Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-702
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Licenses required - Practice of healing arts or medicine
Official statutory text
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate or
maintain in the State of Oklahoma a hospital without first obtaining
a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided. Hospitals
operated by the federal government, the Department of Corrections,
state mental hospitals, and community-based structured crisis
centers as defined in Section 3-317 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma
Statutes, shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
B. A hospital may be licensed as a general medical surgical
hospital with one or more specialty services or combination of
specialty services in a single license.
C. Nothing in this article shall authorize any person to
engage, in any manner, in the practice of the healing arts.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 265
maintain in the State of Oklahoma a hospital without first obtaining
a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided. Hospitals
operated by the federal government, the Department of Corrections,
state mental hospitals, and community-based structured crisis
centers as defined in Section 3-317 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma
Statutes, shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
B. A hospital may be licensed as a general medical surgical
hospital with one or more specialty services or combination of
specialty services in a single license.
C. Nothing in this article shall authorize any person to
engage, in any manner, in the practice of the healing arts.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 265
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