Title 63, Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

veterans on death record. The Commissioner of the State Department of Health shall authorize the regular transmission of a list to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs of all registered deaths of residents of this state that have occurred within the state and who are indic…

Section 1-323. Nothing in the Death Certificate Accuracy Act shall be construed to alter the confidentiality of death certificates or the prohibitions on disclosure of their contents provided for in Section 1-323 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 2019, c. 305, §…

A. When the death of an infant occurs in this state and the cause of death is considered undetermined, a medical examiner shall conduct a sudden unexplained infant death investigation (SUIDI) not more than forty-eight (48) hours after the death has occurred. The medical examiner …

A. A death certificate for each death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Department of Health within ten (10) calendar days after such death. B. It shall be the duty of the funeral director to file the death certificate. If the funeral director is not availa…

A. A death certificate for each death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Department of Health, within three (3) days after such death. B. The funeral director shall personally sign the death certificate and shall be responsible for filing the death certifica…

A. A death certificate for each death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Department of Health, within three (3) days after such death. B. The funeral director shall personally sign the death certificate and shall be responsible for filing the death certifica…

A. A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Department of Health, within three (3) days after such delivery. B. The funeral director or person acting as such who first assumes custody of a fetus shall file the fetal d…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “MISSing Angels Act – Christopher and Kendall’s Law”. Added by Laws 2008, c. 187, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.

The Commissioner of Health shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to be offered to the parent or parents of a stillborn child. The medical staff treating the stillbirth shall notify the parent of the ability to request the certificate. The certificate shal…

Reinterment. A. A burial transit permit issued under the laws of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state. B. A disinterment permit shall be required prior to disinterm…

The State Commissioner of Health may extend the periods prescribed in Sections 1-317 and 1-318 for the filing of death certificates, fetal death certificates, and medical certifications of cause of death in cases in which compliance with the applicable prescribed period would res…

A. A certificate or record registered under this article may be amended only in accordance with this article and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commissioner of Health to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records. B. A certificate that is amended under …

To preserve original documents, the State Commissioner of Health is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, or other reproductions of original records and files in his office. Such reproductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original record. Laws 1963, c…

Online public index. A. To protect the integrity of vital statistics records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the vital statistics system, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information …

A. The State Commissioner of Health shall establish a system for receiving notification from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation that a person born in the State of Oklahoma and under eighteen (18) years of age has been reported missing, for identifying the birth certificat…

Unless otherwise provided in this article: (a) The State Commissioner of Health shall, upon request, issue a certified copy of any certificate or record in his custody or of a part thereof. Each copy issued from records marked "delayed," "amended," or "court order" shall be simil…

acts - Penalties. A. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense for any person to commit any of the following specified acts in relation to birth, death or stillbirth certificates issued by this state: 1. Create, issue, present or possess a fictitious birth, death …

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following specified acts in relation to disinterment permits issued by this state: 1. Create, issue, or present a fictitious disinterment permit; 2. Apply for a disinterment permit under false pretenses; 3. Alter informa…

drafts - Enlistees. The State Board of Health shall prescribe the fees to be paid for certified copies of certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made. The collection of such fees may be accomplished by acceptance of cash, money orders, cr…

(a) Every person in charge of an institution as defined in this article shall keep a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person admitted or confined to such institution. The record shall include such information as required by the standard certificate of birth…

Any person having knowledge of the facts may furnish such information as he shall possess regarding any birth, death, or fetal death, upon request of the State Commissioner of Health. Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 327, operative July 1, 1963.

study - Disposal permits. Until a permit for disposal has been issued in accordance with this section, no dead human body whose death occurred within the State of Oklahoma shall be cremated, buried at sea, or made unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means…

Not later than November 1, 2002, the State Department of Health and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall begin discussions regarding the identification, collection and analysis of nonidentifiable aggregate data related to marriage and divorce in this state and shall make…

As used in this article: 1. “Tuberculosis disease” means disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; 2. “Active tuberculosis disease” means a stage of tuberculosis in which compatible pathologic changes are present as demonstrated by clinical, bacteriologic, or radiogra…

When any local health officer shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any person has active tuberculosis disease, but will not voluntarily seek a medical examination, then it shall be the duty of the local health officer to order such person in writing to undergo an examina…

Whenever it has been determined that any person has active tuberculosis disease, it shall be the duty of the local health officer to instruct such person as to the precautions necessary to protect the members of the person's household or the community from becoming infected with …

Nothing in this article shall be construed or operate to empower or authorize the State Commissioner of Health, or any local health officer, or his representative, to restrict in any manner the individual's right to select the mode of treatment of his choice nor to require any ph…

The State Commissioner of Health may, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, enter into a reciprocal agreement with another state providing for care and treatment of persons having active tuberculosis disease who are residents of the other state, or for the transportation or return …

When the State Commissioner of Health shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any person has active tuberculosis disease, the Commissioner may require isolation, hospitalization or other confinement for treatment of such person. The State Commissioner of Health is hereby au…

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act”. B. The State Department of Health shall create a comprehensive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CO…

For the purposes of this article: (a) The term "disease" means the disturbances of the normal functions or alterations of the state of the human body resulting in physical or mental ill health and/or disability. (b) The term "prevention" means any and all conditions that may prec…

(a) The State Board of Health shall have authority to adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as it deems necessary to aid in the prevention and control of communicable disease, which may be on the following matters: Recommended immunization procedures; quara…

and regulations - Risk exposure. A. All agencies and organizations that regularly employ emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, peace officers, as defined in Section 648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, correctional officers and employees, or health care wo…

under which release permissible - Written consent defined - Multidisciplinary advisory committee on HIV/HBV-infected health care workers - Wrongful disclosure of certain information. A. Unless otherwise provided by law, all information and records created, received, investigated,…

diseases - Civil and criminal liability - Definitions. A. No person who withdraws or tests blood for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), hepatitis or any other communicable disease or employer of such person or any hospital or h…

disease. Any hospital, physician or other person who is responsible for the release of the body of a person who has tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), hepatitis or any other communicable disease to a funeral…

(A) The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing a system of reporting of cases of diseases diagnosed or detected by practicing physicians and/or clinical laboratories which come within the purview of this article. A reporting system established b…

Injunctive relief. A. Whenever a local health officer determines or suspects that a person has been exposed to and may be incubating a communicable disease of public health concern, the local health officer may impose a quarantine upon such person and require such person to remai…

A local health officer may cause any person in his jurisdiction, found to be infected with a communicable disease, to be removed to a hospital or other place for the reception of infected persons, unless such person be sick in his own place of residence or cannot be moved without…

No person having a communicable disease shall be removed from the place where he is sick, to any other place, except in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Health. Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 506, operative July 1, 1963.

No person having a communicable disease shall be permitted to attend a private or public school, and it shall be the duty of the parent or guardian and the school of such person to exclude from the school such person until the expiration of the period of isolation or quarantine o…

A. 1. The State Board of Health may adopt such rules as it deems necessary for the quarantine, isolation, impounding, immunization and disposal of an animal to prevent and control any zoonotic disease. Rules of the Board shall consider, but not be limited to: a. prior rabies vacc…

Any inflammation, swelling or unusual redness in either one or both eyes of any infant, together with any unnatural discharge from the eye or eyes of such infant, independent of the nature of the infection, if any, occurring at any time within four (4) weeks after the birth of su…

A. It shall be the duty of any physician, midwife, or other person attendant upon the birth of a newborn infant to ensure treatment of the eyes of the infant with a prophylactic ophthalmic agent as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as prophylaxis again…

A. Every physician, physician assistant, or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse attending a pregnant woman in this state during gestation shall, in the case of each woman so attended, take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such woman, and shall submit such sample to an app…

sample. A. Every physician or any other person permitted by law to attend upon pregnant females in this state, at the time of delivery and only if the pregnant female has had no prenatal care, shall: 1. Take, or cause to be taken under the order of a physician licensed to practic…

In reporting every birth and stillbirth, physicians, and others permitted to attend pregnancy cases and required to report births and stillbirths, shall state on the birth certificate or stillbirth certificate, as the case may be, whether a blood test for syphilis has been made d…

None of the provisions of this act shall apply to any person who, as an exercise of religious freedom, administers to or treats the sick or suffering by spiritual means or prayer, nor to any person who, because of religious belief, in good faith selects and depends upon such spir…

For the purposes of the following sections of this article: (a) The term "sexually transmitted infection (STI)" means syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and any other disease which may be transmitted from…

It shall be unlawful for any person, being an infected person, to refuse, fail, or neglect to report such fact to, and submit to examination and treatment by, a health care provider. Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 518, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2024, c. 352, …