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63 OK Stat § 63-2565 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2565. Consultations with advocacy groups required – Process to ensure stakeholder engagement and transparency – Research and analysis methods.

|A. Any agency making decisions on utilization management measures, coverage, reimbursement or incentive programs shall be required to consult with: |1. Organizations representing patients and people with disabilities, including both self-advocacy organizations and organizations representing patients, prior to proceeding on any measure likely to impact the relevant patient or disability community; and2. Organizations representing patients and people that advocate for the rights of patients to obtain treatment without regard to the patients' quality of life and representatives of organizations that advocate for the rights of older persons to receive health care.B. Any agency making decisions on utilization management measures, coverage, reimbursement or incentive programs shall ensure that a process is in place to ensure robust stakeholder engagement and full transparency surrounding the provision of any research and analysis relied upon for decision-making that would impact access to health care treatments and services by patient groups provided for in subsection A of this section, including:1. Providing stakeholders with meaningful notice and opportunity to comment on the retention of any vendor providing research and analysis to the agency;2. Subjecting research and analysis relied upon by an agency to meaningful notice and comment process;3. Ensuring deliberation around the coverage or reimbursement for health care treatments and services occurs in open meetings;4. Presenting and releasing any research and analysis relied upon for decision-making in public meetings or publicly released prior to deliberation;5. Requiring full disclosure into funding sources and conflicts of interest of any third party providing research and analysis to the state;6. Prohibiting sole-source contracts for research and analysis to ensure reliance on a range of evidence; and7. Preparing an annual report assessing beneficiary access to health care treatments and services. The report shall assess the impact of any form of utilization management on access to care with a specific analysis of the impact on persons with disabilities, chronic illness and advanced age. The report shall be submitted to the State Legislature, be posted on the state Medicaid website, and the agency shall provide an opportunity for public comment.C. Any research and analysis relied upon for decision-making that would impact coverage and access to health care treatments and services shall measure outcomes prioritized by patients and persons with disabilities as required by this section, as well as consider meaningful differences in the characteristics, needs and preferences of patients and persons with disabilities.Added by Laws 2020, c. 113, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
63 OK Stat § 63-2601 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2601. Definitions.

|For the purposes of this act, the following words and phrases mean: |(a) "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years of age, except such person who is on active duty with or has served in any branch of the Armed Services of the United States shall be considered an adult.(b) "Health professional" means for the purposes of this act any licensed physician, psychologist, dentist, osteopathic physician, podiatrist, chiropractor, registered or licensed practical nurse or physician's assistant.(c) "Health services" means services delivered by any health professional including examination, preventive and curative treatment, surgical, hospitalization, and psychological services, except abortion or sterilization. Should the health services include counseling concerning abortion, all alternatives will be fully presented to the minor. Services in this act shall not include research or experimentation with minors except where used in an attempt to preserve the life of that minor, or research as approved by an appropriate review board involved in the management of reportable diseases.Amended by Laws 1985, c. 299, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
63 OK Stat § 63-2603 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2603. Payment for services.

|The spouse, parents or legal guardian of the minor shall not be liable for payment for any health services provided under the authority of this act, unless they shall have expressly agreed to pay for such care. Minors consenting to health services shall thereby assume financial responsibility for the cost of said services except those who are proven unable to pay and who receive the services in public institutions. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 225, § 3, emerg. eff. May 29, 1975.
63 OK Stat § 63-2604 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2604. Safeguards to protect minor.

|If major surgery, general anesthesia; or a life-threatening procedure has to be undertaken on a minor, it shall be necessary for the physician to obtain concurrence from another physician except in an emergency in a community where no other surgeon can be contacted within a reasonable time. |In cases where emergency care is needed and the minor is unable to give self-consent; a parent, spouse or legal guardian may authorize consent.Added by Laws 1975, c. 225, § 4, emerg. eff. May 29, 1975.
63 OK Stat § 63-2605 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2605. Providing of health care not mandatory.

|Nothing in this act shall require any health professional to provide health care nor shall any health professional be liable for refusal to give health care. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 225, § 5, emerg. eff. May 29, 1975.
63 OK Stat § 63-2621 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2621. Short title.

|Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Medical Savings Account Act". |Added by Laws 1995, c. 249, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
63 OK Stat § 63-2622 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2622. Definitions.

|As used in the Medical Savings Account Act: |1. "Account holder" means the individual including but not limited to an employee of an employer or dependents of the individual on whose behalf the medical savings account is established;2. "Dependent child" means any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years or any person who is legally entitled or subject to a court order for the provision of proper and necessary subsistence, education, medical care, or any other care necessary for the health, or well-being of such person, and who is not otherwise emancipated, married or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who is mentally or physically incapacitated and cannot provide for themselves;3. "Eligible medical expenses" means an expense paid by the taxpayer for medical care described in Section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;4. "Medical savings account" or "account" means an account established in this state pursuant to a medical savings account program to pay the eligible medical expenses of an account holder and the dependents of the account holder;5. "Medical savings account program" or "program" means a program that includes all of the following:a.the purchase by an individual or employer of a qualified higher deductible health benefit plan which is approved by the State Department of Health and offered by an entity regulated by the State Department of Health or is approved by the Insurance Commissioner and offered by an entity regulated by the Insurance Commissioner or is offered by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board for the benefit of the individual or an employee of the employer and the dependents of that individual or the employee,b.the deposit by an individual into a medical savings account or the contribution on behalf of an employee into a medical care account by an employer of all or part of the premium differential realized by the employer based on the purchase of a qualified higher deductible health plan for the benefit of the employee. An employer that did not previously provide a health plan or provide a health coverage policy, certificate, or contract for employees may contribute all or part of the deductible of a qualified higher deductible health benefit plan; and6. "Trustee" means a chartered state bank, savings and loan association, licensed securities dealer or trust company authorized to act as a fiduciary; a national banking association or savings and loan association authorized to act as a fiduciary; or an insurance company.Added by Laws 1995, c. 249, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 183, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-2654.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2654.1. Short title - Definitions.

|A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Poison Control Act". |B. As used in the Oklahoma Poison Control Act:1. "Center" means the Oklahoma Poison Control Center; and2. "Director" means the dean of the College of Pharmacy at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994.
63 OK Stat § 63-2654.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2654.2. Oklahoma Poison Control Center.

|There is hereby created the Oklahoma Poison Control Center within the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy. The purpose of the center is to implement a statewide emergency poison and drug information program designed and structured to deliver reliable, accurate, qualified professional judgments and responses to requests for emergency poison and drug information data. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 285, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
63 OK Stat § 63-2654.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2654.3. Authority of Director.

|The Director may: |1. Employ any and all coordination measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Poison Control Act;2. Engage in any educational program or effort if, in the judgment of the Director, such activity would effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Poison Control Act;3. Employ experts and consultants and compensate those individuals at rates determined by the Director;4. Engage in programs of experimental or demonstrational research;5. Appoint an advisory committee to assist in the development and review of rules promulgated under the authority of the Oklahoma Poison Control Act and reimburse the members for their expenses;6. Accept and administer loans, grants, or other funds and gifts, conditional or otherwise, from the federal government and any and all other public or private sources;7. Formulate, promulgate, adopt, amend, and enforce rules and regulatory standards necessary to effectuate the Oklahoma Poison Control Act; and8. Establish and charge fees for the provision of nonemergency informational and educational services as well as contract therefor.Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 3, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994.
63 OK Stat § 63-2654.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2654.4. Certification as regional poison control center.

|The program of the center shall be structured and designed, to the extent resources permit, to meet the criteria for certification as a regional poison control center by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 4, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994.
63 OK Stat § 63-2656.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2656.1. Administration of oaths - Federal grant or contract funds.

|The Commission may administer oaths at any hearing or investigation conducted pursuant to this act, and may receive federal grant or contract funds by complying with the requirements therefor. |Laws 1980, c. 297, § 13, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-2656.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2656.2. Annual report - Distribution.

|The Oklahoma Health Planning Commission shall prepare and distribute an annual report to the Oklahoma Legislature, to any health systems agency as established by federal law, and to any other person who requests the report, which shall include the status of each review currently being conducted, the reviews completed since the last report and a general statement of the findings and decisions made in the course of such reviews. |Laws 1980, c. 297, § 14, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-2657 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2657. Definitions.

|As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: |1. "Ambulatory surgical center" means:a.an establishment with an organized medical staff of physicians, with permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing surgical procedures, with continuous physician services available on call, and registered professional nursing services available on site, whenever a patient is in the facility, which provides services or other accommodations for patients to recover for a period not to exceed twenty-three (23) hours after surgery, orb.an establishment with an organized medical staff of dentists, with permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing dental surgical procedures, with continuous dental services available on call, and registered professional nursing services available on site, whenever a patient is in the facility, which provides services or other accommodations for patients to recover for a period not to exceed twenty-three (23) hours after surgery;2. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health;3. "Governmental unit" means any city, county or other political subdivision of this state, or any department, division, board or other agency of any political subdivision of this state; and4. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company or association and the legal successors thereof.Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 356, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2008, c. 390, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
63 OK Stat § 63-2658 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2658. License policy

|No person or governmental unit acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall establish, conduct or maintain an ambulatory surgical center in this state without a license under this act issued by the Commissioner. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 2, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2659 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2659. Application

|A. Application for a license shall be made to the Commissioner upon forms provided by the Commissioner and shall contain such information as the Commissioner may require. The Commissioner shall require affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards, rules and regulations as are lawfully prescribed under the provisions of this act. |B. Each application for a license, except applications from governmental units, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). All license fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund of the Department of Health.Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 3, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2660 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2660. Issuance of a license

|A. Upon receipt of an application for a license, the Commissioner shall issue a license if the applicant and ambulatory surgical center facilities meet the requirements established under this act. A license, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon receipt of an application for a license and the license fee from the licensee and approval by the Commissioner. |B. Each license shall be issued only for the premises, persons or governmental units named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written consent of the Commissioner. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 4, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2661 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2661. Hearing - Notice

|A. The Commissioner, after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the applicant or licensee, may deny, suspend or revoke a license in any case in which the Commissioner finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the requirements of this act. |B. Notice shall be given by registered mail or by personal service and shall set forth the particular reasons for the action proposed by the Commissioner. The notice shall fix a date not less than thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing or service, at which time the licensee or applicant shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing.C. At the hearing the licensee or applicant may present evidence, examine witnesses and be represented by counsel of his choice. On the basis of the hearing, or upon default of the licensee or applicant, the Commissioner shall make a determination specifying his findings of fact and conclusions of law. A copy of such determination shall be sent by registered mail or served personally upon the licensee or applicant.D. The decision revoking, suspending or denying the license or application shall become final thirty (30) days after it is so mailed or served unless the applicant or licensee within that period appeals the decision.E. Any person or governmental unit aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner may appeal to the district court.Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 5, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2662 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2662. Rules and regulations

|The State Board of Health shall adopt such reasonable rules, regulations and standards as are necessary to insure that the quality of medical care in ambulatory surgical centers is the same as that required in hospitals licensed in the State of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 6, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2663 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2663. Inspections and investigations

|The Commissioner shall make, or cause to be made, such inspections and investigations as he deems necessary. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 7, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2663A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2663A. Consultant pharmacists – Required visits to ambulatory surgical center.

|A consultant pharmacist shall be required to visit an ambulatory surgical center no more than one time per month. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 88, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-2664 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2664. Penalty

|A. Any person operating, conducting, managing or establishing an ambulatory surgical center without a license required by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. Each day of continuing violation shall constitute a separate offense. |B. The Attorney General shall represent the Commissioner and shall institute an action in the name of the state for injunctive or other relief against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management or operation of an ambulatory surgical center without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this act.Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 8, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2665 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2665. Discriminatory practices

|No entity, governmental, public or private, providing individual or group health insurance or reimbursing for health care shall discriminate in its payment or reimbursement procedures against ambulatory surgical centers. Provided, however, that this section shall not require the same dollar amount of benefits be paid on account of inpatient hospital treatment. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 9, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
63 OK Stat § 63-2666 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2666. Formal transfer agreement.

|An ambulatory surgical center shall have a formal transfer agreement with a general hospital, as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, located not more than a twenty-minute travel distance from the center, or all physicians performing surgery in the ambulatory surgical center shall have admitting privileges at a general hospital, located not more than a twenty-minute travel distance from the center. |Added by Laws 2007, c. 168, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
63 OK Stat § 63-2701 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2701. Public policy.

|It is declared to be the public policy of this state, in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, to encourage certain knowledgeable persons to make written report to the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services as to individuals suffering from blindness or serious visual impairment so that the Division may inform them as to rehabilitative education and training programs of the state. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 50, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1976. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 107, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2019, c. 51, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
63 OK Stat § 63-2702 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2702. Medical report - Immunity.

|Any licensed surgeon, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, optometrist, dentist, intern or registered nurse who, from attending or examining an individual, concludes that such individual is blind or visually impaired to a material and uncorrected extent, and in good faith participates in the making of written report of said conclusion to the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, shall have immunity from liability, civil and criminal, for so reporting. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 50, § 2, emerg. eff. April 12, 1976. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 107, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2019, c. 51, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
63 OK Stat § 63-2801 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-2801. Short title.

|This act shall be known as the Oklahoma Emergency Telephone Act. |Laws 1979, c. 176, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979.