Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-858
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Penalties
Official statutory text
A. Any person who offers or develops or begins to offer or
develop a long-term care facility without having first obtained a
certificate of need, as provided by the Long-term Care Certificate
of Need Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punishable by payment of a fine of not less than
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00).
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 507
B. If the State Department of Health, through one of its agents
or representatives, notifies in writing, through certified mail,
return receipt requested, the person who has unlawfully commenced
the offering or development of a long-term care facility to cease
and desist, then each day that such person continues such offering
or development shall be a separate offense. If any person continues
to offer or develop an institutional health service after the
issuance of a cease and desist order, the Department shall seek an
injunction to prohibit the continued offering or development.
develop a long-term care facility without having first obtained a
certificate of need, as provided by the Long-term Care Certificate
of Need Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punishable by payment of a fine of not less than
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00).
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 507
B. If the State Department of Health, through one of its agents
or representatives, notifies in writing, through certified mail,
return receipt requested, the person who has unlawfully commenced
the offering or development of a long-term care facility to cease
and desist, then each day that such person continues such offering
or development shall be a separate offense. If any person continues
to offer or develop an institutional health service after the
issuance of a cease and desist order, the Department shall seek an
injunction to prohibit the continued offering or development.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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