Title 63 — Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

(A) Open air shooting galleries constructed from and after the effective date of this act shall conform to the following standards and specifications: (a) There shall be a backstop not less than seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet high, which shall be constructed of steel of a thickn…

The only type of ammunition which shall be lawful for use in shooting galleries shall be twenty-two (22) caliber shorts. Added by Laws 1955, p. 187, § 2.

No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall operate or be employed at any shooting gallery. Violation of this section shall be cause for revocation of the inspection statement provided for in Section 4 of this act. Laws 1955, p. 187, § 3.

Before any shooting gallery shall begin to operate in any county, city or town of this state, it shall be inspected by the sheriff of said county, or his authorized deputy, for safety, and the owner must have a statement in writing by said sheriff or his authorized deputy that he…

Cities and towns wherein shooting galleries are operated are hereby authorized to levy and collect a license tax upon their operation, which license tax shall not exceed Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per year. Laws 1955, p. 187, § 5.

In cities and towns and in areas outside the corporate limits of a city or town, shooting galleries shall close from 11:59 o'clock p.m. Saturday until 8:00 a.m. Monday, except that cities having a population in excess of fifty thousand (50,000), according to the next preceding Fe…

Any violation of this act is hereby made a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and impris…

exempt. Nothing in this act shall apply to turkey shoots or similar types of public shootings sponsored by civic, fraternal, veterans, or other nonprofit organizations. Laws 1955, p. 188, § 8.

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A. Notwithstanding any municipal ordinance or rule regulating noise to the contrary, a governmental official may not seek a civil or criminal penalty or injunction against a shooting range, or its owner or operators, on the basis of noise emanating from the range, provided the no…

Sections 1 through 7 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Health Information Exchange Act”. Added by Laws 2008, c. 305, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 2008.

A. The Legislature finds that the exchange of health information in Oklahoma has been impeded as a result of: 1. Confusion about the proper application of federal and state privacy and privilege law; and 2. Concern regarding potential liability for violations of such laws. B. The…

As used in the Oklahoma Health Information Exchange Act: 1. “Board” means the State Board of Health; 2. “Health information” means information, regardless of source or form, that: a. includes demographic information collected from an individual, b. relates to the past, present or…

Instructions. A. The State Board of Health shall adopt and distribute a standard authorization form and accompanying instructions for use in obtaining authorization for the exchange of health information. B. The authorization form adopted and distributed by the Board shall comply…

A. A health care entity shall accept the authorization form adopted and distributed by the State Board of Health as a valid authorization for the exchange of health information. B. A health care entity is not required under this act to use the authorization form adopted and distr…

Persons exchanging health information under the authorization form adopted and distributed by the State Board of Health pursuant to Section 4 of this act, when used in accordance with the instructions of the Board, shall be immunized from liability in actions based upon state pri…

privilege protected by law. The exchange of health information under the authorization form adopted and distributed by the State Board of Health shall not be deemed to have violated or waived any privilege protected under the statutory or common law of this state. Added by Laws 2…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Sleep Diagnostic Testing Regulation Act”. Added by Laws 2009, c. 360, § 1.

The Oklahoma Legislature hereby finds that: 1. There is a growing need for sleep diagnostic testing in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders; 2. Sleep diagnostic testing is being performed in Oklahoma; and 3. Oklahoma law does not provide sufficient regulation of sleep d…

As used in the Oklahoma Sleep Diagnostic Testing Regulation Act: 1. “Advanced practice nurse” means a person licensed to practice as an advanced practice nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing pursuant to the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act; 2. “Interpreting physician” means a phys…

Facility standards. A. Sleep diagnostic tests shall be ordered by a physician, physician assistant or advance practice nurse. B. Sleep diagnostic tests shall be furnished: 1. By a sleep diagnostic testing facility; 2. By, or under arrangements made by, a hospital for its patients…

A. It shall be unlawful for any facility or person to perform sleep diagnostic tests without having first complied with this act or as may otherwise be allowed by applicable law. B. The State Department of Health is authorized to enforce the provisions of this act. C. The State B…

WHEREAS, the separation of powers, both between the branches of the Federal government and between Federal and State authority, is essential to the preservation of individual liberty; WHEREAS, the Constitution creates a Federal government of limited and enumerated powers, and res…

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the State Department of Health shall collaborate to identify benchmarks and develop goals to reduce the incidence rates of, improve health care services for, and control complications resulting from diabetes. B. The Authority and the Depa…

requirement. A. As used in this act: 1. "Phototherapy device" means equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation and is used in the diagnosis or treatment of disease or injury; 2. "Tanning device" means equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths in the air be…

Requirements. A. As used in this section: 1. "Clinical practice guidelines" means a systematically developed statement to assist decision-making by healthcare providers and patients about appropriate healthcare or specific clinical circumstances and conditions; 2. "Health insuran…

treat advanced metastatic cancer and associated conditions. For the purpose of prohibiting step therapy requirements for certain prescription drugs to treat advanced metastatic cancer and associated conditions. As used in this section: 1. "Associated conditions" means the symptom…

advanced metastatic cancer and associated conditions without proving step therapy. A. A health benefit plan that provides coverage for advanced metastatic cancer and associated conditions may not require, before the health benefit plan provides coverage of a prescription drug app…

§63-1-101. Short title. This act shall be known as the Oklahoma Public Health Code. Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 1, § 101. §63-1-102. Definitions of terms used in Code. As used in this Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) The term "Board" means the State Board of Health. (…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund to be designated the "Oklahoma Sports Eye Safety Program Revolving Fund" administered by the State Department of Health. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist o…

Organization – Rules - Records of bodies received and distributed - Exemptions. A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2030, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, an oversight board to be known as the State Anatomical Board, to be compose…

custody to Anatomical Board. In the event that the body of any deceased person required to be buried or cremated at public expense shall enter into the custody of a government official, such as a warden, superintendent, administrator or officer of any state, county or municipal o…

attorney or consent of Anatomical Board required. It is unlawful for any person or persons to perform an autopsy on any dead human body mentioned in this article, except at the request of the Chief Medical Examiner or a district attorney of the county where such body is located, …

Compensation - Meetings. The Board of Medicolegal Investigations is hereby re- created. The members of the Board shall be: 1. The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, or a designee; 2. The State Commissioner of Health, or a designee; 3. The Dean of the College of Medici…

The Board is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out effectively the provisions of this act. Such rules and regulations shall be filed with the Secretary of State and shall not be effective until ten (10) days after the date of …

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Oklahoma is hereby established to be operated under the control and supervision of the Board. The Office shall be directed by the Chief Medical Examiner, and the Chief Medical Examiner may employ such other staff members as…

The Board of Medicolegal Investigations shall appoint a Chief Medical Examiner who shall be a physician licensed to practice in Oklahoma and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology or the American Osteopathic Board of Pathology in forensic pathology. The Chief Medical Exam…

The Chief Medical Examiner shall be directly responsible to the Board for the performance of the duties provided for in this act and for the administration of the office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Chief Medical Examiner may, however, delegate specific duties to competent …

The Office of the State Medical Examiner and the Board of Medicolegal Investigations are authorized to relocate the Office of the State Medical Examiner to a location determined by the Board as provided by law. Added by Laws 2010, c. 329, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010. Amended by…

The Board shall provide for a central and eastern office and shall see that there is maintained a laboratory suitably equipped with facilities for performance of the duties imposed by Section 931 et seq. of this title. Added by Laws 1961, p. 605, § 6, eff. Jan. 2, 1962. Amended b…

examiners. The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint medical examiners for the state. Each medical examiner so appointed shall be a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine, shall hold a valid board certification to practice forensic pathology in Oklahoma, and shall hold office …

A. All human deaths of the types listed herein shall be investigated as provided by law: 1. Violent deaths, whether apparently homicidal, suicidal, or accidental; 2. Deaths under suspicious, unusual or unnatural circumstances; 3. Deaths related to disease which might constitute a…

material. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chief Medical Examiner shall produce records, documents, evidence or other material of any nature only upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. An interested party or litigant in a civil or criminal action may make…

approval to donees - Distribution. A. The Anatomical Board of the State of Oklahoma, or its duly authorized agent, shall take and receive such unclaimed or donated bodies and distribute them on requisition to and among institutions to be used for anatomical purposes as approved b…

of deaths. A. All law enforcement officers and other state and county officials shall cooperate with the Chief Medical Examiner and all other medical examiners in making investigations required pursuant to the provisions of Sections 931 through 954 of this title. The officials an…

No funeral establishment or its employees shall be liable for the action, per se, of removing a body when ordered to do so by any public official having the authority to order such removal. Added by Laws 1999, c. 188, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 1999.

A. Upon receipt of notice of death of any person which under Section 931 et seq. of this title is subject to investigation, a representative death investigator from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall immediately initiate an investigation and shall document in detail, …

Upon completion of an investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the body of the deceased shall be released to the person legally entitled to the custody thereof, or his or her representative, unless: 1. A release is signed by the person legally entitled to the cu…

When attending a patient at time of death, physicians shall take care that the remains of the deceased are left in such a state that will not hinder or unnecessarily complicate the preparation for burial or other disposition, provided that nothing herein shall interfere with or r…