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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2418. Telephone access line surcharge - Telecommunications for the Hearing Impaired Revolving Fund.

A. There is hereby imposed a surcharge of five cents ($0.05) per local exchange telephone access line per month to pay for the equipment and maintenance program provided for in Section 2417 of this title and to provide for other needed services for the deaf, severely hard-of-hearing, severely speech-impaired and deaf-blind programs administered through the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, such surcharge to be paid by each local exchange subscriber to local telephone service in this state, unless such subscriber is otherwise exempt from taxation.
B. The surcharge shall be collected on the regular monthly bill by each local exchange telephone company operating in this state and shall be remitted quarterly to the Oklahoma Tax Commission no later than twenty (20) days following the end of each quarter.
C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Revolving Fund. The fund shall consist of monies imposed in subsection A of this section. All monies accruing to the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services. The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims submitted to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the purpose of implementation of this act.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 183, § 3, eff. July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 5, § 140, operative March 31, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 196, § 17, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1994, c. 315, § 14, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 246, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2012, c. 357, § 3, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 15, § 78, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.
NOTE: Laws 2012, c. 304, § 512 repealed by Laws 2013, c. 15, § 79, emerg. eff. April 8, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2418.1. Certified local exchange telephone companies - Compliance with federal legislation - Assessment of surcharge.

Each certified local exchange telephone company shall comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and regulations promulgated thereunder relating to telecommunications relay services for deaf and hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired individuals and shall assess a surcharge to each customer on a per line per month basis to recover the costs associated with such compliance and advise the Commission of any changes.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 315, § 15, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2419. Collection of revenues to cease under certain conditions.

If the revenues collected under this act exceed the costs of operating the program provided for in this act, and if such excess at any time equals the three-year average of expenditures under this act then such collections shall cease until one half of such surplus has been exhausted.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 183, § 4, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2550.1. Definitions.

As used in Sections 2550.1 through 2550.4 of this title:
1. “Covered person” means an individual who receives medical care and treatment through a managed care plan. In the case of a minor child, the term includes the parent or legal guardian of the child and, in the case of an incapacitated or partially incapacitated person, the legal guardian of that person;
2. “Degenerative and disabling condition or disease” means a condition or disease caused by a congenital or acquired injury or illness that requires a specialized rehabilitation program or a high level of care, service, resources or continued coordination of care in the community;
3. “Designee of the covered person” means an individual designated by the covered person to represent the interests of the covered person, including the covered person’s provider;
4. “Managed care plan” means a plan operated by a managed care entity, including the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board, that provides for the financing and delivery of health care services to persons enrolled in such plan through:
a.
arrangements with selected providers to furnish health care services,
b.
standards for the selection of participating providers,
c.
organizational arrangements for ongoing quality assurance, utilization review programs, and dispute resolution, and
d.
financial incentives for persons enrolled in the managed care plan to use the participating providers and procedures provided for by the managed care plan;
provided, however, the term “managed care plan” shall not include a preferred provider organization (PPO) as defined in Section 6054 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a certified workplace medical plan as defined in Section 14.2 of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
5. “Provider” shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by a health maintenance organization, an indemnity plan or a preferred provider organization; and
6. “Treatment plan” means a proposal developed for a covered person that is specifically tailored to the individual’s treatment needs for a specific illness or condition, and that includes, but is not limited to:
a.
a statement of treatment goals or objectives, based upon and related to a medical evaluation,
b.
treatment methods and procedures to be used to obtain these goals, and
c.
identification of the types of professional personnel who will carry out the treatment procedures.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 361, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 292, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2550.3. Termination of participating providers – Procedures and conditions.

A. Every managed care plan shall establish procedures governing termination of a participating provider who is terminated for reasons other than cause. The procedures shall include assurance of continued coverage of services, at the contract terms and price by a terminated provider for up to ninety (90) calendar days from the date of notice to the covered person, for a covered person who:
1. Has a degenerative and disabling condition or disease;
2. Has entered the third trimester of pregnancy. Additional coverage of services by the terminated provider shall continue through at least six (6) weeks of postpartum evaluation; or
3. Is terminally ill.
B. 1. If a participating provider voluntarily chooses to discontinue participation as a network provider in a managed care plan, the managed care plan shall permit a covered person to continue an ongoing course of treatment with the disaffiliated provider during a transitional period:
a.
of up to ninety (90) days from the date of notice to the managed care plan of the provider’s disaffiliation from the managed care plan’s network, or
b.
that includes delivery and postpartum care if the covered person has entered the third trimester of pregnancy at the time of the provider’s disaffiliation.
2. If a provider voluntarily chooses to discontinue participation as a network provider participating in a managed care plan, such provider shall give at least a ninety-day notice of the disaffiliation to the managed care plan. The managed care plan shall immediately notify the disaffiliated provider’s patients of that fact.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection, continuing care shall be authorized by the managed care plan during the transitional period only if the disaffiliated provider agrees to:
a.
continue to accept reimbursement from the managed care plan at the rates applicable prior to the start of the transitional period as payment in full,
b.
adhere to the managed care plan’s quality assurance requirements and to provide to the managed care plan necessary medical information related to such care, and
c.
otherwise adhere to the managed care plan’s policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, policies and procedures regarding referrals, and obtaining preauthorization and treatment plan approval from the managed care plan.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 361, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2550.4. Nonformulary or prior-authorized drugs - Approval.

A. A managed care plan that has a closed formulary or that requires prior authorization to obtain certain drugs shall approve or disapprove a provider’s or a covered person’s request for a nonformulary drug or a drug that requires prior authorization within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of such request.
B. If the managed care plan does not render a decision within twenty-four (24) hours, the provider or covered person shall be entitled to a seventy-two-hour supply of the drug. The managed care plan shall then approve or disapprove the request for a nonformulary drug or prior authorized drug within the additional seventy-two-hour period.
C. Failure of the managed care plan to respond within the subsequently allowed seventy-two-hour period shall be deemed as approval of the request for the nonformulary drug or prior authorized drug; provided, however, the approval shall be subject to the terms of the managed care plan’s drug formulary; provided further, the purchase of the approved drug shall be at no additional cost to the covered person beyond what the covered person would otherwise pay for a prescription pursuant to the managed care plan.
D. All providers and covered persons in a managed care plan shall be provided with a copy of the plan’s drug prior authorization process upon initial contracting or enrollment and at the time of enactment of any subsequent changes to the process.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 361, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2552. Definitions.

In the Uniform Duties to Disabled Persons Act:
1. "Disabled condition" means the condition of being unconscious, semiconscious, incoherent or otherwise incapacitated to communicate;
2. "Disabled person" means a person in a disabled condition;
3. "The emergency symbol" means the caduceus inscribed within a six-barred cross used by the American Medical Association to denote emergency information;
4. "Identifying device" means an identifying bracelet, necklace, metal tag or similar device bearing the emergency symbol and the information needed in an emergency; and
5. "Medical practitioner" means a person who is a member of the class of persons authorized to use the term “physician” pursuant to Section 725.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 212, § 2, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 52, § 7, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2553. Identifying devices and identification cards.

A. A person who suffers from epilepsy, diabetes, a cardiac condition or any other type of illness that causes temporary blackouts, semiconscious periods or complete unconsciousness, or who suffers from a condition requiring specific medication or medical treatment, is allergic to certain medications or items used in medical treatment, wears contact lenses, has religious objections to certain forms of medication or medical treatment, or is unable to communicate coherently or effectively in the English language, is authorized and encouraged to wear an identifying device.
B. Any person may carry an identification card bearing his name, type of medical condition, physician's name and other medical information.
C. By wearing an identifying device a person gives his consent for any who finds him in a disabled condition to make a reasonable search if warranted of his clothing or other effects for an identification card of the type described in subsection B.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 212, § 3, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2554. Duties of law enforcement officers.

A. A law enforcement officer shall make a diligent effort to determine whether any disabled person he finds is an epileptic or a diabetic or suffers from some other type of illness that would cause the condition. Whenever feasible, this effort shall be made before the person is charged with a crime or taken to a place of detention.
B. In seeking to determine whether a disabled person suffers from an illness, a law enforcement officer shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device and an identification card of the type described in subsection B, Section 3 of this act, and examine them for emergency information. The law enforcement officer may not search for an identifying device or an identification card in a manner or to an extent that would appear to a reasonable person in the circumstances to cause an unreasonable risk of worsening the disabled person's condition.
C. A law enforcement officer who finds a disabled person without an identifying device or identification card is not relieved of his duty to that person to make a diligent effort to ascertain the existence of any illness causing the disabled condition.
D. A cause of action against a law enforcement officer does not arise from his making a reasonable search of the disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.
E. A law enforcement officer who determines or has reason to believe that a disabled person is suffering from an illness causing his condition shall promptly notify the person's physician, if practicable. If the officer is unable to ascertain the physician's identity or to communicate with him, the officer shall make a reasonable effort to cause the disabled person to be transported immediately to a medical practitioner or to a facility where medical treatment is available. If the officer believes it unduly dangerous to move the disabled person, he shall make a reasonable effort to obtain the assistance of a medical practitioner.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 212, § 4, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2555. Medical practitioners - Duties - Liability.

A. A medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card of the type described in subsection B, Section 3 of this act, and examine them for emergency information.
B. A cause of action against a medical practitioner does not arise from his making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 212, § 5, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2556. Persons other than law enforcement officers or medical practitioners.

A. A person, other than a law enforcement officer or medical practitioner, who finds and undertakes to help a disabled person may:
1. Make a reasonable search for an identifying device; and
2. If the identifying device is found may make a reasonable search for an identification card of the type described in subsection B, Section 3 of this act.
B. A cause of action does not arise from a reasonable search to locate an identifying device or identification card as authorized by subsection A of this section.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 212, § 6, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2557. Penalties.

A person who with intent to deceive provides, wears, uses or possesses a false identifying device or identification card of the type described in subsection B, Section 3 of this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be fined not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 212, § 7, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2561. Legislative findings and declarations.

The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. Physical and mental disabilities, age or chronic illness should in no way diminish a person's right to life, human dignity and equal access to medical care;
2. Historically, persons with disabilities, advanced age or chronic illness have faced discrimination in the health care system, including the denial of access to life-sustaining care;
3. Such discrimination is inconsistent with our society's commitment to human dignity and the full inclusion of persons with disabilities throughout society;
4. Lack of access to appropriate health care can result in significant adverse health consequences for persons with disabilities, those with chronic illness, and those of advanced age, including loss of function, reduced quality of life or even death; and
5. Both public and private payors have a moral, legal and ethical obligation to make health care reimbursement decisions in a transparent fashion utilizing nondiscriminatory criteria.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 113, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2562. Definitions.

As used in the Nondiscrimination in Health Care Coverage Act:
1. "Agency" shall include the state and all units of state government and shall not exclude any entity established under the constitution or laws of the state or established by any entity which was itself established under the constitution or laws of the state;
2. "Health care provider" means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to practice a health care or healing arts profession or who administers health care in the ordinary course of business;
3. "Health care service" means any phase of patient medical care, treatment or procedure, including, but not limited to, therapy, testing, diagnosis or prognosis, prescribing, dispensing or administering any device, drug or medication, surgery, or any other care or treatment rendered by health care providers;
4. "Utilization management" shall include step therapy, prior authorization restrictions and the use of formulary restrictions to restrict access to a drug or other health care service prescribed by a health care provider; and
5. "Self-advocacy organizations" means organizations run by persons with disabilities, the majority of whose board members and employees are themselves persons with disabilities.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 113, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2563. Use of dollars-per-quality adjusted life year prohibited.

An agency shall be prohibited from developing or employing a dollars-per-quality adjusted life year, or similar measure that discounts the value of a life because of an individual's disability, including age or chronic illness, as a threshold to establish what type of health care is cost-effective or recommended. An agency shall be prohibited from utilizing such adjusted life year, or similar measure, as a threshold to determine coverage, reimbursement, incentive programs or utilization management decisions, whether it comes from within the agency or from any third party.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 113, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2564. Proposing new utilization management measures – Post for public comment.

Any agency proposing new utilization management measures shall post for public comment both the proposed measure and the rationale behind the proposed measure, including the availability of alternatives, analysis of potential impact on atypical patient populations and subgroups, estimate of the population likely to be impacted by the measure and a description of both internal and third-party value assessments utilized in internal deliberations on the measure.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 113, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2565. Consultations with advocacy groups required – Process to ensure stakeholder engagement and transparency – Research and analysis methods.

A. Any agency making decisions on utilization management measures, coverage, reimbursement or incentive programs shall be required to consult with:
1. Organizations representing patients and people with disabilities, including both self-advocacy organizations and organizations representing patients, prior to proceeding on any measure likely to impact the relevant patient or disability community; and
2. Organizations representing patients and people that advocate for the rights of patients to obtain treatment without regard to the patients' quality of life and representatives of organizations that advocate for the rights of older persons to receive health care.
B. Any agency making decisions on utilization management measures, coverage, reimbursement or incentive programs shall ensure that a process is in place to ensure robust stakeholder engagement and full transparency surrounding the provision of any research and analysis relied upon for decision-making that would impact access to health care treatments and services by patient groups provided for in subsection A of this section, including:
1. Providing stakeholders with meaningful notice and opportunity to comment on the retention of any vendor providing research and analysis to the agency;
2. Subjecting research and analysis relied upon by an agency to meaningful notice and comment process;
3. Ensuring deliberation around the coverage or reimbursement for health care treatments and services occurs in open meetings;
4. Presenting and releasing any research and analysis relied upon for decision-making in public meetings or publicly released prior to deliberation;
5. Requiring full disclosure into funding sources and conflicts of interest of any third party providing research and analysis to the state;
6. Prohibiting sole-source contracts for research and analysis to ensure reliance on a range of evidence; and
7. Preparing an annual report assessing beneficiary access to health care treatments and services. The report shall assess the impact of any form of utilization management on access to care with a specific analysis of the impact on persons with disabilities, chronic illness and advanced age. The report shall be submitted to the State Legislature, be posted on the state Medicaid website, and the agency shall provide an opportunity for public comment.
C. Any research and analysis relied upon for decision-making that would impact coverage and access to health care treatments and services shall measure outcomes prioritized by patients and persons with disabilities as required by this section, as well as consider meaningful differences in the characteristics, needs and preferences of patients and persons with disabilities.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 113, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2601. Definitions.

For the purposes of this act, the following words and phrases mean:
(a) "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years of age, except such person who is on active duty with or has served in any branch of the Armed Services of the United States shall be considered an adult.
(b) "Health professional" means for the purposes of this act any licensed physician, psychologist, dentist, osteopathic physician, podiatrist, chiropractor, registered or licensed practical nurse or physician's assistant.
(c) "Health services" means services delivered by any health professional including examination, preventive and curative treatment, surgical, hospitalization, and psychological services, except abortion or sterilization. Should the health services include counseling concerning abortion, all alternatives will be fully presented to the minor. Services in this act shall not include research or experimentation with minors except where used in an attempt to preserve the life of that minor, or research as approved by an appropriate review board involved in the management of reportable diseases.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 299, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2603. Payment for services.

The spouse, parents or legal guardian of the minor shall not be liable for payment for any health services provided under the authority of this act, unless they shall have expressly agreed to pay for such care. Minors consenting to health services shall thereby assume financial responsibility for the cost of said services except those who are proven unable to pay and who receive the services in public institutions.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 225, § 3, emerg. eff. May 29, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2604. Safeguards to protect minor.

If major surgery, general anesthesia; or a life-threatening procedure has to be undertaken on a minor, it shall be necessary for the physician to obtain concurrence from another physician except in an emergency in a community where no other surgeon can be contacted within a reasonable time.
In cases where emergency care is needed and the minor is unable to give self-consent; a parent, spouse or legal guardian may authorize consent.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 225, § 4, emerg. eff. May 29, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2622. Definitions.

As used in the Medical Savings Account Act:
1. "Account holder" means the individual including but not limited to an employee of an employer or dependents of the individual on whose behalf the medical savings account is established;
2. "Dependent child" means any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years or any person who is legally entitled or subject to a court order for the provision of proper and necessary subsistence, education, medical care, or any other care necessary for the health, or well-being of such person, and who is not otherwise emancipated, married or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who is mentally or physically incapacitated and cannot provide for themselves;
3. "Eligible medical expenses" means an expense paid by the taxpayer for medical care described in Section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
4. "Medical savings account" or "account" means an account established in this state pursuant to a medical savings account program to pay the eligible medical expenses of an account holder and the dependents of the account holder;
5. "Medical savings account program" or "program" means a program that includes all of the following:
a.
the purchase by an individual or employer of a qualified higher deductible health benefit plan which is approved by the State Department of Health and offered by an entity regulated by the State Department of Health or is approved by the Insurance Commissioner and offered by an entity regulated by the Insurance Commissioner or is offered by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board for the benefit of the individual or an employee of the employer and the dependents of that individual or the employee,
b.
the deposit by an individual into a medical savings account or the contribution on behalf of an employee into a medical care account by an employer of all or part of the premium differential realized by the employer based on the purchase of a qualified higher deductible health plan for the benefit of the employee. An employer that did not previously provide a health plan or provide a health coverage policy, certificate, or contract for employees may contribute all or part of the deductible of a qualified higher deductible health benefit plan; and
6. "Trustee" means a chartered state bank, savings and loan association, licensed securities dealer or trust company authorized to act as a fiduciary; a national banking association or savings and loan association authorized to act as a fiduciary; or an insurance company.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 249, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 183, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2654.1. Short title - Definitions.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Poison Control Act".
B. As used in the Oklahoma Poison Control Act:
1. "Center" means the Oklahoma Poison Control Center; and
2. "Director" means the dean of the College of Pharmacy at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2654.2. Oklahoma Poison Control Center.

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Poison Control Center within the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy. The purpose of the center is to implement a statewide emergency poison and drug information program designed and structured to deliver reliable, accurate, qualified professional judgments and responses to requests for emergency poison and drug information data.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 2, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 285, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2654.3. Authority of Director.

The Director may:
1. Employ any and all coordination measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Poison Control Act;
2. Engage in any educational program or effort if, in the judgment of the Director, such activity would effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Poison Control Act;
3. Employ experts and consultants and compensate those individuals at rates determined by the Director;
4. Engage in programs of experimental or demonstrational research;
5. Appoint an advisory committee to assist in the development and review of rules promulgated under the authority of the Oklahoma Poison Control Act and reimburse the members for their expenses;
6. Accept and administer loans, grants, or other funds and gifts, conditional or otherwise, from the federal government and any and all other public or private sources;
7. Formulate, promulgate, adopt, amend, and enforce rules and regulatory standards necessary to effectuate the Oklahoma Poison Control Act; and
8. Establish and charge fees for the provision of nonemergency informational and educational services as well as contract therefor.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 3, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2654.4. Certification as regional poison control center.

The program of the center shall be structured and designed, to the extent resources permit, to meet the criteria for certification as a regional poison control center by the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 4, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2656.1. Administration of oaths - Federal grant or contract funds.

The Commission may administer oaths at any hearing or investigation conducted pursuant to this act, and may receive federal grant or contract funds by complying with the requirements therefor.
Laws 1980, c. 297, § 13, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2656.2. Annual report - Distribution.

The Oklahoma Health Planning Commission shall prepare and distribute an annual report to the Oklahoma Legislature, to any health systems agency as established by federal law, and to any other person who requests the report, which shall include the status of each review currently being conducted, the reviews completed since the last report and a general statement of the findings and decisions made in the course of such reviews.
Laws 1980, c. 297, § 14, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2657. Definitions.

As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
1. "Ambulatory surgical center" means:
a.
an establishment with an organized medical staff of physicians, with permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing surgical procedures, with continuous physician services available on call, and registered professional nursing services available on site, whenever a patient is in the facility, which provides services or other accommodations for patients to recover for a period not to exceed twenty-three (23) hours after surgery, or
b.
an establishment with an organized medical staff of dentists, with permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing dental surgical procedures, with continuous dental services available on call, and registered professional nursing services available on site, whenever a patient is in the facility, which provides services or other accommodations for patients to recover for a period not to exceed twenty-three (23) hours after surgery;
2. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health;
3. "Governmental unit" means any city, county or other political subdivision of this state, or any department, division, board or other agency of any political subdivision of this state; and
4. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company or association and the legal successors thereof.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 356, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2008, c. 390, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2659. Application

A. Application for a license shall be made to the Commissioner upon forms provided by the Commissioner and shall contain such information as the Commissioner may require. The Commissioner shall require affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards, rules and regulations as are lawfully prescribed under the provisions of this act.
B. Each application for a license, except applications from governmental units, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). All license fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund of the Department of Health.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 3, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2660. Issuance of a license

A. Upon receipt of an application for a license, the Commissioner shall issue a license if the applicant and ambulatory surgical center facilities meet the requirements established under this act. A license, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon receipt of an application for a license and the license fee from the licensee and approval by the Commissioner.
B. Each license shall be issued only for the premises, persons or governmental units named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written consent of the Commissioner. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 4, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2661. Hearing - Notice

A. The Commissioner, after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the applicant or licensee, may deny, suspend or revoke a license in any case in which the Commissioner finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the requirements of this act.
B. Notice shall be given by registered mail or by personal service and shall set forth the particular reasons for the action proposed by the Commissioner. The notice shall fix a date not less than thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing or service, at which time the licensee or applicant shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing.
C. At the hearing the licensee or applicant may present evidence, examine witnesses and be represented by counsel of his choice. On the basis of the hearing, or upon default of the licensee or applicant, the Commissioner shall make a determination specifying his findings of fact and conclusions of law. A copy of such determination shall be sent by registered mail or served personally upon the licensee or applicant.
D. The decision revoking, suspending or denying the license or application shall become final thirty (30) days after it is so mailed or served unless the applicant or licensee within that period appeals the decision.
E. Any person or governmental unit aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner may appeal to the district court.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 5, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2662. Rules and regulations

The State Board of Health shall adopt such reasonable rules, regulations and standards as are necessary to insure that the quality of medical care in ambulatory surgical centers is the same as that required in hospitals licensed in the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 6, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2664. Penalty

A. Any person operating, conducting, managing or establishing an ambulatory surgical center without a license required by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. Each day of continuing violation shall constitute a separate offense.
B. The Attorney General shall represent the Commissioner and shall institute an action in the name of the state for injunctive or other relief against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management or operation of an ambulatory surgical center without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 8, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2665. Discriminatory practices

No entity, governmental, public or private, providing individual or group health insurance or reimbursing for health care shall discriminate in its payment or reimbursement procedures against ambulatory surgical centers. Provided, however, that this section shall not require the same dollar amount of benefits be paid on account of inpatient hospital treatment.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 9, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2666. Formal transfer agreement.

An ambulatory surgical center shall have a formal transfer agreement with a general hospital, as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, located not more than a twenty-minute travel distance from the center, or all physicians performing surgery in the ambulatory surgical center shall have admitting privileges at a general hospital, located not more than a twenty-minute travel distance from the center.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 168, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2701. Public policy.

It is declared to be the public policy of this state, in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, to encourage certain knowledgeable persons to make written report to the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services as to individuals suffering from blindness or serious visual impairment so that the Division may inform them as to rehabilitative education and training programs of the state.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 50, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1976. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 107, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2019, c. 51, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2702. Medical report - Immunity.

Any licensed surgeon, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, optometrist, dentist, intern or registered nurse who, from attending or examining an individual, concludes that such individual is blind or visually impaired to a material and uncorrected extent, and in good faith participates in the making of written report of said conclusion to the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, shall have immunity from liability, civil and criminal, for so reporting.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 50, § 2, emerg. eff. April 12, 1976. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 107, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2019, c. 51, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2802. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. "Authority" means the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority;
2. "Basic system" means a telephone service which automatically connects a person dialing the primary emergency telephone number to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities;
3. "Direct dispatch method" means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system is connected to a centralized dispatch center providing for the dispatching of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt of a telephone request for such services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken;
4. "Methods", as used in paragraphs 3, 8, 9 and 11 of this section, means the procedures to be followed by the public agency or public safety agency affected by such paragraphs;
5. "Primary emergency telephone number" means the digits nine-one-one (911);
6. "Public agency" means any agency or political subdivision of the state which provides or has authority to provide fire fighting, police, ambulance, medical or other emergency services;
7. "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a public agency which provides fire fighting, police, medical or other emergency services;
8. "Referral method" means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system results in providing the requesting party with the telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services;
9. "Relay method" means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system results in pertinent information being noted by the recipient of a telephone request for emergency services and is relayed to appropriate public safety agencies or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit;
10. "Sophisticated system" means a basic system with the additional capability of automatic identification of the caller's number, holding the incoming call, reconnection on the same telephone line, clearing a telephone line or automatic call routing or combinations of such capabilities; and
11. "Transfer method" means a method whereby a call over a basic or sophisticated system is received and directly transferred to an appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 2, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 30, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2803. Establishment of basic or sophisticated system.

Every public agency or public safety agency within its respective jurisdiction may establish a basic or sophisticated system. The establishment of such systems shall be centralized where feasible. Any system established pursuant to the Oklahoma Emergency Telephone Act may include a segment of the territory of a public agency. All systems shall be designed to meet the requirements of each community and public agency served by the system. Every system, whether basic or sophisticated, may be designed to have the capability of utilizing at least three of the four methods specified in paragraphs 3, 8, 9 and 11 of Section 2802 of this title, in response to emergency calls. In addition to the number “9-1-1”, a public agency or public safety agency may maintain a separate secondary backup number, and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency telephone calls.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended by Laws 2023, c. 258, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2804. Services included in system.

Every system may include police, fire fighting and emergency medical and ambulance services, and may include other emergency services, in the discretion of the affected public agency, such as poison control services, suicide prevention services and emergency management services. The system may incorporate a private ambulance service. In those areas in which a public safety agency of the state provides such emergency services, the system may include such public safety agencies.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 4, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 53, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2805. Preparation and implementation of system.

In order to insure that proper preparation and implementation of such systems can be accomplished as provided in Section 2803 of this title, the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority may develop an overall plan prior to development of any system and shall coordinate the implementation of systems to be established pursuant to the provisions of Section 2803 of this title. Any such plan shall contain an estimate of the costs of installing alternate 911 systems and an estimate of the first year's additional operating expenses, if any. The Authority may formulate a plan by which it and the public agencies and public safety agencies involved may share proportionately the costs of any system and method from their current funds. The Authority may aid such agencies in the formulation of concepts, methods and procedures which will improve the operation of systems and which will increase cooperation between public safety agencies. The Authority may consult at regular intervals with the State Fire Marshal, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the State Department of Health, the Department of Emergency Management and the public utilities in this state providing telephone service.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 5, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 54, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 302, § 9, emerg. eff. June 2, 2008; Laws 2022, c. 30, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2806. Technical and operational standards for basic or sophisticated system.

The Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority may establish technical and operational standards for the development of basic and sophisticated systems. Such standards shall be forwarded to the Corporation Commission for consideration of any tariff limitations and conditions which may need revision to accommodate such standards; and the Corporation Commission may issue such revisions after whatever hearings or procedures it deems appropriate.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 6, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 30, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2807. Submission of final plan to public telephone utilities - Alternative reports.

A. All public agencies shall submit final plans for the establishment of any system to the public telephone utilities and may make arrangement with such utilities for the implementation of the planned emergency telephone system. A copy of the plan required by this subsection shall be filed with the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority.
B. If any public agency has implemented or is a part of a system which would be authorized by this act on the effective date of this act such public agency may submit in lieu of the tentative or final plan a report describing the system and stating its operational date.
C. Plans filed pursuant to subsection A of this section shall conform to minimum standards established pursuant to Section 2806 of this title.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 176, § 7, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 30, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.