Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-106.3

A. There is hereby created within the State Department of

Health the Oklahoma Food Service Advisory Council. The purpose of

the Advisory Council shall be to:

1. Advise the State Board of Health, the State Commissioner of

Health, and the Department regarding food service establishments;

and

2. Recommend actions to improve sanitation and consumer

protection.

B. The Advisory Council shall have the duty and authority to:

1. Review and approve in an advisory capacity only rules and

standards for food service establishments operating in this state;

2. Evaluate, review and make recommendations regarding

Department inspection activities; and

3. Recommend and approve quality indicators and data submission

requirements for food service establishments which shall be used by

the Department to monitor compliance with licensure requirements and

to publish an annual report of food service establishment

performance.

C. The Oklahoma Food Service Advisory Council shall be composed

of fourteen (14) members as follows:

1. Nine members shall be appointed by the Commissioner, with the

advice and consent of the Board, from a list of three names for each

position provided by an association representing the majority of

restaurant owners in this state. Such appointments shall be as

follows:

a. one member shall represent the Oklahoma Restaurant

Association,

b. one member shall represent the Oklahoma Hotel and

Motel Association,

c. one member shall represent the Oklahoma Grocers

Association,

d. one member shall represent food service education,

e. one member shall represent food processing education,

f. one member shall be an independent food service

operator,

g. one member shall be a food processor,

h. one member shall represent the School Nutrition

Association of Oklahoma, and

i. one member shall be a citizen representing the public

and shall not be a food service establishment operator

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or employee and shall not be a member of a food

service governing board; and

2. The remaining appointments shall consist of:

a. the Director of the Oklahoma City-County Health

Department, or a designee,

b. the Director of the Tulsa City-County Health

Department, or a designee,

c. two directors from other county health departments in

this state or designees, appointed by the

Commissioner, and

d. the Director of the Oklahoma Department of

Agriculture, Food, and Forestry or a designee.

D. The appointments made by the Commissioner shall be for three-

year terms, except that after the effective date of this act, the

initial term of the representative of the public shall be for one

(1) year, and the initial terms of the independent food service

operator, the food processor, the representatives of food service

education, and food processing education shall be for two (2) years.

The initial terms of all other members appointed by the Commissioner

shall be for three (3) years. After initial appointments to the

Advisory Council, the Commissioner shall appoint members to three-

year terms.

E. The Advisory Council shall meet on a quarterly basis.

Members of the Advisory Council shall serve without compensation but

shall be reimbursed for travel expenses by the Department pursuant

to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.