Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-120
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Public health, hospitals, quarantine, and environmental
Official statutory text
hazards.
A. The municipal governing body may enact and enforce such
ordinances, rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the
protection of the public health, not inconsistent with state law;
and may establish and regulate hospitals, and provide for their
operation and support. The governing body may make regulations to
prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the
municipality and may enforce quarantine laws within five (5) miles
of the municipal limits.
B. If the Department of Environmental Quality notifies a
municipality in writing that certain vacant property presents an
extraordinary environmental hazard to public health and safety, the
municipal governing body is authorized to enact special ordinances
restricting occupancy and use of the vacant buildings, vacant
structures or land as necessary to protect against the extraordinary
environmental hazard. This includes, but is not limited to, the
authority to restrict occupancy or use by classes of persons who may
be especially vulnerable to the environmental hazard. The municipal
governing body is further authorized to restrict occupancy or use,
by children or other especially vulnerable classes of persons, of
property in areas or at locations with contamination by lead or
other hazardous substances to such a degree that normal health and
welfare of members of the class are at significant risk.
A. The municipal governing body may enact and enforce such
ordinances, rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the
protection of the public health, not inconsistent with state law;
and may establish and regulate hospitals, and provide for their
operation and support. The governing body may make regulations to
prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the
municipality and may enforce quarantine laws within five (5) miles
of the municipal limits.
B. If the Department of Environmental Quality notifies a
municipality in writing that certain vacant property presents an
extraordinary environmental hazard to public health and safety, the
municipal governing body is authorized to enact special ordinances
restricting occupancy and use of the vacant buildings, vacant
structures or land as necessary to protect against the extraordinary
environmental hazard. This includes, but is not limited to, the
authority to restrict occupancy or use by classes of persons who may
be especially vulnerable to the environmental hazard. The municipal
governing body is further authorized to restrict occupancy or use,
by children or other especially vulnerable classes of persons, of
property in areas or at locations with contamination by lead or
other hazardous substances to such a degree that normal health and
welfare of members of the class are at significant risk.
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