Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-2509

Penalties - Public nuisance - Injunctions.

A. 1. No person, company, governmental entity or trust

authority may operate an ambulance service within this state except

as provided in this section. The State Commissioner of Health, the

district attorney of the county wherein the ambulance service

operates or may be found, or the Attorney General of this state

shall have the authority to bring an action to enjoin the operation

of any ambulance service not in compliance with the provisions of

this act.

2. A ground ambulance service based outside of this state that

is licensed and in good standing in its home state may respond to an

emergency request for care and transport of a patient within this

state provided no local licensed ambulance service is readily

available, and may be exempt from the licensing requirements of this

state pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of Health.

3. Requests for service must be referred by an Oklahoma

emergency dispatch center. The Board may require such exempt

ambulance service to subsequently provide documentation of emergency

response activities performed within this state.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 833

4. The State Department of Health shall have the authority to

investigate any complaint associated with an emergency response by

an out-of-state ambulance service in the same manner as ambulance

services licensed by the Department within this state.

B. The Commissioner shall have the authority to revoke or

suspend any license, to issue probationary licenses, or to levy such

administrative fines and penalties as may be deemed necessary, for

violations of the provisions of this act, subject to the provisions

of the Administrative Procedures Act. The powers afforded the

Commissioner within the general enforcement provisions of the Public

Health Code are additionally incorporated herein.

C. In addition to any other penalties, any person, company,

governmental entity or trust authority who violates any of the

provisions of this act relating to compliance with the provisions of

this act or of standards, specifications, procedures and rules

adopted by the Board may be punished by the assessment of a civil

penalty of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each

violation. Each day a violation continues shall be considered a

separate offense.

D. The operation or maintenance of an ambulance service in

violation of this act, or the rules promulgated by the Board, is

declared a public nuisance inimical to the public welfare. The

Commissioner in the name of the people of the state, through the

Attorney General, or the district attorney of the county in which

the ambulance service is located, may, in addition to other remedies

herein provided, bring action for an injunction to restrain such

violation or to enjoin the future operation or maintenance of any

such ambulance service.