Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-242.3

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Investigation – Subpoena for production of records

Official statutory text

A. In any investigation relating to the functions of the

Maternal Mortality Review Committee, the State Commissioner of

Health may require production of, by subpoena, any records,

including books, papers, documents, and other tangible things which

constitute or contain evidence which the Committee finds relevant to

the investigation and review, if the Committee has been unable to

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obtain the necessary information by requesting it. The production

of records may be required from any place in the state to be

forwarded to the Committee. Reasonable copying fees shall be paid

upon request.

B. Compliance with the subpoena may be accomplished by:

1. Producing documents, as requested; or

2. Notifying the Committee, in writing, of refusal to produce

documents, within ten (10) days of the date of service.

The subpoena form shall clearly set forth the optional means of

compliance including instructions for sending written notice of

refusal.

C. A subpoena issued pursuant to this section may be served by

any person designated in the subpoena to serve it. Service upon a

natural person may be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to

the person. Service may be made upon a domestic or foreign

corporation or upon a partnership or other unincorporated

association which is subject to suit under a common name by

delivering the subpoena to an officer, to a managing or general

agent or to any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to

receive service of process. The affidavit of the person serving the

subpoena entered on a true copy thereof by the person serving it

shall be proof of service.

D. In the case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any

person, the Commissioner of Health may invoke the aid of any

district court within the jurisdiction where the investigation is

carried out, where the subpoenaed person is an inhabitant, or where

such person conducts business or may be found, to compel compliance

with the subpoena. The court may issue an order requiring the

subpoenaed person to appear before the Commissioner of Health to

produce records, if so ordered. Any failure to obey the order of

the court may be punished by the court as an indirect contempt

thereof. All processes in any such case may be served in any

judicial district in which such person may be found.

E. The district court of the county wherein the subpoena is

served may quash a subpoena issued pursuant to this section upon a

motion to quash the subpoena filed with the court by the party to

whom the subpoena is issued.

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