Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-208.1

(a) The State Board of Health may establish regional guidance

centers for regions designated by the Board, such regions to be

selected by the Board on the basis of area, geographical location,

population, and other factors deemed essential to indicate a need

for guidance services. The center for a region shall be in a county

having a county department of health or participating in a

cooperative, district, or city-county department of health, and

shall be under the administrative direction of the medical director

of the county, cooperative, district, or city-county department of

health, and under the supervision of the State Commissioner of

Health. The county board of health or the city-county board of

health of a county served by a regional guidance center and the

State Commissioner of Health may enter into agreements for payment

of operating expenses of the center, and the county board of health,

or city-county board of health, may include an amount for its part

of the costs in its budget or annual estimate of needs.

(b) The State Board of Health shall adopt rules, regulations,

and standards for the operation of regional guidance centers, and to

carry out the purposes of this section; and may formulate a schedule

of fees to be charged for guidance services furnished to persons who

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are financially able to pay for the services. The State Board of

Health may enter into agreements with individuals and with public or

private agencies for services to be furnished to a guidance center

and may also enter into agreements to furnish guidance services to

public or private agencies. All fees collected shall be remitted to

the State Commissioner of Health, who shall deposit the same in a

special account in the State Treasury. Such fees shall be accounted

for by region of source and shall be used by the State Commissioner

of Health to provide guidance services in the regions from which the

fees are derived. County funds payable under agreements entered

into under provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be accounted

for, obligated, expended and disbursed as directed by the State

Commissioner of Health. Provided, however, that by agreement

between a county or city-county board of health and the Commissioner

of Health, such county funds may be remitted to the State

Commissioner of health who shall deposit such funds in the same

special account in the State Treasury created for fees collected and

shall be disbursed as is provided for fees.

(c) Guidance services furnished in a region under the provisions

of this section shall, subject to existing laws, include evaluation,

counseling, and referral for treatment, when indicated, of

individuals with emotional or behavioral problems, and other persons

in need of guidance services; consultant services to law enforcement

agencies, schools, courts, other state or local agencies, and other

persons or agencies concerned with persons or families with mental

health and/or child development problems; and other guidance

services that are now or may be in the future authorized to be

performed by the State Department of Health or local departments of

health.