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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-428.1v2. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Waste Management Act:
1. "Authority" shall mean the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, or successor agency;
2. "Commercial licensee" shall mean any person or entity issued a license by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, or successor agency, to conduct commercial business in this state;
3. "Disposal" shall mean the disposition of medical marijuana waste by a process which renders the waste unusable and unrecognizable through physical destruction or a recycling process;
4. "Facility" shall mean the licensed or permitted premises where the disposal of medical marijuana waste takes place by a licensee;
5. "License" shall mean a medical marijuana waste disposal license;
6. "Licensee" shall mean the holder of a medical marijuana waste disposal license;
7. "Medical marijuana waste" shall mean:
a.
unused, surplus, returned or out-of-date marijuana and plant debris of the plant of the genus Cannabis including dead plants and all unused plant parts, except the term shall not include seeds, roots, stems, stalks and fan leaves, and
b.
all product which is deemed to fail laboratory testing and cannot be remediated or decontaminated; and
8. "Medical marijuana waste disposal license" shall mean a license issued by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, or successor agency.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 337, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 553, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 428 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-429. Application of act – Destruction of plant parts not requiring medical marijuana waste disposal facility.

A. Medical marijuana waste shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Waste Management Act and shall not be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. Nothing in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Waste Management Act shall alter or affect the jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the Department of Environmental Quality as provided for in Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Commercial licensees, medical marijuana research facilities and medical marijuana education facilities shall be authorized to destroy the following marijuana plant parts without being required to utilize the services of a medical marijuana waste disposal facility:
1. Roots;
2. Stems;
3. Fan leaves;
4. Seeds; or
5. Stalks.
Unless restricted by local ordinance, commercial licensees, medical marijuana research facilities and medical marijuana education facilities shall be authorized to destroy the above-listed marijuana plant parts on-site by open burning, incineration, burying, mulching, composting or any other technique approved by the Department of Environmental Quality.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 337, § 3, emerg. eff. May 9, 2019. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 553, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-430. See the following versions:

OS 63-430v1 (SB 1033, Laws 2021, c. 584, § 12).
OS 63-430v2 (SB 1543, Laws 2022, c. 251, § 24).
OS 63-430v3 (HB 2095, Laws 2023, c. 168, § 11).
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-465.20. Smelling, inhaling, etc. of substances which cause unnatural conditions - Exemptions - Penalties.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person deliberately to smell, inhale, breathe, drink or otherwise consume any compound, liquid, chemical, controlled dangerous substance, prescription drugs or any other substance or chemical containing any ketones, aldehydes, organic acetones, ether, chlorinated hydrocarbons or metallic powders, such as gasoline, glue, fingernailpolish, adhesive cement, mucilage, dope, paint dispensed from pressurized containers or any other substance or combination thereof containing solvents releasing toxic vapors, with the intent to cause conditions of intoxication, inebriation, excitement, elation, stupefaction, paralysis, irrationality, dulling of the brain or nervous system, or any other changing, distorting or disturbing of the eyesight, thinking processes, judgment, balance or coordination of such person.
(b) The provisions of this statute shall not pertain to any person who inhales, breathes, drinks or otherwise consumes such material or substance pursuant to the direction or prescription of any licensed doctor, physician, surgeon, dentist or podiatrist; nor to the consumption of intoxicating liquor.
(c) Any person who violates any provisions of this act relating to inhalation of glue or other substances shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.
Laws 1971, c. 109, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1971; Laws 1981, c. 52, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-472. City jails.

It shall be the duty of the governing bodies of all municipalities to insure compliance with standards governing conditions in municipal jails as prescribed in Section 192 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
R.L.1910, § 6978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 26, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-475. Contagious disease - Isolation.

Should any prisoners in any county or city jail or holdover complain of illness, the county or city physician, whose duty it may be to attend such prisons, shall be summoned, and if such prisoner should be found to have a contagious disease, he shall be immediately removed and isolated to some room or place having no connection with the other prisoners. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6981.
R.L.1910, § 6981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-476. Isolation of prisoners having contagious disease - Jail construction.

It shall be the duty of officials who construct jails, city prisons or holdovers to provide a room for the segregation of prisoners who may be found to have a contagious disease. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6982.
R.L.1910, § 6982.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-477. Sanitation of charitable institutions.

The county commissioners shall provide necessary supplies and cause the charitable institutions of their county to be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of the Director of the Department of Public Welfare.
R.L.1910, § 6983. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 27, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-479. Violations - Penalty.

Any official failing in any duty prescribed by the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto may be removed from office. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6985.
R.L.1910, § 6985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.1. Purpose of act.

The purpose of Sections 485.1 through 485.8 of this title shall be to provide a specialized hospital, which shall be named the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities, for the care, maintenance, training, treatment, and general mental and physical rehabilitation of the residents of the state, and when space permits nonresidents, who may be afflicted with cerebral palsy or other developmental disabilities, provided that such specialized hospital shall be able to refuse admission to those patients who after competent examination are determined to be unable to benefit from such training, treatment, and general mental and physical rehabilitation, and provided that such specialized hospital shall be able to discharge and return any child to its parent or guardian if it is determined after admission that such training, treatment, and general mental and physical rehabilitation is not aiding the child. Educational services that may be required during an inpatient stay shall be arranged through and provided by the appropriate local education area (LEA). The term "cerebral palsy" as used in this title shall include all types of cerebral palsy.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 401, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 433, § 1; Laws 1981, c. 71, § 1, operative July 1, 1981; Laws 1992, c. 307, § 15, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1995, c. 262, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.2. Oklahoma Spastic Paralysis Commission - Creation - Powers and duties.

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Spastic Paralysis Commission, which is designated as an agency of the State of Oklahoma, and is hereby authorized to exercise the powers and duties authorized in this act and all other powers incident and necessary to the purpose of this act.
Laws 1947, p. 401, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.4. Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission - Gifts and bequests.

The Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission is authorized to accept and receive gifts and bequests of money and property, both real and personal, which may be tendered by will or gift, conditionally or unconditionally, for the use of the Commission in the exercise of its powers and duties described in this act. The Commission shall administer the property or funds in the manner consistent with the terms of the gift and provisions of law. The Commission is hereby directed, authorized, and empowered to hold such funds in trust or invest them and use either principal or interest in keeping with the terms of the gift as stipulated by the donors for the sole benefit of the Commission in the performance of its duties provided herein.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 401, § 4, emerg. eff. May 7, 1947. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 426, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.5. Members of Commission - Appointment - Term - Travel expenses.

The Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission shall be composed of five (5) members who shall serve without compensation. The three members of the Commission serving on the Commission on June 30, 2004, shall serve the remainder of their respective terms. Beginning July 1, 2004, the Governor of the State of Oklahoma shall appoint to the Commission two additional members who shall be chosen from a list of ten persons submitted to the Governor by the Grande Voiture of Oklahoma of La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux. One new member shall be appointed for a two-year term and one new member for a three-year term on the Commission. Thereafter, any member who takes the place of a member whose term is expiring shall be appointed to a three-year term in the same manner and from a list to be submitted as provided in this section for the original Commission pursuant to this section. Each member of the Commission shall be entitled to be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 401, § 5, emerg. eff. May 7, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 434, § 3, emerg. eff. May 31, 1949; Laws 1969, c. 5, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 3, 1969; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 47, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 2004, c. 426, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.6. Officers - Organization - Director and personnel - Legal assistance.

A. The members of the Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission shall select from among the members of the Commission a chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary, and organize itself for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section 485.1 et seq. of this title.
B. The Commission is hereby authorized in its discretion to employ a director who shall employ and hire other persons as may be required in the estimation of the director and in accordance with federal, state, and local laws to carry out the provisions of this act; provided that physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, certified occupational therapist aides, speech pathologists, and the Director of Nursing so employed shall be unclassified and exempt from the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration. Other positions may be unclassified as provided for in applicable federal, state, and local laws. The Commission is authorized to hire an attorney to provide legal assistance or to contract for such specialized services only as provided for in Section 485.3 of this title.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 401, § 6, emerg. eff. May 7, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 435, § 5, emerg. eff. May 31, 1949; Laws 1995, c. 262, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 326, § 4, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2008, c. 328, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.7. Bonds of members.

Each member of the Commission shall give bond to the State of Oklahoma in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) conditioned for the honest and faithful performance of his duties, which bonds shall be approved by the Governor and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 402, § 7, emerg. eff. May 7, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 435, § 6, emerg. eff. May 31, 1949.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.8. Partial invalidity.

It is the intention of the Legislature to enact each and every part of this act and if any section, paragraph, sentence, item, or clause of this act shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 402, § 9, emerg. eff. May 7, 1947.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.9. Change of name for Institute and Commission.

A. The names of the "Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Center", formerly the "Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Institute", and the "Oklahoma Spastic Paralysis Commission" are hereby changed to the "J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities" and the "Cerebral Palsy Commission", respectively.
B. Wherever in the statutes of this state the name "Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Institute" or "Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Center" occurs, the reference shall be deemed to be to the "J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities"; and wherever in said statutes the name "Oklahoma Spastic Paralysis Commission" appears, this reference shall be deemed to be to the "Cerebral Palsy Commission".
Laws 1961, p. 483, §§ 1, 2, emerg. eff. Jan. 30, 1961; Laws 1981, c. 71, § 3, operative July 1, 1981; Laws 1992, c. 307, § 17, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.10. Annuity contracts - Purchases as salary payments.

A part of the salary, not to exceed the exclusion allowances provided in Section 403(b)(2), Internal Revenue Code, payable to any employee of the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities may, at the request of the employee, be paid by the purchase of an annuity contract from any insurance company authorized to do business in Oklahoma by the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities for the employee, and the employee shall be entitled to have such annuity contract continued in force in succeeding years by the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities. The amounts so contributed or paid by the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities for the annuity contract, or to continue it in force, shall be considered as payment of salary, for the same amounts, to the employee for State Retirement purposes, State Aid purposes, or Social Security purposes, but not for State Income Tax purposes. Provided that the amount received under such annuity contracts shall be income subject to state income tax when actually received.
Laws 1967, c. 243, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1981, c. 71, § 4, operative July 1, 1981; Laws 1992, c. 307, § 18, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.11. J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission to be designated the "J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities Revolving Fund". The fund shall consist of all monies received by the Commission pursuant to statutory authority, but not including appropriated funds, gifts and bequests. The revolving fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall be under the control and management of the administrative authorities of the Commission. Expenditures from the fund shall be made pursuant to the laws of the state and the statutes relating to the Commission and may include up to Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in expenditures for capital improvements within a single fiscal year or as otherwise provided by the Legislature. Warrants for expenditures from the fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer, based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Commission and approved for payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 209, § 5, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 222, § 5, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 307, § 19, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 504.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-485.12. Exemptions.

Specialized vehicles utilized by the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities shall not be included in nor subject to provisions of law establishing the State Motor Pool Division within the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 345, § 16, emerg. eff. June 25, 1980. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 27, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2002, c. 397, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2002. Renumbered from § 159.11 of Title 47 by Laws 2002, c. 397, § 35, eff. Nov. 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 505.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-488.1. Program of immunization.

The State Department of Public Health is hereby authorized to initiate and organize a state-wide program supplementing a program of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and administer vaccine designed to immunize children against that disease. Said Department is authorized to cooperate further with the authorities of the National Foundation for Infantile paralysis and to make such rules and regulations in connection therewith as will assure the administration of vaccine to the greatest possible number of children within the age group most susceptible to the disease and within the limits of the funds made available for that purpose under the provisions of this act.
Laws 1955, p. 348, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-488.2. Funds.

The Governor of the State is hereby authorized to set aside from his Emergency Contingency Fund such monies as he shall determine may be used for such purpose without impairing said fund beyond the amount deemed by him to be necessary as a reserve for possible contingencies involving the primary purpose of said fund. The State Emergency Relief Board is hereby authorized and directed to determine and set aside all funds which said Board shall determine are not necessary now or during the next biennium for the normal function of the Emergency Relief Program directed by said Board. The funds made available under the provisions of this section are hereby appropriated to the State Department of Public Health to be used to defray the expenses of purchasing and administering vaccine under the program authorized by the provisions of Section 1 of this act.
Laws 1955, p. 348, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-681. School buildings - Protection from tornadoes and severe weather.

School authorities of the State of Oklahoma, its political subdivisions, and its school districts are authorized to plan, design, and construct new school buildings and make additions to existing school buildings that afford protection for the anticipated school body, faculty, and visitors against tornadoes and severe weather. Each school, administration building and institution of higher learning shall have written plans and procedures in place for protecting students, faculty, administrators and visitors from natural and man-made disasters and emergencies. Plans shall be reviewed and updated annually as appropriate by each school, administration building and institution of higher learning, and placed on file at each school district and each local emergency response organization within the district, which may include police, fire, emergency medical services, sheriff and emergency management of the appropriate jurisdiction. The plans shall be submitted in a format acceptable to the emergency agency no later than November 1 of each year. Each school district and institution of higher learning shall make annual reports to the local school board or Board of Regents detailing the status of emergency preparedness and identified safety needs for each school or institution.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 4, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 216, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2013, c. 55, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-682. Federal assistance programs - Participation.

Each state institution, agency, board, and department, each political subdivision of the state, and each school district of the state is authorized to participate in such federal assistance programs as may be available or may become available to assist in providing tornado and severe weather protection.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 4, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 2, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.1. Citation.

This act may be cited as the “Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003”.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 1, emerg. eff. March 21, 1967. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 57, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 3, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.4. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management – Powers and duties of Director.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM). The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be the head of the Department. The Governor shall fix the salary of the Director, in cooperation with standards promulgated by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
B. The Director may employ personnel and fix their compensation in cooperation with standards promulgated by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and may make such expenditures within the appropriation therefor, or from such other available funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 and other programs specified by law.
C. The Director and other personnel of the Department shall be provided with appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, supplies, stationery, and printing in the same manner as provided for personnel of other state agencies.
D. The Director, subject to the direction and control of the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Department and shall serve as the chief advisor to the Governor on emergency management and shall:
1. Be responsible to the Governor for carrying out the programs as required by law;
2. Coordinate the activities of all organizations for emergency management within the state;
3. Maintain liaison with and cooperate with the emergency management agencies and organizations of other states and of the federal government;
4. Develop and maintain a comprehensive all-hazards mitigation plan for this state;
5. Implement the Oklahoma Hazard Mitigation Program;
6. Have such additional authority, duties, and responsibilities authorized by the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 and as may be prescribed by the Governor;
7. Supervise the Office of Volunteerism in accordance with Section 683.26 of this title; and
8. Report quarterly to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate the balance and outstanding obligations of the State Emergency Fund.
E. The Director shall supervise the formulation, execution, review and revisions of the state Emergency Operations Plan as provided for by Section 683.2 of this title. The plan shall be reviewed annually and revised as necessary.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 48, eff. July 1, 1982; Laws 1984, c. 113, § 2, eff. July 1, 1984; Laws 1991, c. 216, § 13, operative July 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 57, § 4, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 6, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 128, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 506.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.6. State Hazard Mitigation Team.

A. There is hereby created the State Hazard Mitigation Team, composed of the administrative heads of the following agencies or their designees:
1. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, who shall serve as the Team Coordinator;
2. Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
3. Oklahoma Climatological Survey;
4. Oklahoma Conservation Commission;
5. Corporation Commission;
6. Oklahoma Department of Commerce;
7. Department of Environmental Quality;
8. Department of Human Services;
9. State Department of Health;
10. Department of Transportation;
11. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry or the Secretary of Agriculture;
12. Department of Wildlife Conservation;
13. Oklahoma Historical Society;
14. Oklahoma Insurance Department;
15. Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma;
16. Oklahoma Municipal League;
17. State Fire Marshal;
18. Department of Labor;
19. A local Emergency Management Director as determined by the President of the Oklahoma Emergency Management Association;
20. State Chancellor or his or her representative for The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and
21. State Director or his or her representative for the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
B. Depending on the circumstances, the Team Coordinator may request participation of the heads of any other state agencies as deemed appropriate.
C. The Team Coordinator shall also request that a representative of the United States Army Corps of Engineers be appointed by the administrative head of the Tulsa District to participate on the Team.
D. The Team Coordinator shall also request a representative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development be appointed by the administrative head of the Oklahoma City office to participate on the team.
E. The State Hazard Mitigation Team will meet as determined by the Team Coordinator to review and recommend updates to the State Comprehensive All-hazard Mitigation Plan, and shall have those additional responsibilities as provided by the Team Coordinator, including, but not limited to, the review and recommendation for loan and grant application under the Oklahoma Flood Hazard Mitigation Program.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 6, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 241, § 7, operative July 1, 1979; Laws 1999, c. 57, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 7, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 359, § 12, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 258, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2013, c. 227, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.12. Mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emergency management.

A. The Director of each local organization for emergency management may, in collaboration with other public and private agencies within this state, develop or cause to be developed mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted. Such arrangements shall be consistent with the state emergency management plan and program, and in time of emergency it shall be the duty of each local organization for emergency management to render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such mutual aid arrangements.
B. The Director of each local organization for emergency management may, subject to the approval of the Governor, enter into mutual aid arrangements with emergency management agencies or organizations in other border states for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 12, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 11, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.14. Exemption from civil liability.

A. Any person owning or controlling real estate or other premises who voluntarily and without compensation grants a license or privilege or otherwise permits the designation or use of the whole or any part or parts of such real estate or premises for the purpose of sheltering persons, or providing a mass immunization and prophylaxis site or Strategic National Stockpile storage site during an actual or impending emergency or exercise shall, together with any successors in interest, if any, not be civilly liable for negligently causing the death of, or injury to, any person on or about such real estate or premises for loss of, or damage to, the property of such person; provided, that the injury or death was caused by or incidental to the actual use of such premises for such real, actual or impending emergency or exercise, and further provided that nothing herein contained shall grant immunity from gross, willful or wanton acts of negligence.
B. Neither the State of Oklahoma nor any political subdivision thereof nor any officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma or of any political subdivision thereof nor volunteer whose services have been accepted and utilized by an officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma or of any political subdivision thereof for carrying out the functions of this act shall be civilly liable for any loss or injury resulting to any person's company, corporation or other legal entity as a result of any decision, determination, order or action of such employee in the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities under this act during a stated emergency unless such loss or injury was caused by the gross negligence, or willfully and unnecessarily or by the wanton act of such state officer or employee or volunteer. Nothing in this act shall be construed to waive the sovereignty or immunity of the State of Oklahoma, or any political subdivision thereof, from being sued.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 14, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 13, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 199, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.15. Limitation on political activity.

No organization for emergency management established under the authority of this act shall participate in any form of political activity, nor shall it be employed directly or indirectly for political purposes.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 15, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 14, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.16. Restriction on employment - Loyalty oath.

No person shall be employed in any capacity in any emergency management organization who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or in this state or the overthrow of any government in the United States by force or violence, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States. Each person who is appointed to serve in an organization of emergency management shall, before entering upon employment duties, take the Oklahoma Loyalty Oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in this state.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 16, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 15, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.18. Utilization of services, equipment, etc.

In carrying out the provisions of this act, the Governor and the executive officers or governing bodies of the political subdivisions of the state are directed to utilize the services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments, offices and agencies of the state and of the political subdivisions thereof to the maximum extent practicable, and the officers and personnel of all such departments, offices, and agencies are directed to cooperate with and extend such services and facilities to the Governor and to the emergency management organizations of the state upon request.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 18, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 17, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.19a. County and city-county health departments - Benefits, powers, immunities and protections.

The benefits, powers, immunities and protections afforded to political subdivisions under the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 shall inure to county and city-county health departments within this state.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 69, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.23. Violations - Civil actions - Jurisdiction - Penalties - Enforcement.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) may request the Attorney General to institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or any other appropriate order in the appropriate district court, whenever any person:
1. Violates or fails or refuses to comply with any order or decision issued by the OEM;
2. Interferes with, hinders or delays the OEM in carrying out its duties and responsibilities;
3. Refuses to admit authorized representatives of the OEM;
4. Refuses to permit inspection by authorized representatives of the OEM;
5. Refuses to furnish any information or report requested by the OEM to accomplish its duties and responsibilities;
6. Refuses to permit access to, or copying of, such records as the OEM determines necessary to accomplish its duties and responsibilities.
B. The court shall have jurisdiction to provide such relief as may be appropriate. Any relief granted by the court to enforce an order under subsection A of this section shall continue in effect until the completion or final termination of all proceedings for review of such order is made, unless the district court granting such relief sets it aside or modifies it.
C. Any person willfully violating any rule, regulation or order of the OEM shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
D. The Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall assist the OEM in the enforcement of any rule, regulation or order of the OEM.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 265, § 7, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 18, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.24. Emergency Management Disaster Relief Matching Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, to be designated the Emergency Management Disaster Relief Matching Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall be composed of monies that may be appropriated to or otherwise received by said fund. Said fund is to be utilized as the state's share of matching requirements for federal funds advanced under the provisions of Sections 402, 403 and 419, Public Law 93-288, Disaster Relief Act of 1974 and shall not be subject to legislative appropriation.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 374, § 42, emerg. eff. July 20, 1982. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 19, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.24A. Emergency Relief and Impacts Grant Program.

A. There is hereby created a grant program at the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security named the "Emergency Relief and Impacts Grant Program".
B. The grant program shall be used to either:
1. Provide effective service delivery or administrative needs to increase public sector capacity; or
2. Provide emergency relief from natural disasters or negative economic impacts of natural disasters, including immediate needs.
C. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security may promulgate rules to administer the grant program. Such rules shall be consistent with the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law No. 117-2, Section 604, and guidance from the United States Department of Treasury.
Added by Laws 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 11, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.24B. Emergency Relief and Impacts Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to be designated the "Emergency Relief and Impacts Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security from all sources designated by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for the purpose of the Emergency Relief and Impacts Grant Program. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. All expenditures from said fund derived of deposits made from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasury created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, shall be made in accordance with the provisions and guidance of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law No. 117-2, Section 604.
Added by Laws 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 11, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.25. Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Volunteerism Act".
Added by Laws 1992, c. 340, § 1. Renumbered from § 8001 of Title 74 by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.26. Voluntary involvement in emergency management programs – Voluntary emergency management initiatives.

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall:
1. Support voluntary involvement in public and private emergency management programs to meet the needs of the citizens of the State of Oklahoma;
2. Stimulate new voluntary emergency management initiatives and partnerships; and
3. Serve as a resource and advocate within the State of Oklahoma for volunteer agencies, volunteers and programs which utilize volunteers to support emergency response and disaster recovery operations.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 340, § 2. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 8002 of Title 74 by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 20, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2013, c. 227, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.28. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management – Volunteer programs.

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, in cooperation with governmental entities, individual volunteers and volunteer organizations throughout the State of Oklahoma, shall:
1. Assist all state agencies in the development of emergency management volunteer programs;
2. Operate as a statewide information center for volunteer programs and needed services that could be delivered by volunteer programs;
3. Provide or aid in the provision of technical assistance and training for directors and coordinators of volunteers, for staff, and for individual volunteers for state, local or private entities;
4. Assess and recognize the needs of communities throughout the State of Oklahoma and assist volunteer programs to meet emergency preparedness and disaster recovery programs;
5. Promote and coordinate efforts to expand and improve the statewide voluntary network;
6. Develop, implement and maintain a volunteer clearinghouse to disseminate information to support emergency management volunteer programs and to broaden voluntary involvement throughout the State of Oklahoma;
7. Promote communication and collaboration between public and private volunteer programs in the State of Oklahoma and between the public and private sector's initiatives in meeting emergency human needs;
8. Establish methods for supporting and promoting private sector leadership and responsibility for meeting emergency public needs;
9. Cooperate with federal, state, and local volunteer groups in collecting information on federal, state and private resources which may encourage and improve emergency management volunteer projects within the State of Oklahoma;
10. Develop a program to inform the public of the opportunities to volunteer and of the services emergency management volunteers provide within the State of Oklahoma; and
11. Cooperate with federal, state and local governments and voluntary groups in developing a plan and operational procedures for the receiving and disbursement of donated goods during times of disaster or emergency.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 340, § 3. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 8003 of Title 74 by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 22, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2013, c. 227, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.32. Funds, grants, and services from federal government - Receipt and expenditure.

The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management may receive and expend funds, grants, and services from the United States Government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source for reasonable purposes necessary to carry out a coordinated plan of voluntary action throughout the State of Oklahoma. The monies remitted to the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management pursuant to this section shall be credited to a separate account in the Revolving Fund for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 340, § 6. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 7, eff. July 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 8006 of Title 74 by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 23, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.33. Power to make contracts and agreements.

The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management may make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the provisions of the Oklahoma Volunteerism Act.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 340, § 7. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 8, eff. July 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 8007 of Title 74 by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 24, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.34. Rules.

The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of the provisions of the Oklahoma Volunteerism Act in accordance with Article 1 of the Administrative Procedures Act, Sections 250.3 through 308.2 and Article II, Sections 309 through 323 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 340, § 8. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 9, eff. July 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 8008 of Title 74 by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 25, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-683.36. Definitions – Training and certification program – Access to area affected by emergency or disaster.

A. As defined in this section:
1. "Broadcaster" means a radio broadcasting station or television broadcasting station primarily engaged in, and deriving income from, the business of facilitating speech via over-the-air communications, both as to pure speech and commercial speech; and
2. "First informer broadcaster" means a person who has been certified as a first informer broadcaster pursuant to subsection C of this section.
B. Broadcasters in this state may, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and a statewide organization that represents radio and television broadcasters, develop comprehensive, coordinated plans for preparing for and responding appropriately to an emergency or disaster.
C. A statewide organization that represents radio and television broadcasters may establish a program for training and certifying broadcast engineers and technical personnel as first informer broadcasters. The program established pursuant to this subsection shall:
1. Be consistent with federal law and guidelines;
2. Provide training and education concerning restoring, repairing and resupplying any facilities and equipment of a broadcaster in an area affected by an emergency or disaster; and
3. Provide training and education concerning the personal safety of a first informer broadcaster in an area affected by an emergency or disaster.
D. To the extent practicable and consistent with not endangering public safety or inhibiting recovery efforts, state and local governmental agencies shall allow a first informer broadcaster access to an area affected by an emergency or disaster for the purpose of restoring, repairing, or resupplying any facility or equipment critical to the ability of a broadcaster to acquire, produce, and transmit essential emergency or disaster-related public information programming, including, without limitation, repairing and maintaining transmitters and generators, and transporting fuel for generators.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 129, § 2, emerg. eff. April 22, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-684.2. Purpose and authorities.

ARTICLE I
Purpose and Authorities
This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member states, hereinafter called party states, which enact this compact. For the purposes of this compact, the term "states" is taken to mean the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions.
The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the affected state, whether arising from natural or man-made disasters or emergencies.
This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in emergency-related exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party states or subdivisions of party states during emergencies, such actions occurring outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may include the use of the states' National Guard forces, either in accordance with the National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact or by mutual agreement between states.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 325, § 2, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 26, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.