Title 63 — Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

A. 1. Upon completion of an investigation, the medical examiner shall reduce his or her findings to writing upon the form supplied to the medical examiner which shall be promptly sent to the Chief Medical Examiner by mail. 2. If the medical examiner finds that the deceased had il…

A. The next of kin of the deceased may appeal the findings of the medical examiner to the district court of Oklahoma County under a petition for judicial review within two (2) years from the completion of the report. Such appeal shall be made in writing, shall state the nature an…

63 O.S. § 943 Repealed by Laws 2014, c. 293, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 2014

of samples. A. When necessary in connection with an investigation to determine the cause and/or manner of death and when the public interest requires it, the Chief Medical Examiner, his or her designee or a district attorney shall require and authorize an autopsy to be conducted.…

63 O.S. § 944.1 Repealed by Laws 2014, c. 293, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 2014

NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 944.1 to avoid a duplication in numbering. NOTE: Section, derived from Laws 1985, c. 245, § 3, mandating sharing of costs of operation by requiring a fee for autopsies performed by State Medical Examiner, declared unconstitutional by State ex r…

deceased. A. If, in the course of an investigation, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner declines to conduct an autopsy under Section 944 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Office shall make a good faith effort to so inform the person legally entitled to the custody of…

A. When properly authorized, an autopsy shall be performed by the Chief Medical Examiner or such person as may be designated by him or her for such purpose. The Chief Medical Examiner or a person designated by him or her may authorize arterial embalming of the body prior to the a…

A. If death occurred under circumstances as enumerated in Section 938 of this title, and if the body has been buried without proper certification of death, it shall be the duty of the investigating official, upon ascertaining such facts, to notify the Chief Medical Examiner and t…

A. The certification of death of any person whose death is investigated under Section 931 et seq. of this title shall be made by the Chief Medical Examiner or his or her designee upon a medical examiner death certificate provided by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. Such d…

screens. A. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) shall store biological specimens in the control of the OCME for the potential purpose of independent analyses in matters of civil law, only upon receipt of a written request for such storage and payment of a storage fee.…

A. The Board of Medicolegal Investigations may establish a fee schedule for forensic services, permits and reports rendered to members of the public and other agencies. 1. No fee schedule may be established or amended by the Board except during a regular legislative session. The …

and Children. A. 1. a. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall keep full and complete records, properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of every person whose death is investigated, the place where the body was found, the date, cause, and manner of death and all other r…

After an unclaimed body has been received by the Anatomical Board’s agent, and has been preserved and stored, the body may be claimed within thirty (30) days after death, by relatives, friends, fraternal or charitable organizations, for burial or cremation, at the expense of the …

63 O.S. § 950 Repealed by Laws 2014, c. 293, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 2014

The Chief Medical Examiner shall maintain a contract transport service authorized to transport bodies of deceased persons of whose death he or she is officially informed to an appropriate place for autopsy or for the performance of scientific tests; provided that, after the autop…

It is specifically provided that no embalmer, funeral director, or employee of a funeral home shall be employed in any capacity with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, nor shall any member of law enforcement including but not limited to peace officers, deputy sheriffs, and…

Any person who willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both …

A. The Board of Medicolegal Investigations is authorized to accept grants, gifts, fees or funds from persons, associations, corporations, or foundations for any purpose authorized by the Board. B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of th…

- Record of bodies received. Any and all schools, colleges, and persons who may be designated by the Anatomical Board shall be, and are, authorized to dissect, operate upon, examine and experiment upon bodies distributed to them by the Board's agent and no others. The schools, co…

After the institutions within the State of Oklahoma to whom the bodies have been distributed have completed the scientific study of the bodies, the remains thereof shall in every case be returned to the Anatomical Board for final disposition by cremation. Bodies sent to other sta…

No county, municipality, officer, agent or servant thereof, shall incur any expense by reason of the delivery or distribution of any such body. All expenses for the storage, distribution or any other related services involved in the use of the bodies shall be borne by those insti…

63 O.S. § 98.1 Repealed by Laws 2006, c. 114, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2006

or conductorprohibited. No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee and no person as an agent or employee of any person, firm, corporation or association, shall perform or permit any agent or employee to perform any function or …

buildings within six feet of lines prohibited. No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee, and no person as an agent or employee of any person, firm, corporation or association, shall store, operate, erect, maintain, move or tr…

apparatus. No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee, or as an agent or employee, operate any crane, derrick, power shovel, drilling rig, hoisting equipment, or similar apparatus, any part of which is capable of vertical, late…

Every person, firm, corporation, association, and every agent or employee of any such person, firm, corporation, or association, who violates any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not more th…

For the purpose of this act: (a) "high voltage" shall mean a voltage in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) volts between conductors, or between any single conductor and the ground; (b) "overhead lines or overhead conductors" shall mean all bare or insulated electrical conductors…

When any person, firm or corporation desires to temporarily carry on any function, activity, work or operation in closer proximity to any high-voltage line or conductor than permitted by this act, the person or persons responsible for the work to be done shall promptly notify the…

This act shall not be construed as applying to, nor shall it apply to: (a) construction, reconstruction, operation or maintenance of any high-voltage overhead conductor, supporting structures or appurtenances for the support or operation of high-voltage conductor by person author…

Any person having duties enjoined upon him by the provisions of this act, who shall neglect, refuse or omit to perform the same as hereby required shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) …