Title 63, Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

Telemedicine Network - Duties. A. 1. With available state or federal funds, the State Department of Health shall be the state entity responsible for telemedicine and development of a statewide Oklahoma telemedicine network. The Department shall also be responsible for the continu…

A. The Oklahoma Center for Telemedicine shall establish and maintain a telehealth website for the State of Oklahoma. A direct link to the telehealth website shall be maintained on the State of Oklahoma government website page. B. The purpose of the telehealth website shall be to …

A. Contingent upon the provision of appropriated funds designated for Telemedicine Services Programs, the State Department of Health is authorized to award one or more competitive grants to public hospitals or health care facilities for programs which deliver medical and other he…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Dental Loan Repayment Act". Added by Laws 2006, c. 237, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.

A. The Legislature recognizes that there is a need to: 1. Upgrade the availability of quality dental care services for the people of Oklahoma; 2. Improve the balance of dental manpower distribution in the state by geographic location; and 3. Increase access to dental care to thos…

of program - Eligibility and obligations of dentists. A. 1. The State Department of Health shall administer the Oklahoma Dental Loan Repayment Program. 2. The Program, depending upon available funding, shall provide educational loan repayment assistance for up to a total of twent…

The amount of the award of educational loan repayment assistance shall be established at the discretion of the Department and based upon a determination of: 1. Actual funds available to the Oklahoma Dental Loan Repayment Program for expenditure; and 2. The existing student loan i…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Health to be designated the "Dental Loan Repayment Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies deposited to…

Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program”. Added by Laws 2010, c. 292, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.

A. 1. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall administer the Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program. 2. For the purposes of this section, "primary care physicians" shall mean physicians practicing in family medicine, geriatrics, general internal medicine, general ped…

The amount of the award of educational loan repayment assistance shall not exceed any maximum or minimum amount as promulgated by rules of the Health Care Workforce Training Commission pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program. The actual amount of the award shall b…

funding. A. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall have the option of utilizing available funding in excess of the amount necessary to fund the Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program described in Section 1-2721 of this title to fund new or expanded primary care resi…

Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Mental Health Loan Repayment Act". Added by Laws 2019, c. 269, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.

Shortage Areas - Requirements. A. 1. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall administer the Oklahoma Mental Health Loan Repayment Program. 2. The Program, depending upon available funding, shall provide educational loan repayment assistance for mental h…

The amount of the award of educational loan repayment assistance shall be established at the discretion of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and based upon a determination of: 1. Actual funds available to the Oklahoma Mental Health Loan Repayment Progra…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to be designated the "Behavioral Health Workforce Development Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall…

disorders - Funding - Contracts. A. Funds shall be used by the State Department of Education for specialized training for direct service providers in the Sooner Start program to acquire skills necessary to treat children with autism spectrum disorders. B. The State Department of …

behavior analysis treatment pilot project. A. Funds shall be used by the University Hospitals Authority for primary care provider evaluation training for providers in the Sooner SUCCESS program to acquire skills necessary to evaluate children with autism spectrum disorders. B. 1.…

intervention for children with autism. The University Hospitals Authority shall establish a program modeled after Early Foundations, an outreach program that provides early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism. The program shall be established in a county se…

This act shall be known as the “Public Health Delivery Act”. Added by Laws 2012, c. 169, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 2012.

As used in the Public Health Delivery Act: 1. “Public health services” means services provided by city- county health departments, county health departments, and the State Department of Health pertaining to chronic disease screening, immunizations, maternal and child health servi…

A. Registered nurses are authorized to use physician-approved protocols to provide public health services when performing duties as an employee or as a contractor, as defined in Section 803 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, on behalf of the city-county health departments, cou…

Nothing in the Public Health Delivery Act shall be construed as changing the requirements of Sections 1-729a, 1-731 or 1-740.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The section is inseverable from Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act. Added by Laws 2012, c. 169, § 4, emerg. eff. May 1…

and Recovery Act of 2014. This act shall be known as the "Oklahoma Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment and Recovery Act of 2014". Added by Laws 2014, c. 233, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.

For the purposes of this act, "hyperbaric oxygen treatment" (HBOT) shall mean treatment with a valid prescription from a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy in either a hyperbaric chamber cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or a device with an appro…

Revolving Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment and Recovery Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limi…

Hyperbaric Medicine - Jurisdiction over treatment and costs. For the purposes of this act, the Oklahoma State University Center for Aerospace and Hyperbaric Medicine (OSUCAHM) shall have full statewide jurisdiction over all medical treatments provided and costs allowed to provide…

for treatment and submission of bills. Any Oklahoma veteran who has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and prescribed hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) by a medical professional authorized under Section 2 of this act may receive HBOT at any facility in the state …

Subject to the availability of funding, participating facilities who provide HBOT to veterans suffering from TBI shall provide treatment at no cost to the veteran and shall submit a bill for any treatment to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The bi…

As used in this act: 1. "Administer" means the direct application of an epinephrine auto-injector to an individual; 2. "Authorized entity" means any entity or organization at or in connection with which allergens capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present, including, but not l…

Providing and administering auto-injectors – Immunity from liability. A. A licensed practitioner may prescribe epinephrine auto- injectors in the name of an authorized entity or an authorized individual for use in accordance with this section, and pharmacists and physicians may d…

As used in this article: 1. "Vital statistics" means records of birth, death, fetal death and data related thereto; 2. "System of vital statistics" means the registration, collection, preservation, amendment and certification of vital statistics records, and activities related th…

The State Board of Health is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article. Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 302.

The State Commissioner of Health shall install, maintain and operate a system of vital statistics throughout this state. Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 303.

(a) The State Commissioner of Health shall: (1) administer and enforce this article and the rules and regulations issued hereunder, and issue instructions for the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics. (2) direct and supervise the statewide system o…

(a) In order to promote and maintain uniformity in the system of vital statistics, the forms of certificates, reports and other returns required by this article, or by regulations adopted hereunder, shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsibl…

A. A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs in this state shall be filed with the Commissioner of Health within seven (7) days after the birth. B. When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or a designated representative shall ob…

deaths. A. The Vital Records Section of the State Department of Health shall obtain and record all social security numbers of the parents for each live birth in this state. The social security numbers are not required to be recorded on the birth certificate of the child. B. The V…

information – Data sharing agreement. The State Commissioner of Health shall authorize the secure electronic transmission of any birth, death, paternity or adoption data and such other documents or information necessary to comply with the Uniform Parentage Act or for the purpose …

be provided to unmarried mother – Availability of forms – Supplementary birth certificate. A. Unless an adoption decree has been presented, and consent to adoption has been given as otherwise provided by law, upon the birth of a child to an unmarried woman, the person required by…

A. Whoever assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall report, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Health within seven (7) days to the Commissioner of Health, the following information: 1. The date and place of finding; 2. Sex, colo…

A. When the birth of a person born in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the State Commissioner of Health. Such certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the Commissioner shall by regu…

(a) When a death occurring in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the State Board of Health. Such certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the Board shall by regulation prescribe, to s…

(a) Any citizen of the United States who has resided in this state for not less than ten (10) years, the last three (3) of which must have been continuous within this state and the last one (1) of which must have been continuous within the county of his application, the birth of …

for a person who died 25 years ago or longer. A. If a death certificate is required to settle a property or financial interest for a person who has allegedly died in this state twenty-five (25) years ago or longer, and the following determinations have been made: 1. The State Dep…

A. The State Commissioner of Health shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this state, when the Commissioner receives the following: 1. An adoption certificate as provided in the Oklahoma Adoption Code, or a certified copy of the decree of adoption togeth…

A. The State Department of Health shall provide for the issuance of an heirloom birth certificate. The Department shall design the form of the heirloom birth certificate with the advice and assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council and may promote and sell copies of the certificate…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Death Certificate Accuracy Act". Added by Laws 2019, c. 305, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.

OS 63-1-317v1 (SB 707, Laws 2024, c. 251, § 1) OS 63-1-317v2 (HB 1688, Laws 2025, c. 58, § 5) OS 63-1-317v3 (HB 2584, Laws 2025, c. 343, § 7)

A. The State Department of Health shall make available to all funeral directors and physicians licensed in this state a system to electronically capture the required information and file the prescribed death certificate with the State Department of Health. Access to the prescribe…