection (STI), and the agents, clerks and employees.(d) The term "physician" shall include reputable physicians who have complied with all the requirements of law regulating the practice of their respective schools of medicine, and duly licensed by such law to practice medicine in their respective schools, or surgery, or both, and no other person.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 517, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-518 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-518. Report and treatment of disease.

|It shall be unlawful for any person, being an infected person, to refuse, fail or neglect to report such fact to, and submit to examination and treatment by, a physician. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 518, operative July 1, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-520 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-520. False discharge from treatment - Penalty.

|Any physician who shall, after having knowledge or information that any person is or may be an infected person, sell, give or furnish to such infected person, or to any other person for such infected person, a discharge from treatment, or written instrument or statement pronouncing such infected person cured, before such infected person is actually cured of such sexually transmitted infection (STI), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided, however, that no person who is infected with an STI but who has received treatment adequate to render the person noninfectious shall be denied a permit to work, because of the infection, in those categories of employment where permits to work are required by state law or local ordinance. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 520, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-521 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-521. Treatment by person not a physician.

|It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a physician to undertake to treat or cure any infected person for pay, whether in money, property or obligation of any kind, unless acting under the direction and control of a physician. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 521, operative July 1, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-522 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-522. Treatment without prescription.

|It shall be unlawful for any dealer to treat or offer to treat any infected person, or to sell, furnish or give to any infected person, or to any other person whomsoever, any medicines of any kind that may be advertised or used for treatment of (STI), before requiring such person to produce and file with such dealer a proper prescription for such medicine, issued and signed by a physician, which prescription shall be by the dealer kept on file for a period of one (1) year from the date of the person receiving the same, and subject, at all reasonable hours, to the inspection of the State Commissioner of Health or local health officer. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 522, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-524 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-524. Prisoners - Examinations - Testing certain persons for sexually transmitted infection (STI) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - Treatment - Quarantine.

|A. The keeper of any prison or penal institution in this state shall cause to be examined every person confined in such prison or penal institution, to determine whether such person is an infected person. |B. Any licensed physician may examine persons who are arrested by lawful warrant for prostitution, or other sex crimes not specified in Section 1-524.1 of this title, for the purpose of determining if they are infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) or a communicable disease including, but not limited to, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). For purposes of expediting such examination, in counties with a population of greater than four hundred thousand (400,000), the county sheriff or the chief of police of any municipality with a population of greater than two hundred thousand (200,000) that is located within such county and that has a municipal court of record shall notify the city-county health department serving the county of any person who has been arrested by county or city officers for prostitution. Any such examination shall be made subsequent to arrest and if the examination is for the human immunodeficiency virus, upon order of the court issued at the initial appearance of the arrested person. Every person shall submit to the examination and shall permit specimens to be taken for laboratory examinations. Such person may be detained until the results of the examination are known. The examination shall be made by a licensed physician. A determination as to whether or not the person is infected shall not be based on any prior examination. Any person found to be infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) shall be treated by the State Commissioner of Health or local health officer, or a physician of such person's own choice, until such person is noninfectious or dismissed by the Commissioner or local health officer or physician. In the event a person infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) refuses or fails to submit to treatment, then such person may be quarantined for the purpose of treatment, and a report thereof shall be made to the Commissioner.C. For purposes of this section, the term "initial appearance” shall refer to the first court appearance of an individual, in person or by closed circuit television, before a magistrate on a presentment, indictment or preliminary information on a felony offense.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 524, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 200, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1998, c. 117, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2002, c. 348, § 4, emerg. eff. May 30, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 346, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-526 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-526. Rules and regulations.

|The State Board of Health shall make all rules and regulations for the prevention and cure, and to prevent the spread, of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which it deems necessary for the control of STIs. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 526, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-527 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-527. Reports of a sexually transmitted infection.

|A. Any physician who makes a diagnosis or treats a case of a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and every superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution in which there is a case of an STI, shall report such case immediately, in writing or electronically: |1. To the director or designee of the city-county health department, if in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, who shall, in turn, report such case to the State Commissioner of Health; or2. Directly to the State Commissioner of Health, if not in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, in the same manner as other communicable diseases are reported, in forms to be prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner.B. This act shall remain in effect until such time as the State Department of Health has in place a disease-reporting process that provides for a direct report from a lab or physician's office to the local health department and is capable of connecting a lab or physician's office with local health department systems for timely data delivery and start of the disease investigation process.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 527, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 394, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-528 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-528. Sexually transmitted infection cases - Instructions - Notification.

|(a) It shall be the duty of every physician who examines or treats a person having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) to instruct that person in measures preventing the spread of such disease and of the necessity for treatment until cured. |(b) If an attending physician or other person knows or has good reason to suspect that a person having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is so conducting as to expose other persons to infection, or is about to so conduct, the person shall notify the local health officer of the name and address of the diseased person and the essential facts in the case.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 528, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-529 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-529. Investigations by health officers.

|All local health officers shall use every available means to ascertain the existence of, and to investigate all cases of, sexually transmitted infection (STI) within their respective jurisdictions, and to ascertain the sources of such infections; and shall make examination of any person reported two or more times as a suspected source of an STI. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 529, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 28, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-530 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-530. Protection against spread of infection.

|(a) Upon receipt of a report of a case of sexually transmitted infection (STI), the local health officer shall institute measures, which may include quarantine, for protection of other persons from infection by a person infected with an STI. |(b) The State Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations for the quarantine of persons infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI), to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infection (STI).(c) Boards of county commissioners and governing boards of all incorporated towns and cities may provide suitable places for the detention of persons who may be subject to quarantine and who should be segregated.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 530, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-531 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-531. Certificates of freedom from infection.

|It shall be unlawful for physicians, health officers, and other persons to issue certificates of freedom from sexually transmitted infection (STI), except as authorized by law and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 531, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 30, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-532 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-532. Publicity of information and reports.

|All information and reports concerning persons infected with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) shall be inaccessible to the public, except insofar as publicity may attend the performance of duties imposed by the laws of the state. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 532, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-532.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-532.1. Minor's consent to examination and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

|Any person, regardless of age, has the capacity to consent to examination and treatment by a licensed physician for any sexually transmitted infection (STI). |Added by Laws 1971, c. 18, § 1, emerg. eff. March 16, 1971. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-533 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-533. Phenylketonuria, related inborn metabolic disorders and other genetic or biochemical disorders - Educational and newborn screening programs.

|A. The State Commissioner of Health shall provide, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-534 of this title, as technologies and funds become available, an intensive educational and newborn screening program among physicians, hospitals, public health nurses, and the public concerning phenylketonuria, related inborn metabolic disorders, and other genetic or biochemical disorders for which: |1. Newborn screening will provide early treatment and management opportunities that might not be available without screening; and2. Treatment and management will prevent intellectual disabilities and/or reduce infant morbidity and mortality.B. This educational and newborn screening program shall include information about:1. The nature of the diseases;2. Examinations for the detection of the diseases in infancy; and3. Follow-up measures to prevent the morbidity and mortality resulting from these diseases.C. For purposes of this section, "phenylketonuria" means an inborn error of metabolism attributable to a deficiency of or a defect in phenylalanine hydroxylase, the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine. The deficiency permits the accumulation of phenylalanine and its metabolic products in the body fluids. The deficiency can result in intellectual disabilities (phenylpyruvic oligophrenia), neurologic manifestations (including hyperkinesia, epilepsy, and microcephaly), light pigmentation, and eczema. The disorder is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait and can be treated by administration of a diet low in phenylalanine.D. The Commissioner shall promulgate any rules necessary to effectuate the provision of this section.Added by Laws 1965, c. 252, § 1. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 463, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2005, c. 452, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 53, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-534 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-534. Tests.

|The State Board of Health shall make such rules and regulations pertaining to such tests as accepted medical practice shall indicate, and is authorized to make such testing mandatory if sufficient evidence exists that the public has been negligent in accepting such practice and if the Board considers it in the public interest to do so. The State Board of Health is hereby authorized to set up laboratory facilities and use existing facilities for the performance of examinations and tests for the detection of these diseases and make a reasonable charge therefor; provided, however, that no child shall be denied such laboratory work or tests because of the inability of its parents or guardian to pay therefor. Provided, further, that the State Board of Health may approve other laboratories for the performance of such tests; provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any infant whose parents object thereto on the grounds that such examination conflicts with their religious tenets and practices. |Laws 1965, c. 252, § 2.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-534.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-534.1. State Plan for the Prevention and Treatment of AIDS - Lead agency - Submission to Legislature - Preparation.

|A. The State Department of Health shall be the lead agency for the coordination of programs and services related to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). |B. On or before January 1, 1994, the State Department of Health shall submit a State Plan for the Prevention and Treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the chairmen of the appropriate committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the chief executive officer and members of the governing bodies of each agency affected by the State Plan. Copies of the State Plan for the Prevention and Treatment of AIDS shall be available to members of the Oklahoma Legislature and the general public upon request.C. The State Plan for the Prevention and Treatment of AIDS shall be prepared jointly by the State Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the State Department of Education, and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in collaboration with other appropriate public and private agencies and organizations.Added by Laws 1993, c. 201, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 33, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-534.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-534.2. State Plan for the Prevention and Treatment of AIDS - Contents.

|The State Plan for the Prevention and Treatment of AIDS shall include, but not be limited to: |1. Coordinated or joint recommendations for funding, legislation and other appropriate action for the prevention and control of the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS, the provision of necessary treatment and other services to persons infected with the virus, and the protection of human and civil rights and the health of the citizens of this state;2. Education and information programs about the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS which are intended for the general public, health care professionals and other professionals, and specialized education and information efforts, as appropriate, for the effective prevention and control of the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS. The programs shall include, but not be limited to, instruction indicating that:a.engaging in any promiscuous homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual activity or intravenous chemical substance use, or contact with contaminated blood products is now known to be the primary method of transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS,b.avoiding the activities specified in subparagraph a of this paragraph is the only known method of preventing the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS,c.sexual intercourse, with or without condoms, with any person testing positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) antibodies, or any other person infected with HIV, places an individual in a high-risk category for contracting AIDS,d.abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain means of preventing the spread or contraction of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or AIDS through sexual contact, ande.the use of artificial means of birth control is not a guaranteed method of preventing the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or AIDS, and reliance on such a method places a person at risk for exposure to the disease;3. An appropriate array of Human Immunodeficiency Virus testing and counseling programs and services, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevalence surveillance and monitoring activities, including reporting and notification of contacts, as prudent and necessary for the protection of the public health and safety;4. Testing and education programs and services designed to prevent and control the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS among intravenous chemical substance users; and5. Case management and other programs that ensure access to needed health care and that reduce the cost of treatment for persons with AIDS.Added by Laws 1993, c. 201, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-539.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-539.1. Short title - Definitions.

|A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Needlestick Injury Prevention Act". |B. For purposes of the Needlestick Injury Prevention Act:1. “Ambulance” means any ground, air or water vehicle approved by the State Commissioner of Health pursuant to the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Development Act and rules promulgated by the State Board of Health pursuant thereto when used to provide appropriate on-scene and enroute stabilization and emergency medical care;2. "Bloodborne pathogens" means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and that can cause disease in humans including, but not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);3. "Committee" means the Needlestick Injury Prevention Committee;4. “Department” means the State Department of Health;5. "Engineered sharps injury protection" means:a.a physical attribute built into a needle device used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or artery, or administering medications or other fluids, which effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident through the use of mechanisms such as barrier creation, blunting, encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, or other effective mechanisms, orb.a physical attribute built into any other type of needle device, or into a nonneedle sharp, which effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident;6. “First responder” means an individual who performs emergency medical services on scene in accordance with the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Development Act and rules of the State Board of Health promulgated thereto;7. “High exposure area” means an operating room, an ambulatory surgical center, an emergency room, an intensive care unit, an ambulance or an area or scene at which a first responder performs or provides emergency medical services;8. "Needleless systems" means devices that do not utilize needles for:a.the withdrawal of body fluids after initial venous or arterial access is established,b.the administration of medication or fluids, andc.any other procedure involving the potential for an exposure incident;9. "Needlestick injury" means the parenteral introduction into the body of a health care worker of blood or other potentially infectious material by a hollow-bore needle or sharp instrument, including, but not limited to, needles, lancets, scalpels, or contaminated broken glass, during the performance of duties of such worker; and10. "Sharps" means any objects used or encountered in a health care setting that can be reasonably anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the body, and to result in an exposure incident, including, but not limited to, needle devices, scalpels, lancets, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, exposed ends of dental wires and dental knives, drills, and burs.Added by Laws 2000, c. 297, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000.