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63 OK Stat § 63-1-1603 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1603. Acts prohibited.

|The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: |(a) the introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any misbranded package of a hazardous substance.(b) the alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label of, or the doing of any other act with respect to, a hazardous substance, if such act is done while the substance is in commerce, or while the substance is held for sale (whether or not the first sale) after shipment in commerce, and results in the hazardous substance being in a misbranded package.(c) the receipt in commerce of any misbranded package of a hazardous substance and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or otherwise.(d) the giving of a guarantee or undertaking referred to in Section 1604(b) (2) which guarantee or undertaking is false, except by a person who relied upon a guarantee or undertaking to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance.(e) the failure to permit entry or inspection as authorized by Section 1609 or to permit access to and copying of any record as authorized by Section 1610.(f) the introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce, or the receipt in commerce and subsequent delivery or proffered delivery for pay or otherwise, of a hazardous substance in a reused food, drug, or cosmetic container or in a container which, though not a reused container, is identifiable as a food, drug, or cosmetic container by its labeling or by other identification. The reuse of a food, drug, or cosmetic container as a container for a hazardous substance shall be deemed to be an act which results in the hazardous substance being in a misbranded package.(g) the use by any person to his own advantage, or revealing other than to the State Commissioner of Health or officers or employees of the State Department of Health, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this article, of any information acquired under authority of Section 1609 concerning any method of process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1603.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1604 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1604. Violations - Penalties - Exemptions.

|(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of Section 1603 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both; but for offenses committed with intent to defraud or mislead, or for second and subsequent offenses, the penalty shall be imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine. |(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section (1) for having violated Section 1603(c), if the receipt, delivery, or proffered delivery of the hazardous substance was made in good faith, unless he refuses to furnish, on request of an officer or employee duly designated by the State Commissioner of Health, the name and address of the person from whom he purchased or received such hazardous substance, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the hazardous substance to him; or (2) for having violated Section 1603(a), if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance, to the effect that the hazardous substance is not in misbranded packages within the meaning of that term in this article; or (3) for having violated subsection (a) or (c) of Section 1603 in respect of any hazardous substance shipped or delivered for shipment for export to any foreign country, in a package marked for export on the outside of the shipping container and labeled in accordance with the specifications of the foreign purchaser and in accordance with the laws of the foreign country, but, if such hazardous substance is sold or offered for sale in domestic commerce, this clause shall not apply.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1604.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1605 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1605. Embargo.

|(a) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the State Commissioner of Health finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any hazardous substance is so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of this article, he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected of being, misbranded and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by such agent or the court. |(b) When an article detained or embargoed has been found by such agent to be misbranded, he shall petition the district court in whose jurisdiction the article is detained or embargoed for condemnation of such article. When such agent has found that an article so detained or embargoed is not misbranded, he shall remove the tag or other marking.(c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is misbranded, such article shall, after entry of the decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant thereof, under the supervision of such agent, and all court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be taxed against the claimant of such article or his agent; provided, that when the misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or processing of the article, the court, after entry of the decree and after such costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that such article shall be so labeled or processed, has been executed, may by order direct that such article be delivered to the claimant thereof for such labeling or processing under the supervision of an agent of the Commissioner. The expense of such supervision shall be paid by the claimant. Such bond shall be returned to the claimant of the article on representation to the court by the Commissioner that the article is no longer in violation of this article, and that the expenses of such supervision have been paid.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1605.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1606 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1606. Prosecutions for violations.

|It shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom the State Commissioner of Health reports any violation of this article to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of this article is reported to any district attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views before the Commissioner or his designated agent, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to such contemplated proceeding. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1606.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1607 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1607. Injunction.

|In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided, the Commissioner is hereby authorized to apply to the district court for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of Section 1603 of this article, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1607.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1608 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1608. Rules and regulations.

|The authority to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the efficient enforcement of this article is hereby vested in the State Board of Health, which is hereby authorized to make reasonable rules and regulations promulgated under this article conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1608.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1609 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1609. Right of access - Inspections.

|The State Commissioner of Health or his duly-authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which hazardous substances as defined in this article are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such product in commerce after notice to the owner or person in charge of such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle, 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, and(2) to secure samples or specimens of any product, after paying or offering to pay for such sample. The Commissioner shall make, or cause to be made, such examination as he deems necessary.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1609.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1610 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1610. Inspections of records.

|For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Article, carriers engaged in commerce, and persons receiving hazardous substances in commerce or holding such products so received, shall upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the State Commissioner of Health permit such officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in commerce of any hazardous substance or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any such carrier or person to fail to permit such access to and copying of any such records so requested when such request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of hazardous substance to which such request relates; provided, that evidence obtained under this section shall not be introduced in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1610.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1611 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1611. Publication of reports and information.

|(a) The State Commissioner of Health may cause to be published, from time to time, reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this Article, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. |(b) The Commissioner may also cause to be disseminated information regarding hazardous substances which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, involve imminent danger to health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Commissioner from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of the investigations of the Commissioner.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1611, operative July 1, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1701.1A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1701.1A. Violation of rules, regulations or standards - Orders - Penalties.

|A. In addition to any other remedies provided for by law, the Department, pursuant to rules and regulations, may issue a written order to any person whom the Department has reason to believe is presently in violation of any standards or rules promulgated by the State Board of Health and to whom the Department has served, no less than fifteen (15) days previously, a written notice of violation of such standards or rules. The fifteen-day notice period may be reduced as, in the opinion of the Department, may be necessary to render the order reasonably effectual. |B. The written order may require compliance with such standards or rules immediately or within a specified time period or both. The order may also assess an administrative fine for each day or part of a day that such person fails to comply with the order.C. Any order issued pursuant to this section shall state with specificity the nature of the violation. Any penalty assessed in the order shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day of noncompliance with the order. In assessing such a penalty, the Department shall consider the seriousness of the violation and any efforts to comply with applicable requirements.D. Any order issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall become a final order unless, no later than fifteen (15) days after the order is served, the person or persons named therein request an administrative hearing. Upon such request the Department shall promptly conduct the hearing. The Department shall dismiss such proceedings where compliance with the order is demonstrated. A final order following a hearing may assess an administrative fine of an amount based upon consideration of the evidence but not exceeding the amount stated in the written order.E. Such orders and hearings are subject to the Administrative Procedures Act.Added by Laws 1986, c. 148, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 1986. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 196, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 215, § 19, emerg. eff. May 15, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 311, eff. July 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1701.1B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1701.1B. Collection of fines - Limiting construction of act.

|A. Administrative fines collected by the Department pursuant to Section 2 of this act shall be paid into the Public Health Special Fund. |B. Nothing in this act shall be construed as amending the provisions of Sections 1-833, 1-839 or 1-2012.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1986, c. 148, § 3, emerg. eff. April 29, 1986.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1701.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1701.2. Administrative warrants.

|The Department may apply to and obtain from a judge of the district court, an administrative warrant as necessary to enforce access to premises for investigation, inquiry and inspection under the provisions of the Public Health Code and the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 196, § 2, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1702 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1702. Renewal of license or permit - Grace period - Renewal fee - Penalty fee - Prohibited renewal.

|The holder of any renewable license or permit issued under the provisions of this Code shall be entitled to thirty (30) days after the expiration date thereof in which to renew the same, without penalty; and if he fails to pay the renewal fee within such thirty-day period, he shall, unless otherwise provided in this Code, be required to pay the renewal fee plus a penalty fee in an amount as promulgated by the State Board of Health by rule. Such penalty fee shall not exceed the amount of the renewal fee. In the case of any renewal fee which shall exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), the penalty fee shall be one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month of the outstanding balance of the renewal fee. The Board may promulgate rules which prohibit the renewal of a license or permit which has expired by more than ninety (90) days. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 17, § 1702, operative July 1, 1963; Laws 1969, c. 199, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969; Laws 1992, c. 201, § 6, eff. July 1, 1992.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1703 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1703. Old licenses continued in effect.

|Any license heretofore issued by the State Commissioner of Health, State Board of Health or the State Department of Health that has not expired when this Code becomes effective shall remain valid for the purpose issued, and it shall not be necessary for the holder thereof to obtain another license required by this Code for a similar purpose, until the term for which the former license was issued has expired, unless such license is revoked or suspended for cause as provided in this Code. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 17, § 1703.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1704 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1704. Status of employees under Merit System not changed.

|This act, or the repeal of any law by this act, shall not change or affect the status, rights, and privileges accrued to employees of the State Commissioner of Health under the State Merit System of Personnel Administration when this act becomes effective. For the purposes of 74 O.S.1961, Sections 801 - 839, the position of State Commissioner of Health established by 63 O.S.1961, Sec. 1.2 and the position of State Commissioner of Health provided for by this Code shall be deemed to be a single continuing agency of the state government, and persons employed by the former Commissioner and continuing as employees of the latter Commissioner shall be entitled to the same status, rights, and privileges under such statutes that they would have had if the former position had remained in existence. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 17, § 1704.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1708 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1708. Malpractice insurance on doctors and nurses in health departments - Liability.

|The State Commissioner of Health may purchase, with public funds, insurance to protect the public against malpractice of doctors and nurses employed by the State Department of Health full time, and to indemnify such doctors and nurses in connection therewith; and the director of any county, district or cooperative department of health may purchase, with public funds, insurance to protect the public against malpractice of doctors and nurses employed full time by such department and to indemnify such doctors and nurses in connection therewith. This section shall not be construed to make the state or a county, or any of the aforesaid departments of health, liable for damages resulting from such malpractice. |Laws 1963, c. 299, § 1.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1708.1A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1708.1A. Short title.

|Sections 1-1708.1A through 1-1708.1G of this title and Sections 22, 23 and 24 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Affordable Access to Health Care Act”. |Added by Laws 2003, c. 390, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1708.1B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1708.1B. Legislative findings - Purpose.

|A. FINDINGS: The Oklahoma Legislature finds: |1. EFFECT ON HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND COSTS. That the medical liability system in this state is a mechanism for resolving claims of medical liability and compensating injured patients which affects patient access to health care services; and2. EFFECT ON STATE SPENDING. That the medical liability litigation system existing in this state has an effect on the amount, distribution, and use of state funds because of:a.the large number of individuals who receive health care benefits under programs operated or financed by the state through the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, andb.the large number of Oklahoma health care providers needed to provide services for which the state makes payment through the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.B. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of the Affordable Access to Health Care Act to implement reasonable, comprehensive, and effective medical liability reforms designed to:1. Improve the availability of health care services;2. Lower the cost of medical liability insurance;3. Ensure that persons with meritorious health care injury claims receive fair and adequate compensation; and4. Improve the fairness and cost-effectiveness of this state’s current medical liability system to resolve disputes over, and provide compensation for, medical liability.Added by Laws 2003, c.390, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1708.1C (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1708.1C. Definitions.

|As used in the Affordable Access to Health Care Act, the following words, terms, or phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise clearly indicates: |1. “Health care provider” means any person or other entity who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of Title 59 or Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or pursuant to the laws of another state, to render health care services in the practice of a profession or in the ordinary course of business;2. “Health care services” means any services provided by a health care provider, or by an individual working for or under the supervision of a health care provider, that relate to the diagnosis, assessment, prevention, treatment or care of any human illness, disease, injury or condition;3. “Medical liability action” means any civil action involving, or contingent upon, personal injury or wrongful death brought against a health care provider based on professional negligence;4. “Noneconomic damages” means all subjective, nonmonetary losses including, but not limited to, pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and companionship, loss of consortium, injury to reputation and humiliation; provided, however, “noneconomic damages” do not include exemplary damages, as defined in Section 9.1 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes;5. “Professional negligence” means a negligent act or omission to act by a health care provider in the rendering of health care services, provided that such services are within the scope of services for which the health care provider is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to render by the laws of this state, and which are not within any restriction imposed by a hospital or the licensing agency of the health care provider; and6. “Qualified expert” means a health care provider who has knowledge of standards of care for the diagnosis, assessment, prevention, treatment or care of the illness, disease, injury or condition involved in the medical liability action. In a case involving a claim for negligent credentialing or corporate negligence, a “qualified expert” means a physician or administrator who has or has had responsibility for credentialing or served on a medical staff committee involved in a credentialing process at the licensed health care entity.Added by Laws 2003, c.390, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1708.1D (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1708.1D. Medical liability actions - Evidence.

|A. In every medical liability action, the court shall admit evidence of payments of medical bills made to the injured party, unless the court makes the finding described in paragraph B of this section. |B. In any medical liability action, upon application of a party, the court shall make a determination whether amounts claimed by a health care provider to be a payment of medical bills from a collateral source is subject to subrogation or other right of recovery. If the court makes a determination that any such payment is subject to subrogation or other right of recovery, evidence of the payment from the collateral source and subject to subrogation or other right of recovery shall not be admitted.Added by Laws 2003, c.390, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003.