Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3240.4
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Licensure of hospitals – Services and payment –
Official statutory text
Teaching and training hospitals.
Hospitals within the participating health care systems:
1. Shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health and
shall meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint
Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and the
American Osteopathic Association. Provided, the State Commissioner
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of Health may waive any such standards, requirements and essentials
as the Commissioner deems necessary;
2. May provide services and receive payments therefor under
Title XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may
participate in other federal medical programs;
3. Shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa), and other health
and educational facilities, and shall provide indigent patient care
consistent with their past policies and performance; and
4. Shall not be covered by The Governmental Tort Claims Act,
and their employees, agents, independent contractors and employees
of independent contractors shall not be covered by The Governmental
Tort Claims Act.
Hospitals within the participating health care systems:
1. Shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health and
shall meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint
Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and the
American Osteopathic Association. Provided, the State Commissioner
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1540
of Health may waive any such standards, requirements and essentials
as the Commissioner deems necessary;
2. May provide services and receive payments therefor under
Title XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may
participate in other federal medical programs;
3. Shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa), and other health
and educational facilities, and shall provide indigent patient care
consistent with their past policies and performance; and
4. Shall not be covered by The Governmental Tort Claims Act,
and their employees, agents, independent contractors and employees
of independent contractors shall not be covered by The Governmental
Tort Claims Act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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