Title 63, Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Poison Control Act". B. As used in the Oklahoma Poison Control Act: 1. "Center" means the Oklahoma Poison Control Center; and 2. "Director" means the dean of the College of Pharmacy at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Cente…

There is hereby created the Oklahoma Poison Control Center within the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy. The purpose of the center is to implement a statewide emergency poison and drug information program designed and structured to deliver reliable…

The Director may: 1. Employ any and all coordination measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Poison Control Act; 2. Engage in any educational program or effort if, in the judgment of the Director, such activity would effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma P…

The program of the center shall be structured and designed, to the extent resources permit, to meet the criteria for certification as a regional poison control center by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Added by Laws 1994, c. 364, § 4, emerg. eff. June 10, 1994…

funds. The Commission may administer oaths at any hearing or investigation conducted pursuant to this act, and may receive federal grant or contract funds by complying with the requirements therefor. Laws 1980, c. 297, § 13, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.

The Oklahoma Health Planning Commission shall prepare and distribute an annual report to the Oklahoma Legislature, to any health systems agency as established by federal law, and to any other person who requests the report, which shall include the status of each review currently …

As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 1. "Ambulatory surgical center" means: a. an establishment with an organized medical staff of physicians, with permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing surgical…

No person or governmental unit acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall establish, conduct or maintain an ambulatory surgical center in this state without a license under this act issued by the Commissioner. Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 2, eme…

A. Application for a license shall be made to the Commissioner upon forms provided by the Commissioner and shall contain such information as the Commissioner may require. The Commissioner shall require affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards, rule…

A. Upon receipt of an application for a license, the Commissioner shall issue a license if the applicant and ambulatory surgical center facilities meet the requirements established under this act. A license, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon rec…

A. The Commissioner, after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the applicant or licensee, may deny, suspend or revoke a license in any case in which the Commissioner finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the requirements of this act. B. Notice shall b…

The State Board of Health shall adopt such reasonable rules, regulations and standards as are necessary to insure that the quality of medical care in ambulatory surgical centers is the same as that required in hospitals licensed in the State of Oklahoma. Added by Laws 1976, c. 29…

The Commissioner shall make, or cause to be made, such inspections and investigations as he deems necessary. Added by Laws 1976, c. 293, § 7, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.

surgical center. A consultant pharmacist shall be required to visit an ambulatory surgical center no more than one time per month. Added by Laws 2011, c. 88, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 2011.

A. Any person operating, conducting, managing or establishing an ambulatory surgical center without a license required by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. Each day of continuing violation shall constitute a separate o…

No entity, governmental, public or private, providing individual or group health insurance or reimbursing for health care shall discriminate in its payment or reimbursement procedures against ambulatory surgical centers. Provided, however, that this section shall not require the …

An ambulatory surgical center shall have a formal transfer agreement with a general hospital, as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, located not more than a twenty- minute travel distance from the center, or all physicians performing surgery in the ambu…

It is declared to be the public policy of this state, in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, to encourage certain knowledgeable persons to make written report to the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the State Department of Rehabili…

Any licensed surgeon, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, optometrist, dentist, intern or registered nurse who, from attending or examining an individual, concludes that such individual is blind or visually impaired to a material and uncorrected extent, and in good faith parti…

This act shall be known as the Oklahoma Emergency Telephone Act. Laws 1979, c. 176, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1979.

As used in this act: 1. "Authority" means the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority; 2. "Basic system" means a telephone service which automatically connects a person dialing the primary emergency telephone number to an established public safety answering point through normal telep…

Every public agency or public safety agency within its respective jurisdiction may establish a basic or sophisticated system. The establishment of such systems shall be centralized where feasible. Any system established pursuant to the Oklahoma Emergency Telephone Act may include…

Every system may include police, fire fighting and emergency medical and ambulance services, and may include other emergency services, in the discretion of the affected public agency, such as poison control services, suicide prevention services and emergency management services. …

In order to insure that proper preparation and implementation of such systems can be accomplished as provided in Section 2803 of this title, the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority may develop an overall plan prior to development of any system and shall coordinate the implementat…

sophisticated system. The Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority may establish technical and operational standards for the development of basic and sophisticated systems. Such standards shall be forwarded to the Corporation Commission for consideration of any tariff limitations and …

Alternative reports. A. All public agencies shall submit final plans for the establishment of any system to the public telephone utilities and may make arrangement with such utilities for the implementation of the planned emergency telephone system. A copy of the plan required by…

implementation of plan - Powers of public safety agency employees - Immunity. In implementing systems pursuant to this act, all public agencies in a single system may annually enter into a joint powers agreement or any other form of written cooperative agreement which is applicab…

affected. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to establish or impose upon any public telephone utility providing services needed to implement the provisions hereof any duties or liabilities beyond those specified in applicable tariffs filed with the Oklahoma Corporation…

Confidentiality - Liability. A. All local exchange companies, and wireless and other telephone service companies providing service to users in an area in which 9-1-1 emergency telephone service is currently operating shall also provide emergency telephone service to all subscribi…

DIRECT ACCESS TO 9-1-1 SERVICE REQUIRED A. A business owner or operator that owns or controls a telephone system or equivalent system which utilizes Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) enabled service and provides outbound dialing capacity or access shall be required to configure…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority Act". Added by Laws 2016, c. 324, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

As used in the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority Act: 1. “Area served” means the geographic area which shall be served by the 9-1-1 emergency telephone service provided by the governing body of a county, municipality, part of a county or combination of such governing bodies; 2.…

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority which shall be the governing board overseeing the development and regulation of 9-1-1 emergency systems in this state and managing the distribution of all 9-1-1 telephone fees collected pursuant to the provisions …

The powers and duties of the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority created in Section 2863 of this title shall be to: 1. Approve or disapprove the selection of the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Coordinator by majority vote of the members. The Authority shall direct the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Coordinator …

A. There shall be imposed a 9-1-1 telephone fee as follows: 1. One Dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) monthly on each wireless telephone connection and other wireless communication device or service connection with the ability to dial 9-1-1 for emergency calls; 2. One Dollar an…

providers. A. 9-1-1 telephone fees authorized and collected by providers, pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of Section 2865 of this title, from each of their end users residing in this state shall be paid to the Oklahoma Tax Commission no later than the twentieth day…

fees. A. Prepaid 9-1-1 wireless transaction fees authorized and collected pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 2865 of this title from retailers shall be paid to the Oklahoma Tax Commission under procedures established by the Tax Commission that substantially coinci…

OS 63-2868v1 (HB 1897, Laws 2023, c. 49, § 4). OS 63-2868v2 (HB 1590, Laws 2023, c. 258, § 11).

A. Public agencies recognized by the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority and authorized to receive funds collected pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority Act shall use the funds only for services, equipment and operations related to 9- 1-1 emergency…

A. Public agencies recognized by the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority and authorized to receive funds collected pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority Act shall use the funds only for services, equipment and operations related to 9- 1-1 emergency…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to be designated the "Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall con…

A. Nine-one-one emergency telephone service information may be used by a public law enforcement or public health agency for the purpose of placing outgoing emergency calls that notify the public of an emergency or provide to the public information relative to an emergency. B. Nin…

The governing body may issue and sell bonds to finance: 1. The acquisition by any method of facilities, equipment or supplies necessary to begin providing nine-one-one emergency telephone service or nine-one-one wireless emergency telephone service or any component or system asso…

A. No public agency or employee of a public agency shall be liable for the method of providing or failure to provide nine-one- one emergency telephone or communication service or nine-one-one wireless emergency telephone service or for the method of providing or failure to provid…

service. For the administration of nine-one-one emergency telephone service or nine-one-one wireless emergency telephone service, any governing body may contract directly with the provider of the nine- one-one emergency telephone service or nine-one-one wireless emergency telepho…

Any person who owns a telephone or who is charged line or rent charges from the telephone utility, who uses the nine-one-one number for nonemergency calls or who allows minor children to use the nine- one-one number for nonemergency purposes shall be notified by certified mail, r…

No person shall call the number 9-1-1 for the purpose of making a knowingly false alarm or complaint or reporting knowingly false information which could result in the dispatch of emergency services from any public agency as defined in Section 2 of this act. Nor shall any person …

Purpose — Regional emergency communication districts. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Regional Emergency 9-1-1 Services Act”. B. It is the purpose of the Regional Emergency 9-1-1 Services Act to encourage formation of emergency communication districts in order…

A. The Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority shall maintain an online training platform for 9-1-1 emergency telecommunicators in this state. B. The Oklahoma 9-1-1 Management Authority shall create, maintain, and certify a list of qualified online and in-person training programs tha…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund, which shall be designated the "Energy Conservation Assistance Fund". Said fund shall, on and after July 1, 1982, consist of funds contributed to it. B. The purpose of said fund shall be to provide energy conservatio…