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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1017. Plans and specifications.

No public bathing place shall be constructed, added to or changed unless plans and specifications therefor, prepared by a licensed professional engineer, shall have been approved by the State Commissioner of Health and a permit therefor shall have been issued by the Commissioner for such purpose. Such plans and specifications shall be accompanied by an application for a permit, and both the plans and specifications and the application shall bear the signature of the person for whom the work is to be done.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1018. Examinations and investigations.

The State Commissioner of Health, or his authorized representative, or the local health officer, may at all reasonable times enter all parts of the premises of a public bathing place to make examination and investigation to determine the sanitary conditions of such places and whether legal requirement and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health are being violated.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1020. Noncompliance with law.

Any public bathing place constructed, operated or maintained contrary to the foregoing provisions of this article is hereby declared to be a public nuisance dangerous to public health, but may be permitted to operate upon a compliance with such provisions.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1020.1. Reinspection of public bathing place found to be public nuisance - Fees.

Each public bathing place that has been declared, as a result of an examination or investigation conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-1018 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to be a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-1020 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be subject to reinspection. For each such reinspection performed, the operator of such public bathing place subject to reinspection shall pay to the State Department of Health a reinspection fee to be fixed by the State Board of Health. The reinspection fee shall be paid prior to a determination by the State Commissioner of Health, an authorized representative or the local health officer that the public bathing place is in compliance with the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 420, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1021. Permanently out-of-service public bathing places.

A. Public bathing places that are permanently out of service shall be deemed to be public nuisances.
B. A public bathing place is permanently out of service when it is removed from use with no intention of being reopened.
C. A public bathing place other than a wading pool will be presumed to be permanently out of service when:
1. An indoor public bathing place has not been in use for ninety (90) consecutive days;
2. An outdoor public bathing place has not been in use at any time during the period extending from June 1 to September 1 of the same year.
D. Closure or securing of a permanently out-of-service public bathing place shall be required immediately upon being presumed permanently out of service. Closure is to be completed by filling in the public bathing place with earthen material or by covering the facility with solid, rigid, weight-supporting material to make it level with the surrounding area. Securing is to be completed by constructing or utilizing an existing barrier adequate to prevent entry by unauthorized persons.
E. Municipalities shall be allowed to secure public bathing places which are out of service and have not been secured in accordance with the requirements of this section, and may charge the costs thereof against the taxes of the owner.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 177, § 3, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1101. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article:
(a) The term "food" means (1) articles used for food or drink for man, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article.
(b) The term "label" means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article; and a requirement made by or under authority of this article that any word, statement, or other information appearing on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement, or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if there be any, of the retail package of such article, or is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
(c) The term "immediate container" does not include package liners.
(d) The term "labeling" means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter (1) upon an article or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.
(e) If an article is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading, or if an advertisement is alleged to be false because it is misleading, then in determining whether the labeling or advertisement is misleading there shall be taken into account (among other things) not only representations made or suggested by statement, word, design, device, sound, or in any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the labeling or advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the article to which the labeling or advertisement relates, under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof, or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual.
(f) The term "advertisement" means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of food.
(g) The term "contaminated with filth" applies to any food not securely protected from dust, dirt, and, as far as may be necessary by all reasonable means, from all foreign or injurious contaminations.
(h) The provisions of this article regarding the selling of food shall be considered to include the manufacture, production, processing, packing, exposure, offer, possession, and holding of any such article for sale; and the sale, dispensing, and giving of any such article, and the supplying or applying of any such articles in the conduct of any food establishment.
(i) The term "Federal Act" means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1101.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1102. Acts prohibited.

The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of Oklahoma are hereby prohibited:
(a) the manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding or offering for sale of any food that is adulterated or misbranded.
(b) the adulteration or misbranding of any food.
(c) the receipt in commerce of any food that is adulterated or misbranded, and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or otherwise.
(d) the sale of food, or the offer to sell it, or its receipt into commerce, in capped glass containers, or perishable or flexible containers such as, but not limited to, paper cardboard containers, when the container has been damaged by fire or water.
(e) the sale, delivery for sale, holding for sale, or offering for sale of any article in violation of Section 1-1111 of the title. (f) the dissemination of any false advertisement.
(g) the refusal to permit entry or inspection, or to permit the taking of a sample, as authorized by Section 1-1115 of the title.
(h) the giving of a guaranty or undertaking which guaranty or undertaking is false, except by a person who relied on a guaranty 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 food.
(i) the removal or disposal of a detained or embargoed article in violation of Section 1-1105 of this title.
(j) the alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the labeling of or the doing of any other act with respect to a food, if such act is done while such article is held for sale and results in such article being misbranded.
(k) forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or falsely representing, or without proper authority using any mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification devise authorized or required by reasonable rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this title.
(l) the sale, offer to sell, dispense or release into commerce of any food or confection under a name, label or brand when the name, label or brand either precisely or by slang term or popular usage, is the name, label or brand of a controlled dangerous drug or a controlled dangerous substance by law.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1102; Laws 1973, c. 114, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1103. Injunctions authorized.

In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided, the State Commissioner of Health 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 of the provisions of the preceding section of this article, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.
Laws 1963 C. 325, Art. 11, Sec. 1103.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1104. Violations - Punishment.

(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of Section 1102 of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be subject to imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or both such imprisonment and fine; but if the violation is committed after a conviction of such person under this section has become final, such person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.
(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section for having violated Section 1102(a) or (c) of this article 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 article, to the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this article, designating this article.
(c) No publisher, radiobroadcast or television licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of the dissemination by him of such false advertisement, unless he has refused on the request of the State Commissioner of Health or his duly-authorized agent to furnish the Commissioner the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency residing in the United States who caused him to disseminate such advertisement.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1104.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1105. Embargo authorized - Nuisances.

(a) Whenever a duly-authorized agent of the State Commissioner of Health finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any food is adulterated, or 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, adulterated or 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. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such permission for a period of fifteen (15) days after such tag or other marking has been affixed thereto.
(b) When an article detained or embargoed has been found by such agent to be adulterated or 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 adulterated or misbranded, he shall remove the tag or other marking.
(c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is adulterated or 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 adulteration or 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 State Commissioner of Health. 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.
(d) Whenever the State Commissioner of Health or any of his authorized agents shall find in any room, building, vehicle of transportation or other structure any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit or other perishable articles which are unsound, or contain any filthy, decomposed or putrid substances, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, the same being hereby declared to be a nuisance, the Commissioner, or his authorized agent, shall forthwith condemn or destroy the same, or in any other manner render the same unsalable as human food.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1105.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1106. Prosecution 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.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 121, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1107. Discretion in prosecution.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the State Commissioner of Health to report, for the institution of proceedings under this article, minor violations, whenever the Commissioner believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1107.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1108. Rules and regulations - Definitions - Standards.

Whenever in the judgment of the State Board of Health such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the Board shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard of identity, and/or reasonable standard of quality and/or fill of container. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted the Board shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards so promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated under authority of the Federal Act.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1108.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1109. Adulterated food.

A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(a) (1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance, such food shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such substance in such food does not ordinarily render it injurious to health; or (2) if it bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 1112 of this article; or (3) if it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for food; or (4) if it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been rendered diseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health; or (5) if it is the product of a diseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter, or that has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse; or (6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.
(b) (1) if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or (2) if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor; or (3) if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or (4) if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
(c) if it is confectionery and it bears or contains any alcohol or nonnutritive article of substance except harmless coloring, harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of four-tenths of one percent (4/10 of 1%), harmless natural wax not in excess of four-tenths of one percent (4/10 of 1%), harmless natural gum and pectin; provided, that this paragraph shall not apply to any confectionery by reason of its containing less than one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of volume of alcohol derived solely from the use of flavoring extracts, or to any chewing gum by reason of its containing harmless nonnutritive masticatory substances.
(d) if it bears or contains a coal tar color other than one from a batch which has been certified under authority of the Federal Act.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1109.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1111. Permits authorized.

(a) Whenever the State Board of Health finds after investigation that the distribution in the State of Oklahoma of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articles have entered commerce, it then, and in such case only, shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processors, or packers of such class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall be attached such conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing of such class of food, for such temporary period of time, as may be necessary to protect the public health; and after the effective date of such reasonable rules and regulations, and during such temporary period, no person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any such food manufactured, processed, or packed by any such manufacturer, processor, or packer unless such manufacturer, processor, or packer holds a permit issued by the State Commissioner of Health as provided by such reasonable rules and regulations.
(b) The State Commissioner of Health is authorized to suspend immediately upon notice any permit issued under authority of this section if it is found that any of the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a permit so suspended shall be privileged at any time to apply for the reinstatement of such permit, and the Commissioner shall, immediately after prompt hearing and an inspection of the establishment, reinstate such permit if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit, as originally issued, or as amended.
(c) Any officer or employee duly designated by the State Commissioner of Health shall have access to any factory or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from the Commissioner, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the conditions of the permit are being complied with, and denial of access for such inspection shall be ground for suspension of the permit until such access is freely given by the operator.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1111.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1112. Adding substances to food.

Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of clause (2) of Section 1109(a) of this article, but when such substance is so required or cannot be so avoided, the State Board of Health shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations limiting the quantity therein or thereon to such extent as the Board finds necessary for the protection of public health, and any quantity exceeding the limits so fixed shall also be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of clause (2) of Section 1109(a) of this article. While such reasonable rules and regulations are in effect limiting the quantity of any such substance in the case of any food, such food shall not, by reason of bearing or containing any added amount of such substance, be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of clause (1) of Section 1109(a) of this article. In determining the quantity of such added substance to be tolerated in or on different articles of food, the Board shall take into account the extent to which the use of such substance is required or cannot be avoided in the production of each such article and the other ways in which the consumer may be affected by the same or other poisonous or deleterious substances.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1112.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1114. Rules and regulations - Enforcement.

(a) The authority to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the efficient enforcement of this article is hereby vested in the State Board of Health. The Board is hereby authorized to make the reasonable rules and regulations promulgated under this article conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under the Federal Act.
(b) Hearings authorized or required by this Article shall be conducted by the State Board of Health or such officer, agent, or employee as the Board may designate for the purpose.
(c) Before promulgating any reasonable rules and regulations contemplated by Section 1108, Section 1110(j), or Section 1111 of this article, the Board shall give appropriate notice of the proposal and of the time and place for a hearing. The reasonable rules and regulations so promulgated shall become effective on a date fixed by the Board (which date shall not be prior to thirty (30) days after its promulgation). Such reasonable rules and regulations may be amended or repealed in the same manner as is provided for their adoption, except that in the case of reasonable rules and regulations amending or repealing any such reasonable rules and regulations the Board, to such an extent as it deems necessary in order to prevent undue hardship, may disregard the foregoing provisions regarding notice, hearing, or effective date.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1114.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1115. 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 foods are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such foods 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 food after paying or offering to pay for such sample. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of this article is being violated; provided, that a copy of the report thereof shall be furnished to the owner of such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle upon written request to the Commissioner; and provided, further, that nothing in this article shall be construed to limit, modify, repeal or affect in any way the powers, duties or functions of the State Board of Agriculture.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1115.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1116. Publication of reports.

(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 such information regarding food as the Commissioner deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Commissioner from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of the investigation of the Commissioner.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1116.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1117. Conformity to federal requirements.

All reasonable rules, regulations, definitions and standards promulgated and/or adopted by the State Board of Health under the provisions of this article shall conform, insofar as practicable, to the reasonable rules, regulations, definitions and standards of the Federal Food and Drug Administration.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1117.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1119. License required - Manufacturers, wholesalers, brokers of foods and drugs - Exception.

A. Any manufacturer, wholesaler or broker of food or drugs doing business in the State of Oklahoma, or bringing into and offering for sale within the State of Oklahoma any article of food or drug, shall secure an annual license from the Commissioner of Health and shall pay for such license a fee, to be fixed by the State Board of Health; provided, that any individual who meets the requirements of paragraph 3 of subsection B of Section 1-1118 of this title shall not be required to obtain any license pursuant to this section. Unless otherwise provided by rule by the Board, each such license shall expire on the 30th day of June following its issuance.
B. Provided, that subsection A of this section shall not apply to:
1. Brokers who procure the shipment of articles of food or drugs into the State of Oklahoma directly to the wholesaler without handling such products themselves, except that such brokers shall annually list their name and address with the State Department of Health; and
2. Any person who is licensed by the Board of Pharmacy to manufacture, make, produce, package, pack, prepare or sell, or offer for sale, at wholesale or retail, compressed medical gases.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1119, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 187, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1969; Laws 1989, c. 345, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 52, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2019, c. 505, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1120. Definitions.

For the purpose of Sections 1121 through 1134 of this article:
(a) the term "food" shall include any article used by man for food, drink, confection, ice or condiment, or which enters into the composition of the same, whether simple, blended, mixed or compounded.
(b) the term "frozen food locker plant" shall mean a location or establishment in which space in individual lockers is rented to persons for storage of frozen food and is equipped with a chill room, sharp freezing facilities and facilities for cutting, preparing, wrapping and packaging meats and meat products, fruit and vegetables.
(c) the term "branch frozen food locker plant" shall mean a location or establishment in which space in individual lockers is rented to persons for storage of frozen food after preparation for storage at a frozen food locker plant.
(d) the term "sharp frozen" shall mean the freezing of food in a room in which the temperature is zero degrees (0~F) Fahrenheit or below.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1120.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1121. License.

No person shall engage or continue in the operation of a frozen food locker plant or a branch frozen food locker plant until a license has been obtained from the State Commissioner of Health for each such location or establishment. Application for such license shall be made upon forms furnished by the Commissioner and shall contain items as to ownership, management, location, equipment, and other data concerning the business for which each license is desired.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1121.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1122. License fee.

The annual license fee for each such frozen food locker plant and each branch plant shall not exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15.00), to be fixed by the State Board of Health. Each such license shall expire on June 30th of each year following the date of issue or renewal and no license shall be transferable.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1122.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1123. Examination of plant.

Upon receipt of an application for license for a new frozen food locker plant, or branch plant, the State Commissioner of Health shall require that, within thirty (30) days, an inspection be made of the locker plant or branch locker plant, its equipment, facilities, surrounding premises, slaughtering facilities, and similar items, and, if its operations, construction and equipment comply with the provisions of law and the authorized rules and regulations of the State Board of Health applicable to such plants, the Commissioner shall issue such license.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1123.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1124. Inspection and revocation of license.

Every frozen food locker plant or branch locker plant shall be subject to inspection at any reasonable hour by the State Commissioner of Health or his authorized representatives and such locker plants shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and conducted with strict regard to the influence of such conditions upon the food handled therein. The license shall be conspicuously displayed by the licensee in each locker plant, or branch locker plant.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1124.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1125. Storing of impure foods.

No article of food shall be stored in any frozen food locker plant unless it is in a proper condition for storage and meets all the requirements of food and food sanitation laws and rules established by the State Board of Health for the sanitary preparation of food products which are to be stored.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1125.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1127. Construction of plant - Equipment.

(a) The floors, walls, and ceilings of locker plants and branch locker plants, including all food processing rooms, slaughtering facilities, and similar items, shall be of such construction and finish that they can be conveniently maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Walls and ceilings shall be well painted or finished in some other approved manner and shall be refinished as often as necessary. Washing facilities including hot and cold water shall be provided for proper cleansing of utensils and equipment. The lockers in any plant shall be so constructed as to protect the contents from contamination, deterioration, or injury. Lockers with perforated bottoms shall be provided with a suitable unperforated liner or tray.
(b) Any plant using a toxic gas refrigerant shall have at least one gas mask of a type approved by the State Commissioner of Health and shall keep the same where it will be readily accessible.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1127.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1128. Sanitation and cleanliness.

All rooms of a locker plant or branch locker plant shall at all times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. All equipment and utensils shall be clean when put into use and shall be thoroughly cleansed after each day's use and shall be so stored or protected as not to become contaminated. Lockers shall be thoroughly cleansed before they are leased or put into the possession of any patron. The premises and surroundings of locker plants and branch locker plants shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. The food stored shall be protected from filth, flies, dust, dirt, insects, vermin and any other contamination and from any unclean or filthy practice in the handling thereof or caring therefor. No food shall be stored in such condition or in such manner as to cause injury to or deterioration of articles of food in adjacent lockers. Tobacco shall not be used in any room where food is processed or stored. Waste or offal incident to the slaughtering, cleaning, storing or preparation of any food for storage shall be promptly removed from the premises and disposed of in a sanitary manner.
No room or rooms used for the preparation, storage, display or sale of food or for the processing of food shall be used as a living room or sleeping room nor shall dogs, cats or other domestic animals be permitted in any such room.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1128.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1129. Water supply - Toilet facilities.

Locker plants shall have an ample water supply approved by the State Commissioner of Health. Locker plants or branch locker plants shall be provided with adequate toilets so located as to be readily accessible to employees and equipped with adequate hand washing fixtures or facilities, supplied with hot and cold water under pressure, soap and approved towel service. The doors of all toilet rooms shall be full length and self-closing and no toilet room shall open directly into any room in which foods are prepared, processed, chilled, frozen or stored. Toilet facilities and rooms shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1129.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1130. Temperatures required.

The refrigeration system for a locker plant or branch locker plant shall be equipped with accurate and reliable controls for the automatic maintenance of uniform temperatures as required in the various refrigerated rooms and shall be of adequate capacity to provide, under extreme conditions of outside temperatures and under peak load conditions in the normal operations of the plant, the following temperatures in the several rooms, respectively:
Chill room
(a) Temperature of thirty-four degrees degrees above zero Fahrenheit (340F.) plus or minus two degrees (2 degrees) with a tolerance of five degrees Fahrenheit (50F.) for a reasonable time after fresh food is put in for chilling.
Sharp freeze room. Sharp freezing compartments
(b) Temperature of ten degrees below zero Fahrenheit (-100F.) or lower or temperature of zero degrees Fahrenheit or lower when forced air circulation is employed with a tolerance of five degrees Fahrenheit (50F.) for either type of installation for a reasonable time after fresh food is put in for freezing.
Locker room
(c) Temperature of not to exceed zero degrees Fahrenheit (00F.) with a tolerance of three degrees Fahrenheit (30F.) higher.
The foregoing temperatures shall not be construed as prohibiting such variations therefrom as may occur during short periods of time incidental to defrosting. For experimental purposes, the State Commissioner of Health, upon application in writing, may authorize for a limited and prescribed period the installation and use of refrigeration systems or methods which in the opinion of the Commissioner will result in improvement over present methods.
An accurate direct reading thermometer shall be provided in the chill room and in the sharp freeze room or compartment. An accurate self-registering or self-recording thermometer of a type approved by the Commissioner shall be provided in the locker room. The discs or other temperature records of such thermometer shall be kept at the plant and shall be preserved for at least one (1) year from the date of the recording. The thermometer in the locker room shall be placed in a position where it is readily observable by patrons.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1130.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1131. Inspection, wrapping, identification of stored food.

No food shall be placed in a locker for storage unless it has been sharp frozen at the plant, or else transferred from home freezer in solid frozen condition. No foods shall be placed in a locker unless such foods have been inspected by the operator. No unwrapped meat or unwrapped or unpacked fruits or vegetables shall be placed in any locker. Only material suitable for the wrapping of meats that are to be frozen and stored shall be used. Each wrapped portion shall be marked or stamped with the correct locker number and date of wrapping.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1131.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1132. Warehousemen.

Persons who own or operate frozen food locker plants or branch locker plants shall not be construed to be warehousemen, nor shall receipts or other instruments issued by such persons in the ordinary conduct of their business be construed to be negotiable warehouse receipts.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1132.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1133. Storage lien.

Every lessor owning or operating a frozen food locker plant or branch plant shall have a lien upon all property of every kind in its possession for all reasonable charges and rents thereon and for the handling, keeping and caring for the same.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1133.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1134. State board of health.

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this article, the State Board of health shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations relating to sanitation, conforming to the purpose and content of the foregoing provisions relating to frozen food locker plants.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1134.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1201. Hotels, motels, etc. - Licenses required - Rules and regulations.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or maintain a hotel unless he or she shall have first obtained, and holds, a license issued for such purpose by the State Commissioner of Health. Unless otherwise provided by rule by the Commissioner, each such license shall expire on the 30th day of June next following its issuance, and the Commissioner shall charge and collect therefor an annual fee to be fixed by the Commissioner. The term "hotel" as used in this section shall mean and include any hotel, motel, tourist court, apartment house, rooming house or other place where sleeping accommodations are furnished, or offered, for pay for transient guests, if five or more rooms are available therein for transient guests. This section shall apply to the operation of a hotel by a state board.
B. The Commissioner may adopt reasonable standards, rules and regulations for hotels as to the following: cleanliness and bactericidal treatment of equipment and utensils; cleanliness and hygiene of personnel; toilet facilities; disposal of wastes; water supply; and any other items deemed necessary to safeguard the health, comfort and safety of guests accommodated therein.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 12, § 1201. Amended by Laws 2023, c. 228, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1301.30. Short title.

This act may be cited as the "Mello-drink Products Act."
Laws 1971, c. 96, § 1, operative July 1, 1971. Renumbered from Title 2, § 7-301 by Laws 1987, c. 206, § 97, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 205, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1301.31. Legislative intent.

It is the legislative intent of this act to enable a purchaser at retail level to distinguish between Mello-drink products and dairy products, by eliminating the deceptive practices in advertising and promoting Mello-drink products in their unaltered state, but it is not intended to regulate the use of or sale of such products by food establishments in the preparation of food.
Laws 1971, c. 96, § 2, operative July 1, 1971. Renumbered from Title 2, § 7-302 by Laws 1987, c. 206, § 97, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 205, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1301.32. Purpose of act.

Mello-drink products resemble milk products so closely that they lend themselves readily to substitution for and confusion with such milk products and in many cases cannot be distinguished from milk products by the ordinary consumer. The manufacture, sale, exchange, purveying, transportation, possession with intent to sell or offering for sale or exchange or purveyance of Mello-drink products creates a condition conducive to substitution, confusion, deception and fraud, and one which, if permitted to continue without some controls, tends to interfere with the orderly and fair marketing of foods essential to the well-being of the people of this state. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this act to correct and eliminate the condition above referred to; to protect the public from products manufactured under unhealthy and unsanitary conditions; to protect the public from confusion, fraud and deception; to prohibit practices inimical to the general health and welfare; and to promote the orderly and fair marketing of essential foods.
Laws 1971, c. 96, § 3, operative July 1, 1971. Renumbered from Title 2, § 7-303 by Laws 1987, c. 206, § 97, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 205, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-1301.34. Separate display.

A. Mello-drink products shall not be displayed for sale in the same units or counters as used for milk products, unless there is a partition separating said products. In no event shall Mello-drink products be intermixed or commingled with milk products, but shall be separately displayed.
B. Units or counters containing Mello-drink products or milk products shall be clearly labeled to avoid confusion.
Laws 1971, c. 96, § 6, operative July 1, 1971. Renumbered from Title 2, § 7-306 by Laws 1987, c. 206, § 97, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 205, eff. July 20, 1987.