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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1082. Other state and local aid.

In addition to other aids provided herein, the state or any state or local public body is authorized to make contributions in the form of donation of land, buildings or personal property for or in aid of the charitable purpose of housing persons or families of low income in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings.
Laws 1965, c. 251, § 32, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1083. Rural electric cooperative housing authority.

There is hereby created, with respect to each rural electric cooperative in the state, a public body corporate and politic, to function in the operating area of such rural electric cooperative to be known as the "housing authority" of said cooperative which shall be an agency of the State of Oklahoma possessing all powers, rights and functions provided by law for city and county housing authorities. No rural electric cooperative housing authority shall transact any business or exercise any powers unless the governing board of said cooperative, by proper resolution, declares that there is a need for an authority to function for said cooperative.
Except as otherwise provided in this act, all the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities and counties and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to rural electric cooperative housing authorities and the commissioners thereof unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context. The chief executive officer of each rural electric cooperative is authorized to exercise all appointing and other powers with respect to a rural electric cooperative housing authority that are vested by law in the mayor of a city relating to a city housing authority.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 218, § 2, emerg. eff. June 11, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1083.1. Rural electric cooperative housing authorities - Exemption from publication of notice, petition and election procedure.

There is hereby created, with respect to each rural electric cooperative in the state, a public body corporate and politic, to function in the operating area of such rural electric cooperative to be known as the "housing authority" of said cooperative which shall be an agency of the State of Oklahoma possessing all powers, rights and functions provided by law for city and county housing authorities. No rural electric cooperative housing authority shall transact any business or exercise any powers unless the governing board of said cooperative, by proper resolution, declares that there is a need for an authority to function for said cooperative.
Except as otherwise provided in this act, all the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities and counties and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to rural electric cooperative housing authorities and the commissioners thereof unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context. The chief executive officer of each rural electric cooperative is authorized to exercise all appointing and other powers with respect to a rural electric cooperative housing authority that are vested by law in the mayor of a city relating to a city housing authority. The requirements of Section 1055 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes as to publication of notice, petition and election and the provisions of Section 1056 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not apply to rural electric cooperative housing authorities.
Added by Laws 1973, c. 274, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1084. Industrial housing - Adoption of Federal standards.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, or of any municipal or county ordinance or local building code, the standards for factory-built housing, housing prototypes, subsystems, materials and components certified as acceptable by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development are hereby deemed acceptable and approved for use in housing construction in this state. A certificate from the State Director of the Federal Housing Administration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall constitute prima facie evidence that the products or materials listed therein are acceptable and such certificates shall be furnished by the building contractor to any local building inspector or other local housing authority upon request. The provisions of this act will not preclude on-site inspections by cities and towns of the service connections for electrical and sanitary facilities.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 254, § 1, emerg. eff. June 16, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1092.1. Short title.

Sections 3 and 4 of this act and Sections 1093, 1094, 1095, 1097, 1098 and 1099 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Relocation Assistance Act".
Added by Laws 1988, c. 315, § 3, emerg. eff. July 6, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1092.2. Compliance with Federal Uniform Relocation Act - Compensation and reimbursement payments.

A. When any department, agency or instrumentality of the state, or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, or any other public or private entity subject to the provisions of the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, Public Laws 91-646, and 100-17, Title IV, hereinafter referred to as the Federal Uniform Relocation Act, undertakes any project which results in the acquisition of real property or in any person being displaced from the home, business, or farm of such person, such department, agency or instrumentality of the state, county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state, or other public or private entity may provide relocation assistance, and make relocation payments to such displaced person and do such other acts and follow such procedures and practices as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Federal Uniform Relocation Act.
B. Any payment made or to be made pursuant to the authority granted in this section shall be for compensating or reimbursing the displaced person or owner of real property in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Uniform Relocation Act and such payment shall not for any purpose be deemed or considered compensation for real property acquired or compensation for damages to remaining property.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 315, § 4, emerg. eff. July 6, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1093. Responsibility for conduct of assistance programs.

Except as provided in this section, the responsibility for the conduct of the relocation assistance programs shall be with the entity authorizing or requiring the relocation. An entity authorizing or requiring relocation may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association or corporation for services in connection with such programs, or may carry out its functions pursuant to Section 4 of this act through any federal or state agency or instrumentality having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 315, § 5, emerg. eff. July 6, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1094. Availability of funds.

Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this act as applied to that program or project.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 342, § 10, operative July 1, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1095. Costs to units of local government.

If a unit of local government acquires real property, and federal-state financial assistance is available to pay the cost, in whole or in part, of the acquisition of such real property, or of the improvement for which such property is acquired, the cost to the unit of local government of providing the payments and services prescribed by this act shall be included as part of the costs of the project for which state financial assistance is available to such unit of local government, and shall be eligible for state financial assistance in the same manner and to the same extent as other project costs.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 342, § 11, operative July 1, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1097. Payments not considered as income or resources.

No payment received by a displaced person under this act shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of the state's personal income tax law, corporation tax law or other tax laws. Such payments shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and such payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 342, § 13, operative July 1, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1098. Act not to create new elements of value or damage.

Nothing in this act shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain any element of value or of damage not in existence immediately prior to the date of enactment of this act.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 342, § 14, operative July 1, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1099. Appeals.

Any person or business concern aggrieved by final administrative determination, as provided by the Administrative Procedures Act, concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this act may appeal such determination to the district court of the district in which the land taken for public use is located or in which the project is conducted.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 342, § 15, operative July 1, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2052. Purpose.

It is the purpose of this act to provide and aid in providing in Oklahoma communities suitable and adequate space for housing state departments and other governmental and nongovernmental entities which provide social and/or health services for individuals or groups.
Laws 1967, c. 211, § 2, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2053. Community defined.

For purposes of this act, community shall be defined as follows:
community shall be an area comprised of all or parts of one or more counties or a delineated area within one or more municipalities or counties as determined by the State Board of Health.
Laws 1967, c. 211, § 3; Laws 1971, c. 104, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2054. Community Social Service Center Authority - Powers, rights and privileges.

The State Health Department is hereby designated as the Oklahoma Community Social Service Center authority and is authorized to exercise the following powers, rights, and privileges in carrying out the purposes of this act:
(a) To prepare and publish guidelines, procedures, priorities, and regulations following consultation with other state departments and approval by the State Board of Health.
(b) To acquire by purchase, lease, sublease, or gift, any and all property, real, personal, or mixed, necessary to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred upon it by this act.
(c) To acquire, build, extend, and improve any and all facilities which, in the judgment of the Authority, will benefit the people of the state, or which are necessary to the accomplishment of the purpose of this act.
(d) To maintain and operate or enter into contracts with official or nonprofit public bodies to maintain and operate facilities acquired under the provisions of this act.
(e) To fix and contract concerning annual charges to tenants occupying space in facilities acquired under the provisions of this act.
(f) To enter into agreements with any person or entity for the acquisition of property to accomplish the purposes of this act.
(g) To receive, allocate, or otherwise expend appropriations made by the Government of the State of Oklahoma to accomplish the purposes of this act.
(h) To apply for and receive directly, or through public bodies in which the state has taken a beneficial interest, grants or allocations from instrumentalities of the Government of the United States which will assist in accomplishing the purposes of this act.
(i) To deposit all funds received by it from Community Social Service Centers properties in a special account in the Office of the State Treasurer, which said account in the Office of the State Treasurer, which said account hereby is authorized and designated the County Social Service Centers Account. Any funds in said account shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer at the direction of the authority for expenditures relative to the establishment, improvement, maintenance and operation of County Social Service Centers.
Laws 1967, c. 211, § 4, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2056. Building of centers on leased land.

Any community social service center may be built on leased land owned by any other governmental agency subject to the approval of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 104, § 2, emerg. eff. April 27, 1971. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 63, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 509.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2057. East Central Oklahoma Health and Social Service Center at Ada - Transfer of management and operation.

The management and operation of the property used by the East Central Oklahoma Health and Social Service Center at Ada, Oklahoma, under the Oklahoma Community Social Service Centers Act, Section 2051 et seq. of this title, shall be transferred from the State Department of Health and shall be vested in the Office of Public Affairs, on April 7, 1972, which shall have sole authority to rent space in all buildings of the facility and to operate and maintain such buildings. All income derived from the operations of the property shall be deposited in the Building and Facility Revolving Fund.
Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 64, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 279, § 12, operative July 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2058. Transfer of property, records, funds, etc. - Assumption of obligations.

All property, records, equipment, supplies, funds, including trust funds and revolving funds, and other assets, owned or possessed by the State Department of Health for the East Central Oklahoma Health and Social Service Center at Ada, Oklahoma, are hereby transferred on April 7, 1972, to the Office of Public Affairs. All contracts, leases, agreements, and obligations to which the State Department of Health is a party for or on behalf of said Health Center shall be assumed by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the benefit of the East Central Oklahoma Health and Social Service Center at Ada, Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1972, c. 134, § 8, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 65, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 510.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2059. National Guard Advocacy Program.

A. The State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma Military Department, and schools of social work in this state shall develop a Guard Advocacy Program (GAP) for Oklahoma National Guard soldiers and airmen. The Program shall include curricula designed to:
1. Facilitate and improve access to community resources that improve health;
2. Increase social support;
3. Increase productivity; and
4. Prevent life-skills and life-crisis issues from developing into behavioral health emergencies.
B. The information, records, materials and reports related to the provision of services authorized under subsection A of this section shall remain confidential and contain privileged information. Such records, materials and reports shall not be open to public inspection nor their contents disclosed.
C. The State Regents for Higher Education, the Adjutant General and the State Board of Licensed Social Workers shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 2017, c. 163, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2060. Short title – Oklahoma Certified Healthy Communities Act.

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Certified Healthy Communities Act".
B. The State Department of Health shall establish and maintain a program for the voluntary certification of communities that promote wellness, encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors, and establish safe and supportive environments.
C. The Department shall develop criteria for certification. The criteria may include, but shall not be limited to:
1. The development and publication of educational materials that promote health;
2. The development, implementation, and enforcement of local social host policies;
3. The implementation of local ordinances that promote the establishment of sidewalks, walking trails, and bicycle lanes;
4. The development of parks and recreation areas;
5. The establishment of community gardens;
6. Incentives and support for farmers' markets;
7. Incentives and support for community health services, such as free clinics;
8. Incentives and support for community mental health services; and
9. Incentives and support for improved housing, including energy efficiency.
D. The Department shall develop an online scoring system based on the criteria developed pursuant to subsection C of this section. The program shall recognize three levels of certification based on the online scoring system as follows:
1. Basic certification;
2. Merit certification; and
3. Excellence certification.
E. The State Board of Health, giving consideration to the recommendations of the Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 217, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 73, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2061. Short title – Oklahoma Certified Healthy Schools Act.

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Certified Healthy Schools Act".
B. The State Department of Health shall establish and maintain a program for the voluntary certification of schools that promotes wellness, encourages the adoption of healthy behaviors, and establishes safe and supportive environments.
C. The program shall recognize three levels of certification as follows:
1. Basic certification;
2. Merit certification; and
3. Excellence certification.
D. The Department shall develop criteria for certification, which, at a minimum, may include the following for each level of certification:
1. Basic certification: The school shall meet at least two criteria in each of the components of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Coordinated School Health Program model;
2. Merit certification: The school shall meet at least three criteria in each of the components of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Coordinated School Health Program model; and
3. Excellence certification: The school shall meet at least four criteria in each of the components of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Coordinated School Health Program model.
E. Subject to available funding specifically appropriated for this purpose, the Department may provide a monetary reward to schools that earn certification as follows:
1. Basic certification: Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00);
2. Merit certification: Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00); and
3. Excellence certification: Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
F. Schools that obtain a reward pursuant to subsection E of this section shall use the funds for the enhancement of wellness activities and the promotion of healthy environments. Such activities may include, but are not limited to:
1. Improving playgrounds;
2. Purchasing sports equipment; and
3. Equipping school kitchens for healthy cooking.
G. The Department shall develop an online application form for schools seeking to become an Oklahoma Certified Healthy School.
H. The State Board of Health, giving consideration to the recommendations of the Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 217, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2010. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 74, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2065. School Nurse Pilot Program Revolving Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Health to be designated the "School Nurse Pilot Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated for and eligible for deposit under law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Department of Health to facilitate the implementation of a pilot program as described in subsection B of this section including but not limited to the distribution of such funds through grants administered by the Department or in coordination with the Department. 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.
B. The State Department of Health shall utilize funds deposited to the School Nurse Pilot Program Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing a pilot program to deliver school nurse services that address health, mental health, and social services needs of students and families to promote the ability for students to have the best opportunity to learn and be successful in their public school district. Such pilot program shall include the following criteria and limitations:
1. Encompass a contiguous three-county area with no more than twenty percent (20%) of the area's school districts having enrollments greater than three thousand (3,000) weighted average daily membership as calculated by the State Department of Education the year of the pilot program's inception; and
2. Have consolidated implementation coordinated by a single nonprofit provider.
C. The State Department of Health may promulgate rules and adopt policies and procedures as required to administer the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 328, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2071. Declaration - definition.

Family planning services are declared to be essential to the health and welfare of the citizens of Oklahoma. The term "family planning" as used herein shall encompass the spacing of children and infertility or sterility in husbands and/or wives.
Laws 1967, c. 342, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2072. Establishment and operation of centers.

The State Department of Health is authorized to establish family planning Centers. These centers may be operated as a part of the services of a county, district, cooperative or city-county department of health, or may be operated directly by the State Department of Health, or by the State Department of Health in cooperation with nongovernmental agencies or organizations.
Laws 1967, c. 342, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2073. Educational materials and information - Physician to direct.

The family planning centers shall furnish educational materials and information with respect to achieving a planned parenthood, including advice as to contraceptive practices, medical surgery devices and pharmaceuticals. These centers are authorized to carry out clinical activities incident to child spacing, including medical examinations, insertion of contraceptive devices, prescription of pharmaceuticals, and may furnish drugs and devices to eligible persons. The family planning centers shall be under the direction of a physician, licensed by the State of Oklahoma to practice medicine.
Laws 1967, c. 342, § 3, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2074. Rules, regulations and standards.

The State Board of Health is authorized to promulgate rules, regulations and standards for the operation of family planning centers as follows:
a. Eligibility of persons for service.
b. Approval of contraceptives, practices, devices and pharmaceuticals, and the methods of their utilization.
c. Clinical procedures.
d. Medical services to applicants.
e. Establish a fee schedule to be charged applicants who are financially able to pay for services and devices, pharmaceuticals or other equipment and supplies furnished.
f. Records to be maintained.
g. Any other rules, regulations or standards required to carry out the legislative intent expressed in this act.
Laws 1967, c. 342, § 4, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2075. Fees.

Fees collected in family planning centers shall be forwarded to the State Department of Health, and shall be deposited in the Public Health Special Fund, and expended as is now provided by statute, or as may be provided in the future. Provided, however, that where family planning centers are a part of the services of a county, district, cooperative or city-county department of health the State Commissioner of Health may direct that such fees be deposited with the county treasurer of the county where the center is located, and the Commissioner may direct that such fees be added to a specified item or items of appropriations for the county, district, cooperative or city-county health department, and no further action or appropriation by the county excise board shall be required to make such funds available for expenditure.
Laws 1967, c. 342, § 5, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2151. Blood products or tissues - Addition to human body - Warranty.

The procurement, processing, distribution or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives and other human tissues such as corneas, bones or organs for the purpose of injecting, transfusing or transplanting any of them into the human body, for compensation or otherwise, shall be deemed a transaction for the purposes of this act. No such transaction shall give rise to any implied warranty of the fitness, quality, suitability of purpose, safety, acceptability to the body of the patient or of any other characteristic or circumstance incident to the transaction involved bearing upon the propriety of the transaction, as applied to the recipient, on the part of the person or persons rendering such service, in the absence of negligence. Provided, that the provisions of this act shall in no way be deemed to affect the operations of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
Laws 1968, c. 209, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2151.1. Organ and tissue donations from HIV positive persons.

No reproductive tissue(s) shall be procured for donation purposes from any person testing positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Organ(s) and tissue(s) may be procured for donation purposes from any person testing positive for HIV infection, provided such procurement and donation are consistent with the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act (P.L. 113-51, 127 Stat. 579 (2013)) and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the United States Food and Drug Administration.
1. Every donor, donor candidate or tissue(s) or organ(s) to be donated shall be tested for the virus infection immediately prior to the donation of reproductive tissue(s) or tissue(s) or organ(s) for transplant. If such test has not been conducted immediately prior to the donation, then the test shall be conducted immediately prior to the implantation of the donor organ(s) or tissue(s).
2. If the donor is living, the donor shall be notified of the test results. Notification shall be consistent with donor confidentiality and with the requirements of state and federal law. The hospital or other facility responsible for the reproductive tissue, tissue or organ donation shall provide directly or otherwise make available appropriate information and counseling services to reproductive tissue donors and to living tissue or organ donors.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 153, § 5, eff. July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 198, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2152. Donation of blood.

Any person sixteen (16) years of age with parental permission or authorization, or seventeen (17) years of age or older without parental permission or authorization shall be eligible to donate blood voluntarily; provided that only persons eighteen (18) years of age or older may receive compensation for blood so donated.
Added by Laws 1969, c. 196, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 15, § 1; Laws 1984, c. 124, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2010, c. 197, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2153. Preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of treatment.

No hospital or blood donor organization shall require either preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of treatment. Every statement of policy to or request of a patient or his next of kin by a physician or the personnel of a hospital or a blood donor organization regarding preplacement or replacement of blood through voluntary donations on behalf of the patient pursuant to any scheduled transfusion of whole blood or one or more of the component parts of whole blood, shall be made in a manner not calculated or likely to result in a marked increase in anxiety or emotional disturbance on the part of the patient or his next of kin. Every blood donor organization shall adopt policies and procedures for directed blood donations. Such designated donations must be medically suitable of purpose, safety, and acceptability to the body of the recipient.
Any hospital or blood donor organization that violates the provisions of this section may be denied all benefits and privileges granted by state law to such institutions.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 146, § 1, operative June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2154. Statement of benefits from donation of blood.

Every hospital or blood donor organization shall furnish the donor, preceding or at the time of a blood donation, a concise, complete, written statement as to any benefits which may arise from his donation of blood.
This statement shall include, at least, the agency policy regarding blood replacement, financial benefit, if any, for blood program participation and designation of who shall be the recipient of any such financial benefit.
Laws 1978, c. 174, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2162. Purpose of act.

The purpose of the Oklahoma Blood Exchange Act is to insure cooperation among and between the regional blood service and distribution systems operating within the state and to provide whole blood, blood components and blood derivatives at the lowest possible cost to all persons in the state.
Laws 1980, c. 281, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2163. Definitions.

As used in this act:
"Blood service systems" means regional providers of whole blood, blood components or blood derivatives; provided, for purposes of this act, all regional providers operating with the same establishment license number of the United States Department of Health and Human Services will be considered one blood service system. For purposes of this act, blood service systems shall not include individual hospital blood banks.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 14, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2166. Contracts for blood and blood products.

Regional blood service systems operating within the state shall establish plans and procedures for the exchange of blood and blood products on a basis of regularly scheduled shipments based upon past use and anticipated needs. Prior to contracting with out-of-state blood suppliers for blood products, blood service systems operating within the state shall first seek to contract with other systems operating within the state and shall not enter into contracts for shipments of blood and blood products from service systems not operating within the state until after exhausting efforts to establish a contractual agreement for shipments from blood service systems operating within the state.
Laws 1980, c. 281, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2167. Blood solicitation and donation.

A. It shall be the intent of the Legislature that each blood service system operating in this state use only blood and blood products obtained from volunteer donors, except in an emergency calling for a rare blood type that is not available from a nonpaid donor or in an unusual disaster situation when normal supply is interrupted or depleted. Blood collected from inmates in correctional facilities shall not be used to transfuse patients in this state.
B. Blood solicitation or donation as a prerequisite for surgical or medical reasons is hereby prohibited.
C. Every blood donor organization shall adopt policies and procedures for directed blood donations. Such designated donations must be medically suitable of purpose, safety, and acceptability to the body of the recipient.
D. Appeals for blood donations should be directed at the community at large, including organized groups within the community. While appeals to the family and friends of the hospitalized patients are an acceptable part of total donor recruitment program, blood service establishments should exercise discretion in such appeals and should carefully avoid the use of any undue pressure or coercion.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 146, § 2, operative June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2167.1. Test for detection of antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus type III - Notification of donors.

Each blood service system shall have a test to detect the presence of antibodies to the human T-lymphotropic virus type III. Such test shall be performed on each donation of blood prior to the use, disposal, distribution, or exchange of such blood. If antibodies to the human T-lymphotropic virus type III are found to be present in such blood donation, the blood shall not be used for any blood transfusion. The donor of any blood donation containing antibodies to the human T-lymphotropic virus type III shall be notified of such results upon completion of specific confirmatory testing by the blood service system that took the donation. The notification shall be made in a manner consistent with donor confidentiality.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 146, § 3, operative June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2168. Statement of benefits arising from donation of blood - Donor forms - Unlawful representations.

A. Every blood service system shall furnish a blood donor, preceding or at the time of a blood donation, a concise, complete, written statement as to any benefit which may arise from the donation of blood. This statement shall include, at least, the system policy regarding blood replacement, benefits, if any, for blood program participation and designation of who shall be the recipient of any such benefits.
B. Every blood service system shall provide a form to the donor to be filled in by the donor, preceding or at the time of the blood donation. The form shall provide for the name, address, or location where the donor may be located for notification pursuant to Section 3 of this act.
C. It shall be unlawful for any blood service system, or its agent or employee, to make any representation, oral or written, that a donation of blood will or may result in benefits to the blood donor or his designee, such as the refund of any fees, blood credits, family protection and the like, unless such benefits will, in fact, accrue to the blood donor or his designee.
D. It shall be unlawful for any blood service system, or its agent or employee, to make any representation, oral or written, that blood or blood products are or will be provided free if such blood service system receives any fee or remuneration, whether directly or indirectly, for providing and/or transfusing blood or blood products.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 146, § 4, operative June 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2169. Financial statements and reports.

Each blood service system operating within this state shall publish annually a financial statement which clearly identifies, on an individual system basis, its assets, liabilities, income, expenses and net worth and shall maintain an accounting system which facilitates a determination that its system of charges is reasonably related to the costs for blood, blood components and related services and activities.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2175. Public umbilical cord blood bank – Education program – Donation to bank.

A. Contingent on the provision of appropriated funds designated for the State Department of Health or the donation of private funds to the State Department of Health for such purpose, on or before January 1, 2009, the State Department of Health, in collaboration with a private blood donor or private blood bank organization, shall establish, operate and maintain a public umbilical cord blood bank or cord blood collection operation for the purpose of collecting and storing umbilical cord blood and placental tissue donated by maternity patients at hospitals licensed in this state.
B. On or before January 1, 2009, the State Department of Health, in collaboration with a private blood donor or private blood bank organization shall establish a program to educate maternity patients with respect to the subject of cord blood banking. The program shall provide maternity patients with sufficient information to make an informed decision on whether or not to participate in a private or public umbilical cord blood banking program and shall include, but not be limited to, explanations and information on:
1. The difference between public and private umbilical cord blood banking;
2. The medical process involved in umbilical cord blood banking;
3. The current and potential future medical uses of stored umbilical cord blood;
4. The benefits and risks involved in banking umbilical cord blood; and
5. The availability and cost of storing umbilical cord blood and placental tissue in public and private umbilical cord blood banks.
C. 1. Each physician licensed in this state and each hospital licensed in this state shall inform each pregnant patient under the care of the physician or hospital, not later than thirty (30) days from the commencement of the patient’s third trimester of pregnancy, of the opportunity to donate to the public umbilical cord blood bank, established under subsection A of this section, blood and tissue extracted from the umbilical cord and placenta, following delivery of a newborn child, at no cost to the patient.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
a.
obligate a hospital to collect umbilical cord blood or placental tissue if, in the professional judgment of a physician licensed in this state, the collection would threaten the health of the mother or child,
b.
prohibit a maternity patient from donating or storing blood extracted from the umbilical cord or placenta of the patient’s newborn child to a private umbilical cord blood and placental tissue bank, or
c.
impose a requirement upon attending medical personnel who object to umbilical cord blood or placental tissue donation as being in conflict with their religious tenets and practice.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 151, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2175.1. State Commissioner request for information about public cord blood collection operation.

A. On or before July 1, 2008, the State Commissioner of Health shall request information from one or more umbilical cord blood banks concerning the establishment of a public cord blood collection operation within this state to collect, transport, process and store cord blood units from Oklahoma residents for therapeutic and research purposes. Any such request for information shall contain provisions inquiring about the ability of the umbilical cord blood bank to:
1. Establish and operate one or more collection sites within the state to collect a targeted number of cord blood units;
2. Implement collection procedures designed to collect cord blood units that reflect the state’s racial and ethnic diversity;
3. Set up public cord blood collection operations not later than six (6) months after execution of a contract with the state, provided the umbilical cord blood bank is able to negotiate any necessary contracts related to the collection sites within that time frame;
4. Participate in the National Cord Blood Coordinating Center or similar national cord blood inventory center by listing cord blood units in a manner that assures maximum opportunity for use;
5. Have a program that provides cord blood units for research and agree to provide cord blood units that are unsuitable for therapeutic use to researchers located within the state at no charge; and
6. Maintain national accreditation by an accrediting organization recognized by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.
B. On or before January 1, 2009, the Commissioner of Health shall submit, as and in the manner provided for by law, a summary of the responses to the request for information, along with any recommendations, to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of those committees of the Legislature with legislative responsibility over matters relating to public health.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 151, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2200.4A. Persons authorized to make anatomical gift before donor's death.

Subject to Section 6 of this act, an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in Section 5 of this act by:
1. The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:
a.
emancipated, or
b.
authorized under state law to apply for a driver license because the donor is at least sixteen (16) years of age;
2. An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;
3. A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or
4. The donor’s guardian.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 139, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2200.5A. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.

A. A donor may make an anatomical gift:
1. By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver license or identification card;
2. In a will;
3. During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or
4. As provided in subsection B of this section.
B. A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 4 of this act may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and must:
1. Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
2. State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph 1 of this subsection.
C. Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.
D. An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor’s death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor’s death does not invalidate the gift.
E. The making of an anatomical gift shall not of itself be construed to authorize or direct the denial of health care when the withholding or withdrawal of such health care will result in or hasten death of the donor.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 139, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-2200.6A. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.

A. Subject to Section 8 of this act, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 4 of this act may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:
1. A record signed by:
a.
the donor,
b.
the other person, or
c.
subject to subsection B of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or
2. A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
B. A record signed pursuant to subparagraph c of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section must:
1. Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
2. State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph 1 of this subsection.
C. Subject to Section 8 of this act, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 4 of this act may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.
D. A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.
E. A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection A of this section.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 139, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.