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63 OK Stat § 63-1-919 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-919. Plans for bottled water plants.

|Before any bottled water plant is hereafter constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered, properly prepared plans therefor shall be approved by the State Commissioner of Health. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 9, § 919, operative July 1, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1001.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1001.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act". |Added by Laws 1996, c. 51, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1001.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1001.2. Application of act - Exceptions.

|The Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act shall apply to all persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, renovating, germicidally treating, leasing, selling or offering to sell items of bedding. The Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act shall not apply to: |1. Individuals who make, repair, renovate, or germicidally treat bedding for their own personal use;2. An individual or individuals, not a corporation, who make, repair, renovate or sanitize quilts, comforters or pillow covers, including decorative pillows; or3. Any person who offers for sale or sells goods, wares or merchandise to the highest bidder or offers for sale or sells goods, wares or merchandise at a high price and then offers the same at successive lower prices until a buyer is secured.Added by Laws 1996, c. 51, § 2, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1001.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1001.3. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act: |1. "Bedding" means any mattress, upholstered spring, sleeping bag, pad, comforter, cushion, pillow and any other item used principally for sleeping. The term "bedding" also includes dual purpose furniture such as studio couches, futons and sofa beds;2. "Mattress" includes padding or cushioning material which is used in conjunction with water bed liners, bladders or cylinders, but does not include water bed liners, bladders or cylinders;3. "Itinerant vendor" means a person who sells bedding from a movable conveyance;4. "Manufacture" means the making of bedding out of new or recycled materials;5. "New material" means any material or article that has not been used for any other purpose;6. "Previously used material" means any material which previously has been used for any purpose other than for the manufacture of bedding;7. "Recycled material" means materials which have previously been used for purposes other than as a component of bedding or bedding materials, and which can be used, after processing, for bedding materials. Such processing shall result in a sanitary material which can be used safely as a bedding material without the germicidal treatment used for secondhand materials. Properly recycled materials shall be considered new materials;8. "Renovate" means the reworking or remaking of used bedding or the making of bedding from previously used materials;9. "Sanitize" means germicidal treatment of secondhand bedding or previously used materials to be used in renovating for the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms and arthropods and the removal of dirt and filth;10. "Secondhand bedding" means any bedding of which prior use has been made as bedding;11. "Sell" or "sold" means to sell, offer to sell, give away in connection with a sale, a sale's promotion or sale by consignment; or possess with intent to sell, deliver or consign in sale; and12. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.Added by Laws 1996, c. 51, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1001.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1001.4. Unlawful actions.

|Unless otherwise provided by law, it shall be unlawful to: |1. Sell, lease, manufacture, renovate or repair bedding without the proper permit from the Commissioner;2. Manufacture, sell or deliver, lease, hold or offer for sale any bedding or bedding material unless it is labeled in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act;3. Alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate, or remove the whole or any part of the labeling of, or the doing of any other act with respect to, bedding or bedding materials, if such act is done while such article is held for sale and results in such article being mislabeled or unlabeled;4. Distribute or knowingly receive in commerce any bedding, or bedding material, that is mislabeled, unlabeled or has been manufactured, renovated, held or transported under unsanitary conditions;5. Disseminate any false or misleading advertisement;6. Refuse to permit entry or inspection, or to permit the taking of a sample, as authorized by Section 8 of this act;7. Remove or dispose of a detained or embargoed article in violation of Section 6 of this act;8. Forge, counterfeit, simulate, or falsely represent, or without proper authority use any mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device authorized or required by rules promulgated under the provisions of the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act;9. Sell or lease any renovated bedding or secondhand bedding, or any portions thereof, unless it is sanitized and labeled in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act;10. Renovate into bedding or bedding material any discarded materials obtained from dump grounds, junk yards, or hospitals within or without the State of Oklahoma; and11. Remove or dispose of any detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such permission.Added by Laws 1996, c. 51, § 4, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1001.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1001.5. Promulgation of rules.

|The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules for: |1. Examinations of bedding manufactured, renovated, held, leased, sold or offered for sale in Oklahoma;2. The disposal of bedding determined to be unsafe for human use;3. The label requirements on bedding and bedding materials;4. The sanitation of renovated or secondhand bedding, or bedding materials;5. The sanitation standards for facilities or vehicles where bedding or bedding materials are manufactured, renovated, held, leased, transported, sold or offered for sale in Oklahoma;6. The defining of categories and limitations of bedding permits;7. The establishment of an annual permit fee;8. Reporting requirements which may include bedding article registration fees;9. The procedure to apply for or renew a bedding permit; and10. Prescribing means, methods and practices to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act.Added by Laws 1996, c. 51, § 5, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1001.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1001.7. Permits.

|A. Each person engaged in the business of selling, leasing, manufacturing, renovating or repairing any bedding shall have obtained an annual permit from the Commissioner to sell or lease bedding, or an annual permit from the Commissioner to manufacture, renovate or repair bedding. Each person shall pay for such permit a fee to be fixed by the State Board of Health. Unless otherwise provided by rule by the Board, each such permit shall expire on the 30th day of June following its issuance. It is the intent of the Legislature that any fees authorized by this section shall not exceed the fees in effect on January 1, 1995, for the regulation of bedding and bedding materials. |B. Each person who sells renovated or secondhand bedding or bedding materials on a consignment basis as an auctioneer, itinerant vendor or broker shall obtain a permit under subsection A of this section. The renovated or secondhand bedding or bedding materials shall be sanitized by a person who holds a permit pursuant to subsection C of this section before it is sold to the public. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of bedding at a private sale by a person not in the business of selling bedding or to an auctioneer at private auction at the individual's residence.C. 1. No person shall be considered to have qualified to apply an acceptable sanitization process until such process has been registered with the Commissioner and determined to be in compliance with the rules, after which a permit shall then be issued by the Commissioner which indicates an approved sanitization process. Every person to whom a permit has been issued shall keep such permit conspicuously posted on the premises of his place of business.2. Holders of permits to apply a sanitization process shall be required to keep an accurate record of all materials which have been subjected to a sanitization process, including the source of the material, the date of treatment, the type and time of treatment, and the label identification number, and such records shall be available for inspection at any reasonable time by authorized representatives of the Commissioner. Such records shall be maintained for a period of time to be adopted by rule by the Board.D. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act:1. The Commissioner shall suspend or revoke or may refuse to issue or renew any permit issued in accordance with the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act upon proof of violation of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act, or any rule promulgated thereto; and2. Any person whose permit has been revoked shall be ineligible for a bedding permit for one (1) year. An application for a permit to sell, lease, manufacture, repair or renovate bedding or bedding material by such person following the one-year revocation shall be subject to provisions as set forth in an initial permit.Added by Laws 1996, c. 51, § 7, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1001.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1001.8. Inspections.

|A. The Commissioner or duly authorized agent shall have access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, wholesale or retail establishment in which bedding or bedding material is manufactured, processed, packed, sold, leased or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport, sell, lease or hold such bedding or bedding material in commerce, for the purpose: |1. Of inspecting such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of this article are being violated; and2. To secure samples or specimens of any bedding or bedding material after paying or offering to pay for such sample.B. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to make or cause to be made examination of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act, or any rule promulgated under the provisions of the Oklahoma Bedding Regulation Act, is being violated.Added by Laws 1996, c. 51, § 8, eff. July 1, 1996.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1002.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1002.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Whitney Starks Act". |Added by Laws 1998, c. 102, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1-0002.1 to provide consistency in numbering.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1002.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1002.2. Rules establishing requirements for retailers of bunk beds.

|The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for retailers of bunk beds which shall include, but not be limited to, requirements that: |1. Each set of bunk beds must be posted with an indelible warning which conforms with American Society for Testing and Materials Voluntary Standards or U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Standards; and2. No retailer shall sell a set which does not limit the space between the lower edge of the guard rail and the upper edge of the bed frame of the upper bunk bed to three and one-half (3 1/2) inches or less.Added by Laws 1998, c. 102, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1-0002.2 to provide consistency in numbering.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1002.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1002.3. Fines.

|Any retailer violating the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 of Section 2 of this act shall be subject to an administrative fine by the State Department of Health of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per violation. Each set of bunk beds sold which does not conform to the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 of Section 2 of this act shall be considered a violation. The monies from the administrative fine shall be collected by the Department and deposited in the Public Health Special Fund pursuant to Section 1-107 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 102, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1-0002.3 to provide consistency in numbering.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1002.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1002.4. Application of act.

|The provisions of the Whitney Starks Act shall apply to any bunk bed sold on or after November 1, 1998. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 102, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1-0002.4 to provide consistency in numbering.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1011 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1011. Health nuisances - Removal - Collection of cost of removal.

|(a) The local health officer and, if authorized by appropriate ordinance of the city, the city health officer shall have such authority as to any private premises within the corporate limits of the city, and shall have the authority to order the owner or occupant of any private premises in the county to remove from such premises, at his own expense, any source of filth, cause of sickness, condition conducive to the breeding of insects or rodents that might contribute to the transmission of disease, or any other condition adversely affecting the public health, within twenty-four (24) hours, or within such other time as might be reasonable, and a failure to do so shall constitute a misdemeanor. Such order shall be in writing and may be served personally on the owner or occupant of the premises, or authorized agent thereof, or a copy thereof may be left at the last usual place of abode of such owner, occupant or agent, if known and within the state. If the premises are unoccupied and the residence of such owner, occupant or agent is unknown, or is without the state, such order may be served by posting a copy thereof on the premises, or by publication in at least one issue of a newspaper having a general circulation in the county. In the event of any conflict between the city health officer and the local health officer of the county, the county shall prevail. |(b) If such order is not complied with, the local health officer of the county or of the city may cause the order to be executed and complied with, and the cost thereof shall be certified to the county clerk, who shall add the same to the ad valorem taxes assessed against the property, and such cost shall be a lien against the property, until paid, and shall be collected in the same manner as ad valorem taxes against the property, and when collected shall be paid to the local health officer, county or city, or successor thereof, issuing the order, for reimbursement of the funds used to pay such cost.(c) Cities and towns may enact ordinances providing for proceedings similar to those authorized by the foregoing provisions of this section, by city and town officials, and the cost of removing or abating any such nuisances may be added to municipal utility bills and collected in the same manner as such bills.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1011; Laws 1968, c. 298, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1968.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1013 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1013. Definition of public bathing place.

|The term "public bathing place," as used in the following sections of this article, includes all entirely artificially constructed wading pools, swimming pools, bathhouses used collectively by a number of persons for wading, swimming, recreative, or therapeutic bathing, together with all sanitary facilities, bathing suits, buildings, equipment, and appurtenances pertaining to such bathing places; provided, that such term shall not apply to those public or semipublic baths where the main object is the external cleansing of the body, to bathing places maintained by an individual for the use of family and friends, or to bathing places owned or managed by a group or association of the owners of thirty or fewer homes, the use of which is limited to the homeowner group and their nonpaying guests. The term “public bathing place” does not include spray pads or spray grounds. As used in this section, “spray pads or spray grounds” mean interactive recreation areas intended for use by children in which the water is supplied by a system of sprays and is not allowed to accumulate above ground. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1013, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 54, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2010, c. 382, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1013.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1013.1. Annual license for public bathing places – Fees.

|No person, municipality, as defined by paragraph 5 of Section 1-102 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or entity shall engage in or continue the operation of a public bathing place, as defined by Section 1-1013 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, until an annual license has been obtained from the State Commissioner of Health for each such public bathing place. Each such operator shall pay an annual fee for such license to be fixed by the State Board of Health. Unless otherwise provided by rules promulgated by the Board, each such license shall expire one (1) year following the date of issue. No such license shall be transferable, and application for such license shall be made upon forms prescribed by the Commissioner. Each application for such license shall be accompanied by the applicant’s certification that the public bathing place for which the license is sought is in compliance with the provisions of Section 1-1017 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and no license shall be issued or renewed for such public bathing place until after such certification of compliance has been received by the Commissioner. Provided, municipalities of five thousand (5,000) population or less, shall not be charged more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for such fee. |Added by Laws 2004, c. 420, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1013.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1013.2. Revocation of public bathing place license.

|The State Commissioner of Health may suspend or revoke a public bathing place license on any of the following grounds: |1. Violation of any of the provisions of this act or State Board of Health rules promulgated pursuant thereto;2. Permitting, aiding or abetting the commission of any illegal act in or on the premises of the licensed public bathing place; or3. Conduct or practices by the owner, management or any employee of the public bathing place deemed by the Commissioner to be detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of any person.Added by Laws 2004, c. 420, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1014 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1014. Standards and rules for public bathing places.

|The State Commissioner of Health shall have supervision of the sanitation, healthfulness, safety and design of public bathing places, and shall enforce all rules promulgated and adopted by the State Board of Health for carrying out the provisions of this act. The Board is hereby authorized to promulgate and adopt reasonable standards and rules pertaining to the design, construction, safety, sanitation, and sanitary operation of public bathing places and to establish fees, as it may deem necessary to effectively carry out the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1014, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 420, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1015 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1015. Sanitation and safety.

|(a) All public bathing places shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe condition, and all owners, managers, operators, and other attendants in charge of any public bathing place shall be responsible for the sanitation and safety of such places during the season or seasons when the public bathing place is in use. |(b) The water in a public bathing place shall, at all times during the season or seasons when the bathing place is in use, be of a safe and sanitary quality, in accordance with standards that shall be established by the State Board of Health, on turbidity, chemical content, pH value, bacterial content, and such other factors which the Board deems necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the public.(c) All bathing suits and towels used by, and maintained for the use of, the public shall be thoroughly washed, sterilized, rinsed, and thoroughly dried each time they are used.(d) All persons known or suspected of being infected with any transmissible condition of a communicable disease shall be excluded from the pool.(e) A complete system of artificial lighting shall be provided for all sections of public bathing places which are to be used at night, but underwater lighting in the pool shall not be required.(f) All interior sections or rooms of public bathing places shall be properly ventilated.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1015.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1016 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1016. Construction and finish - Toilet facilities - Drinking fountains - Hot and cold water - Lavatories and Showers - Design and operation requirements - Equipment.

|The materials of construction and finish used throughout the premises of a public bathing place shall be such as will provide easily cleanable surfaces with due consideration being given to the safety of the patrons of such places. Requirements regarding toilet facilities, drinking fountains, hot and cold water supplies, lavatories, and showers may be included in standards adopted by the State Board of Health. The design of public bathing places shall be based on modern public health engineering practices and shall at least comply with the minimum design and operation requirements for the health and safety of patrons as set forth herein, and to this end the State Commissioner of Health shall cause to be printed for free distribution to architects, engineers, and others standards outlining in detail such minimum requirements. The equipment of public bathing places shall be such as to minimize accidents and to provide for the health and safety of the patrons of public bathing places. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1016.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1016A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1016A. Procedure for use of public restrooms.

|All restrooms located within buildings in the State of Oklahoma built with public funds and which are accessible from corridors intended for general public travel, and which are constructed for public use, shall be available to the general public for their inspection and use, unless public restrooms are available on the same floor of said building. Said public restrooms shall be clearly labeled by signs designating the same as public restrooms. The provisions of this act shall not apply to public buildings used as educational institutions. |Laws 1975, c. 275, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1016B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1016B. Penalty.

|Every person who shall have control of a public restroom located within a building built with public funds and who shall knowingly violate this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. |Laws 1975, c. 275, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975.