Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-527
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Reports of a sexually transmitted infection
Official statutory text
A. Any physician who makes a diagnosis or treats a case of a
sexually transmitted infection (STI), and every superintendent or
manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution
in which there is a case of an STI, shall report such case
immediately, in writing or electronically:
1. To the director or designee of the city-county health
department, if in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, who shall, in
turn, report such case to the State Commissioner of Health; or
2. Directly to the State Commissioner of Health, if not in
Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, in the same manner as other
communicable diseases are reported, in forms to be prescribed and
furnished by the Commissioner.
B. This act shall remain in effect until such time as the State
Department of Health has in place a disease-reporting process that
provides for a direct report from a lab or physician's office to the
local health department and is capable of connecting a lab or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 227
physician's office with local health department systems for timely
data delivery and start of the disease investigation process.
sexually transmitted infection (STI), and every superintendent or
manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution
in which there is a case of an STI, shall report such case
immediately, in writing or electronically:
1. To the director or designee of the city-county health
department, if in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, who shall, in
turn, report such case to the State Commissioner of Health; or
2. Directly to the State Commissioner of Health, if not in
Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, in the same manner as other
communicable diseases are reported, in forms to be prescribed and
furnished by the Commissioner.
B. This act shall remain in effect until such time as the State
Department of Health has in place a disease-reporting process that
provides for a direct report from a lab or physician's office to the
local health department and is capable of connecting a lab or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 227
physician's office with local health department systems for timely
data delivery and start of the disease investigation process.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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