Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-707b
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Granting of staff privileges - Criteria
Official statutory text
A. The administrator in charge of or the governing board of
each hospital licensed by the State Commissioner of Health shall
adopt written criteria for use in determining which licensed medical
doctors, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of podiatry, and health
service psychologists shall be granted professional and/or medical
staff privileges by the hospital. A licensed hospital shall not
deny an application based solely on the applicant's license, as long
as the applicant is licensed to practice:
1. Medicine by the State Board of Medical Licensure and
Supervision;
2. Osteopathy by the State Board of Osteopathy;
3. Podiatry by the State Board of Podiatry; or
4. As a health service psychologist by the Oklahoma State Board
of Examiners of Psychologists.
B. The accordance and delineation of medical staff membership
or clinical privileges shall be determined on an individual basis
commensurate with an applicant's education, training, experience and
demonstrated clinical competence.
C. When medical education training and specialty board
certification are considerations in the credentialing and
recredentialing of physicians, hospitals and health plans shall give
equal recognition to those bodies recognized by the federal
government for the training and certification of such physicians.
Hospitals and health plans shall not discriminate, on the basis of
education, against eligible physicians who have:
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1. Graduated from medical schools and postdoctoral programs
approved by either the American Osteopathic Association or the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or
2. Been awarded board eligibility or board certification by
specialty boards recognized by either the American Osteopathic
Association or the American Board of Medical Specialties.
each hospital licensed by the State Commissioner of Health shall
adopt written criteria for use in determining which licensed medical
doctors, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of podiatry, and health
service psychologists shall be granted professional and/or medical
staff privileges by the hospital. A licensed hospital shall not
deny an application based solely on the applicant's license, as long
as the applicant is licensed to practice:
1. Medicine by the State Board of Medical Licensure and
Supervision;
2. Osteopathy by the State Board of Osteopathy;
3. Podiatry by the State Board of Podiatry; or
4. As a health service psychologist by the Oklahoma State Board
of Examiners of Psychologists.
B. The accordance and delineation of medical staff membership
or clinical privileges shall be determined on an individual basis
commensurate with an applicant's education, training, experience and
demonstrated clinical competence.
C. When medical education training and specialty board
certification are considerations in the credentialing and
recredentialing of physicians, hospitals and health plans shall give
equal recognition to those bodies recognized by the federal
government for the training and certification of such physicians.
Hospitals and health plans shall not discriminate, on the basis of
education, against eligible physicians who have:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 278
1. Graduated from medical schools and postdoctoral programs
approved by either the American Osteopathic Association or the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or
2. Been awarded board eligibility or board certification by
specialty boards recognized by either the American Osteopathic
Association or the American Board of Medical Specialties.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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