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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-313. Delayed birth certificate.

A. When the birth of a person born in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the State Commissioner of Health. Such certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the Commissioner shall by regulation prescribe, to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.
B. Certificates of birth registered one year or more after the date of occurrence shall be marked "delayed" and show on their face the date of the delayed registration.
C. A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.
D. When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the regulations for delayed registration, or when the State Commissioner of Health finds reason to question the validity or adequacy of the documentary evidence, the Commissioner shall not register the delayed certificate and shall advise the applicant of the reasons for his or her action.
E. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the biological sex designation on a certificate of birth issued under this section shall be either male or female and shall not be nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation including but not limited to the letter "X".
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 313. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 87 § 2, emerg. eff. April 26, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-314. Delayed death certificate.

(a) When a death occurring in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the State Board of Health. Such certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the Board shall by regulation prescribe, to substantiate the alleged facts of death.
(b) Certificates of death registered one year or more after the date of occurrence shall be marked "delayed" and shall show on their face the date of the delayed registration.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 314.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-315. Judicial proceeding for record of birth.

(a) Any citizen of the United States who has resided in this state for not less than ten (10) years, the last three (3) of which must have been continuous within this state and the last one (1) of which must have been continuous within the county of his application, the birth of whom has not been recorded by the State Commissioner of Health, or his predecessor, may petition the district court of the county in which he resides or was born for an order establishing a public record of the time and place of his birth and his parentage. He may have the record of such information entered in the following manner: Such applicant may appear before a judge of the district court in the county of which he is a resident and file his verified petition in writing, which petition shall state the time and place of his birth and his parentage and such other facts as he deems pertinent; the petition shall be filed in the office of the court clerk and given a number in the probate files thereof; thereupon the applicant shall produce all the evidence he has in his possession, which may consist of personal testimony, affidavits or records, and shall include a statement from the State Commissioner of Health, or similar official in the state of applicant's birth, to the effect that a birth certificate is not recorded in his office; and if the judge of the district court shall be satisfied with the proof offered, he shall make and enter an order establishing the time and place of birth, the age and the parentage of the applicant, which order shall be final and conclusive of all the facts therein adjudged.
(b) A certified copy of the order shall be filed in the office of the State Commissioner of Health, and a certified copy thereof shall be issued by the Commissioner in the same manner as certificates of birth.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 315.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-316. New certificate of birth.

A. The State Commissioner of Health shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this state, when the Commissioner receives the following:
1. An adoption certificate as provided in the Oklahoma Adoption Code, or a certified copy of the decree of adoption together with the information necessary to identify the original certificate of birth and to establish a new certificate of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not be established if so requested by the court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents or the adopted person; and
2. A request that a new certificate be established and such evidence as required by regulation proving that such person has been legitimated, or that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined the paternity of such a person.
B. When a new certificate of birth is established, the actual place and date of birth shall be shown. It shall be substituted for the original certificate of birth:
1. Thereafter, the original certificate and the evidence of adoption, paternity or legitimation shall not be amended, nor shall it be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as otherwise specifically provided by law; and
2. Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption, the original certificate of birth shall be restored to its place in the files and the new certificate and evidence shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The original certificate shall be restored and may be amended in accordance with Section 1-321 of this title.
C. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the biological sex designation on a new certificate of birth issued under this section shall be either male or female and shall not be nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation including but not limited to the letter "X".
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 316, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 297, § 27, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2022, c. 87, § 3, emerg. eff. April 26, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-316a. Heirloom birth certificates.

A. The State Department of Health shall provide for the issuance of an heirloom birth certificate. The Department shall design the form of the heirloom birth certificate with the advice and assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council and may promote and sell copies of the certificate. An heirloom birth certificate shall not be used as evidence of live birth nor identification purposes.
B. The Department shall prescribe a fee for the issuance of an heirloom birth certificate in an amount that does not exceed Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00).
C. Proceeds from the sale of heirloom birth certificates shall be used by the State Department of Health.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 142, § 1, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2015, c. 276, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-317a. Electronic capture of death certificate.

A. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall make available to all funeral directors and physicians licensed in this state a system to electronically capture the required information and file the prescribed death certificate with the State Department of Health. Access to the prescribed electronic system shall be provided to registered users at no cost.
B. Funeral directors and physicians shall be registered with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics prior to using the prescribed electronic system. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall provide such registration at no cost.
C. Registration shall be updated at least annually to maintain access to the prescribed system and shall include training on any changes or updates to the prescribed system or associated forms. Funeral directors licensed in this state shall be trained on the use of the prescribed electronic system to file personal data on the prescribed death certificate. Physicians licensed in this state shall be trained on the use of the prescribed electronic system to complete, sign, and file the medical certification on the prescribed death certificate. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall provide the required training at no cost.
D. No later than July 1, 2012, funeral directors licensed in this state shall be required to sign and file death certificates using the prescribed electronic system.
E. No later than July 1, 2017, physicians licensed in this state shall be required to sign and file death certificates using the prescribed electronic system.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 374, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 70, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-317b. List of all registered deaths of residents indicated as veterans on death record.

The Commissioner of the State Department of Health shall authorize the regular transmission of a list to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs of all registered deaths of residents of this state that have occurred within the state and who are indicated to be a veteran on the death record. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall use the transmitted list to identify Oklahoma veterans, as defined in Section 2 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for purposes of populating, updating and maintaining the veterans registry established in Section 421 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Social Security number of an individual veteran shall not be released as a part of the registry. The State Department of Health shall transmit to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs the following:
1. Veteran's name;
2. Social Security number;
3. Date of death; and
4. Place of interment, if applicable.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 124, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-317c. Confidentiality and disclosure – Construction with Section 1-323.

Nothing in the Death Certificate Accuracy Act shall be construed to alter the confidentiality of death certificates or the prohibitions on disclosure of their contents provided for in Section 1-323 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 305, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1-317b of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-317d. Sudden unexplained infant death investigation (SUIDI).

A. When the death of an infant occurs in this state and the cause of death is considered undetermined, a medical examiner shall conduct a sudden unexplained infant death investigation (SUIDI) not more than forty-eight (48) hours after the death has occurred. The medical examiner or a medical examiner investigator currently certified by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators shall interview the parent, legal guardian or caregiver of, or person who last had contact with, the deceased infant and shall fill out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's SUIDI reporting form accordingly. The State Department of Health shall retain a copy of each completed SUIDI reporting form in order to compile accurate and reliable data on SUIDI to aid and inform the policies of the Department, and the Department shall provide a copy of each completed SUIDI reporting form to the Child Death Review Board.
B. As used in this section, "medical examiner" means the Chief Medical Examiner, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner or a medical examiner appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner pursuant to Section 937 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 264, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-318. Fetal death certificate - Filing - Contents.

(a) A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Registrar, within three (3) days after such delivery.
(b) The funeral director or person acting as such who first assumes custody of a fetus shall file the fetal death certificate. In the absence of such a person, the physician or other person in attendance at or after the delivery shall file the certificate of fetal death. He shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available. He shall complete the certificate as to personal data and deliver the certificate to that person responsible for completing the medical certification of cause of death within twenty-four (24) hours after delivery.
(c) The medical certification shall be completed and signed within forty-eight (48) hours after delivery by the physician in attendance at or after delivery, except when inquiry into the cause of death is required by Section 938 of this title.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 318, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 110, § 3, operative Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-318.2. Certificate of birth for stillborn child.

The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to be offered to the parent or parents of a stillborn child. The medical staff treating the stillbirth shall notify the parent of the ability to request the certificate. The certificate shall be available to any parent of a stillborn child upon proper application. This certificate shall not be used as evidence of live birth or for identification purposes.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 187, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-319. Disinterment Permit - Notice of Disinterment and Reinterment.

A. A burial transit permit issued under the laws of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state.
B. A disinterment permit shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be issued by the State Registrar of Vital Records to a licensed funeral director, embalmer, or other person acting as such, upon proper application.
C. Application for a disinterment shall include the consent of the next of kin. The consent of the next of kin shall be completed by the next of kin in order of priority as established in Section 1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and reinterred in the same cemetery, a disinterment permit is not required.
E. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and reinterred in the same cemetery, a notice of disinterment and reinterment shall be completed, signed by the funeral director and the next of kin, and then submitted to the State Registrar of Vital Records at the State Department of Health within five (5) days of such action.
F. The forms for the Disinterment Permit and Notice of Disinterment and Reinterment shall be obtained from the State Registrar of Vital Records.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 319, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 36, § 2, emerg. eff. March 21, 1988; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2013, c. 63, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2017, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-320. Extension of time to file certificate.

The State Commissioner of Health may extend the periods prescribed in Sections 1-317 and 1-318 for the filing of death certificates, fetal death certificates, and medical certifications of cause of death in cases in which compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 36, § 3, emerg. eff. March 21, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-322. Copies of records - Certification.

To preserve original documents, the State Commissioner of Health is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, or other reproductions of original records and files in his office. Such reproductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original record.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 322, operative July 1, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-323.1. Notification system for identifying missing children.

A. The State Commissioner of Health shall establish a system for receiving notification from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation that a person born in the State of Oklahoma and under eighteen (18) years of age has been reported missing, for identifying the birth certificate of such person, and for immediately notifying the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation whenever a request for a copy of the birth certificate of such person is made. The notification to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation required by this section shall include but not be limited to the name and address of the person requesting a copy of the birth certificate and the name and address of the person to whom the copy is to be mailed if that person is someone other than the requester.
B. The State Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall jointly establish the procedures and forms necessary for the transmittal of information between the State Department of Health and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation required pursuant to the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 86, § 2, operative July 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-324. Certified copies of records - Evidentiary value.

Unless otherwise provided in this article:
(a) The State Commissioner of Health shall, upon request, issue a certified copy of any certificate or record in his custody or of a part thereof. Each copy issued from records marked "delayed," "amended," or "court order" shall be similarly marked and show the effective date.
(b) A copy of a certificate or any part thereof issued in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, certified to by the State Commissioner of Health or by a person designated by him for such purpose, shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, provided that the evidentiary value of a certificate or record filed more than one (1) year after the event or a record which has been amended shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence. Such certification by the Commissioner or his designee, and seal accompanying the same, may be accomplished by facsimile process.
(c) The National Vital Statistics Division may be furnished such copies or data as it may require for national statistics; provided, that the State Department of Health shall be reimbursed for the cost of furnishing such data; and provided, further, that such data shall not be used for other than statistical purposes by the National Vital Statistics Division unless so authorized by the State Commissioner of Health.
(d) Federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies may, upon request, be furnished copies or data for statistical purposes, upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the Commissioner.
(e) No person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to be an original, certified copy, or copy of a certificate of birth, death, or fetal death, except as authorized in this article, or regulations adopted hereunder.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 324.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-324.1. Birth, death or stillbirth certificates - Prohibited acts - Penalties.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following specified acts in relation to birth, death or stillbirth certificates issued by this state:
1. Create, issue, present or possess a fictitious birth, death or stillbirth certificate;
2. Apply for a birth, death or stillbirth certificate under false pretenses;
3. Alter information contained on a birth, death or stillbirth certificate;
4. Obtain, display or represent a birth certificate of any person as one's own by any person, other than the person named on the birth certificate;
5. Obtain, display or represent a fictitious death or stillbirth certificate for the purpose of fraud;
6. Make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit fraud in an application for a birth, death or stillbirth certificate;
7. Knowingly present a false or forged certificate for filing;
8. Knowingly provide false personal data to a certifier of a death certificate; or
9. Knowingly misrepresent any person's relationship to the decedent.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, it is a felony for any employee or person authorized to issue or create a birth, death or stillbirth certificate or related record under this title to knowingly issue such certificate or related record to a person not entitled thereto, or to knowingly create or record such certificate bearing erroneous information thereon. A certifier who knowingly omits to list a lethal agent or improperly states manner of death in violation of subsection E of Section 1-317 of this title shall be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as described in paragraph 8 of Section 509 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a felony.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the State Commissioner of Health or a designated agent, upon the request of a chief administrator of a health or law enforcement agency, may authorize the issuance, display or possession of a birth, death or stillbirth certificate, which would otherwise be in violation of this section, for the sole purpose of education with regard to public health or safety; provided, however, any materials used for such purposes shall be marked "void".
E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any request made to the State Department of Health pursuant to subsection E of Section 1550.41 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 384, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 305, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2020, c. 161, § 53, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 104, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
NOTE: Laws 2019, c. 184, § 2 repealed by Laws 2020, c. 161, § 54, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-324.2. Unlawful acts - Penalties.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following specified acts in relation to disinterment permits issued by this state:
1. Create, issue, or present a fictitious disinterment permit;
2. Apply for a disinterment permit under false pretenses;
3. Alter information contained on a disinterment permit;
4. Obtain, display or represent a disinterment permit for the purpose of fraud;
5. Make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit fraud in an application for a disinterment permit; or
6. Reinter the remains in a location other than that specified on the permit.
B. A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor for a first offense and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Any second or subsequent offense shall constitute a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than two (2) years, or both.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-325. Fees for certified copies of records - Noncollectible drafts - Enlistees.

The State Board of Health shall prescribe the fees to be paid for certified copies of certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made.
The collection of such fees may be accomplished by acceptance of cash, money orders, credit cards, organization or personal checks; in the event money orders or checks are proved to be noncollectible, neither the Board of Health, the Commissioner of Health, nor any of the employees of the Department of Health will be held responsible and personally liable; it is further required that no additional certified copies of records may be delivered to persons on whom noncollectible drafts remain outstanding.
A search and a verification of birth facts shall be furnished free of charge to any person volunteering for enlistment into a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, upon written request therefor by an officer of the Armed Forces representing the interests of such person who shall be volunteering for service.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 325, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 184, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 67, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-326. Inmates of institutions - Records - Deaths.

(a) Every person in charge of an institution as defined in this article shall keep a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person admitted or confined to such institution. The record shall include such information as required by the standard certificate of birth, death, and fetal death forms issued under the provisions of this article. The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by such person, but when it cannot be so obtained, the same shall be obtained from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the information shall be a part of the record.
(b) When a dead human body is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body is released, date of removal from the institution, or, if finally disposed of by the institution, the date, place, and manner of disposition shall be recorded.
(c) A funeral director, embalmer, or other person who removes from the place of death or transports or finally disposes of a dead body or fetus, in addition to filing any certificate or other form required by this article, shall keep a record which shall identify the body, and such information pertaining to his receipt, removal, and delivery of such body as may be prescribed in regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.
(d) Records maintained under this section shall be retained for a period of not less than two (2) years, and thereafter may be kept in a form authorized by 12 O.S.1961, Sec. 522, and shall be made available for inspection by the State Commissioner of Health or his representative upon demand.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 326, operative July 1, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-329.1. Cremation - Burial at sea - Bodies for pathologic study - Disposal permits.

Until a permit for disposal has been issued in accordance with this section, no dead human body whose death occurred within the State of Oklahoma shall be cremated, buried at sea, or made unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains.
When the person legally responsible for disposition of a dead human body, whose death occurred or was pronounced within this state, desires that the body be cremated, buried at sea, or made unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains, that person shall complete an application-permit form for such procedure provided by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, in accordance with Section 948.1 of this title, shall charge a fee for each cremation permit issued. The Medical Examiner shall be notified, as required in Section 938 of this title. He or she shall perform the required investigation and shall issue a valid death certificate as required by Section 947 of this title and execute the permit in accordance with rules established by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In order to be valid, each permit must contain an individual number assigned to the particular permit by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. A copy of the application-permit form and the original death certificate shall be filed with the State Registrar. The original application-permit form shall be filed by the funeral director with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Such filing shall occur or be postmarked within forty-eight (48) hours of the death.
If death occurred or was pronounced outside the geographic limits of the State of Oklahoma and the body is brought into this state for such disposal, a transit permit or a permit for removal, issued in accordance with the laws and regulations in force where the death occurred shall authorize the transportation of the body into or through this state and shall be accepted in lieu of a certificate of death as required above. A valid permit issued for disposal of such body in accordance with the laws in the jurisdiction where the body died or death was pronounced shall be authority for cremation or burial at sea or to make the body otherwise unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 114, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 269, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2017, c. 385, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-334. Marriage and divorce – Nonidentifiable aggregate data.

Not later than November 1, 2002, the State Department of Health and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall begin discussions regarding the identification, collection and analysis of nonidentifiable aggregate data related to marriage and divorce in this state and shall make recommendations regarding alternatives to the establishment of such statistical reports to the Governor and the Legislature on or before February 1, 2003.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 377, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-401. Definitions.

As used in this article:
1. “Tuberculosis disease” means disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex;
2. “Active tuberculosis disease” means a stage of tuberculosis in which compatible pathologic changes are present as demonstrated by clinical, bacteriologic, or radiographic evidence, and/or other diagnostic procedures. Persons diagnosed with tuberculosis are considered to have active tuberculosis disease until they have completed a full course of antituberculosis treatment as prescribed or approved by the State Commissioner of Health; and
3. “Tuberculosis infection” means a stage of tuberculosis characterized by having a positive or a history of a positive response to a tuberculin skin test or other laboratory test for tuberculosis infection, but not having clinical, radiographic or other evidence of disease.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 4, § 401, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-402. Examinations for tuberculosis.

When any local health officer shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any person has active tuberculosis disease, but will not voluntarily seek a medical examination, then it shall be the duty of the local health officer to order such person in writing to undergo an examination by a physician approved by the State Commissioner of Health for such examinations. It shall be the duty of the suspected person to submit to examination at such time and place as ordered by the local health officer. The examination shall include an X-ray of the chest, examinations of sputum, and such other forms and types of examinations as shall be approved by the Commissioner. If, upon examination, it is determined that the person has active or suspected active tuberculosis disease, then it shall be the duty of such person to comply with the orders of the Commissioner.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 4, § 402, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-403. Exposure to tuberculosis.

Whenever it has been determined that any person has active tuberculosis disease, it shall be the duty of the local health officer to instruct such person as to the precautions necessary to protect the members of the person's household or the community from becoming infected with tuberculosis communicated by such person. It shall be the duty of such person to live in such a manner as not to expose members of the person’s family or household, or any other person with whom the person may be associated, to danger of infection. The local health officer shall investigate periodically for the purpose of determining if the instructions are being carried out in a reasonable and acceptable manner.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 4, § 403, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-405. Freedom to choose treatment.

Nothing in this article shall be construed or operate to empower or authorize the State Commissioner of Health, or any local health officer, or his representative, to restrict in any manner the individual's right to select the mode of treatment of his choice nor to require any physical examination of a patient who in good faith relies upon spiritual means or prayer for healing.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 4, § 405.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-409. Reciprocal agreements.

The State Commissioner of Health may, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, enter into a reciprocal agreement with another state providing for care and treatment of persons having active tuberculosis disease who are residents of the other state, or for the transportation or return of any such nonresident person from one of the states to the other state of which such person is a resident.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 4, § 409, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-410. Hospitalization and treatment.

When the State Commissioner of Health shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any person has active tuberculosis disease, the Commissioner may require isolation, hospitalization or other confinement for treatment of such person. The State Commissioner of Health is hereby authorized to contract with any hospital and/or physician to provide such hospitalization or treatment as required and shall be exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act in contracting for such hospitalization and treatment, as specified in Section 85.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If any person shall be convicted for a violation of any of the provisions of Sections 1-402 and 1-403 of this title, then such person shall be committed by the judge of the district court for isolation or confinement and treatment in such institution or at such location or facility as designated by the State Commissioner of Health.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 351, § 19, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-450. Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act”.
B. The State Department of Health shall create a comprehensive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) state plan that outlines sustainable solutions for reducing the burden of COPD in Oklahoma through the coordinated implementation of multiple strategies. The Department may utilize existing plans developed by advocacy organizations as a cost-saving means of developing such strategies. These strategies shall include, without limitation, recommendations for:
1. The prevention and early detection of COPD to reduce the incidence of disease;
2. The treatment and management of COPD to ensure that health care providers offer state-of-the-art care;
3. Increasing public awareness, patient education and proper medical management of COPD among the general public and those living with COPD; and
4. Improving COPD outcomes in Oklahoma through increases in COPD funding and resources as well as ongoing effective advocacy by government leaders and people with COPD.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 388, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-501. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article:
(a) The term "disease" means the disturbances of the normal functions or alterations of the state of the human body resulting in physical or mental ill health and/or disability.
(b) The term "prevention" means any and all conditions that may preclude or reduce the possibility of the onset or beginning of disease.
(c) The term "control" means any and all procedures which modify, or may modify, favorably the course of disease.
(d) The term "communicable disease" means an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, arising through transmission of that agent or its products from reservoir to susceptible host, either directly as from an infected person or animal, or indirectly through the agent of an intermediate plant or animal host, a vector, or the inanimate environment. It also means an infestation by an ectoparasite and similar species.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 501, operative July 1, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-502. Rules and regulations.

(a) The State Board of Health shall have authority to adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as it deems necessary to aid in the prevention and control of communicable disease, which may be on the following matters: Recommended immunization procedures; quarantine measures; exclusion of children from school; regulation of public meetings and gatherings in epidemic situations; regulation of vectors; control of vehicles capable of transmitting a communicable disease; detection and diagnosis of communicable disease; carriers of disease; disposal of infected body wastes and other materials; fumigation, cleaning and sterilization, and disinfection; and other necessary measures to prevent and control communicable disease.
(b) The State Board of Health is authorized to establish preventive programs for noncommunicable diseases and to promulgate rules and regulations for the control of causative or toxic substances which can or may cause disease.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 502, operative July 1, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-502.1. Communicable diseases - Universal precautions - Rules and regulations - Risk exposure.

A. All agencies and organizations that regularly employ emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, peace officers, as defined in Section 648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, correctional officers and employees, or health care workers, all mental health or intellectual disability treatment or evaluation programs that employ persons involved with providing care for patients, the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities, and all juvenile institutions of the Department of Human Services shall implement the universal precautions for the prevention of the transmission of communicable diseases published by the Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Public Health Service, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Volume 36, Number 2S or as subsequently amended.
B. The State Commissioner of Health shall promulgate rules and guidelines that will implement a system of notification of emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, health care workers, funeral directors, peace officers, and any person who in good faith renders aid in accordance with the Good Samaritan Act relating to risk exposures during health care activities, emergency response activities or funeral preparations. Risk exposure shall be defined by the State Commissioner of Health to be exposure that is epidemiologically demonstrated to have the potential for transmitting a communicable disease.
C. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Human Services, Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission, and State Board of Corrections shall each promulgate rules, guidelines or policies to provide for such notification of risk exposures to persons employed by such agencies.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 153, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 307, § 14, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2013, c. 246, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 52, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-502.4. Notice to funeral director or embalmer of communicable disease.

Any hospital, physician or other person who is responsible for the release of the body of a person who has tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), hepatitis or any other communicable disease to a funeral director or embalmer who will be preparing the body for burial or other disposition shall notify, in writing, the funeral director or embalmer of the positive test upon first call, as the term is defined by the Funeral Services Licensing Act.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 9, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-503. Reports of disease.

(A) The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing a system of reporting of cases of diseases diagnosed or detected by practicing physicians and/or clinical laboratories which come within the purview of this article. A reporting system established by the Board shall be applicable to penal and eleemosynary institutions. Failure or refusal to report diseases as required by the Board shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(b) It shall be the duty of each local health officer to report the existence of disease in his jurisdiction, as may be required by rules and regulations of the State Board of Health.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 503.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-504. Quarantine - Violation of quarantine unlawful - Injunctive relief.

A. Whenever a local health officer determines or suspects that a person has been exposed to and may be incubating a communicable disease of public health concern, the local health officer may impose a quarantine upon such person and require such person to remain out of public contact and in the place or premises where such person usually stays. Notice thereof shall be given in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health. It shall be unlawful for such person, or any other person, to violate the terms or conditions of the quarantine.
B. Whenever a local health officer determines or suspects that a person has a communicable disease of public health concern, the local health officer may impose isolation upon such person and require such person to remain out of public contact and in an adequate treatment facility or in the place or premises where such person usually stays. Notice thereof shall be given in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health. It shall be unlawful for such person, or any other person, to violate the terms or conditions of the isolation.
C. District courts shall be authorized to grant injunctive relief, including temporary injunctions and temporary restraining orders, to compel compliance with a quarantine or isolation order issued by a local health officer pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 504, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-505. Removal of diseased persons authorized.

A local health officer may cause any person in his jurisdiction, found to be infected with a communicable disease, to be removed to a hospital or other place for the reception of infected persons, unless such person be sick in his own place of residence or cannot be moved without danger to his life.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 505, operative July 1, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-507. Schools - Attendance of diseased pupils.

No person having a communicable disease shall be permitted to attend a private or public school, and it shall be the duty of the parent or guardian and the school of such person to exclude from the school such person until the expiration of the period of isolation or quarantine ordered for the case, or until permission to do so shall have been given by the local county health department or the State Department of Health.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 507, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 60, § 2, emerg. eff. April 20, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-508. Animals - Quarantine.

A. 1. The State Board of Health may adopt such rules as it deems necessary for the quarantine, isolation, impounding, immunization and disposal of an animal to prevent and control any zoonotic disease. Rules of the Board shall consider, but not be limited to:
a.
prior rabies vaccinations,
b.
the degree of exposure to rabies,
c.
the history and prior behavior of the animal prior to exposure, and
d.
the willingness of the individual so exposed to submit to post-exposure antirabies immunization.
2. The President of the State Board of Agriculture and the Director of Wildlife Conservation shall be requested to make recommendations on pertinent phases affecting their official duties before such rules are promulgated by the State Board of Health.
B. 1. Whenever the State Commissioner of Health or a designee determines that any zoonotic disease exists in any area or that a person has suffered an exposure to any such disease, the Commissioner shall have authority to issue an order declaring a quarantine, isolation, impounding, immunization or disposal of any animal determined to be the source of such disease or exposure according to rules promulgated by the State Board of Health. The Commissioner shall, assisted by the State Board of Agriculture and the Director of Wildlife Conservation, cause such quarantine, isolation, impounding, immunization or disposal to be enforced.
2. Public officers and employees acting within the scope of their authority in implementing or enforcing any such order, or rules promulgated for the control of zoonotic disease, shall not be held liable for damages resulting from their official acts.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully fail or refuse to comply with a lawful order of the State Commissioner of Health declaring a quarantine, isolation, impounding, immunization or disposal. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. District courts shall be authorized to grant injunctive relief, including temporary injunctions and temporary restraining orders, to compel compliance with a quarantine, isolation, impounding, immunization or disposal order issued by the Commissioner pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 508. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. March 25, 1991; Laws 1996, c. 124, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.