Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-6104

As used in the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act:

1. “Bioterrorism” means the intentional use of any

microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product

that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, or any

naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any such

microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product,

to cause death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human,

an animal, a plant, or another living organism in order to influence

the conduct of government or to intimidate or coerce a civilian

population;

2. “Catastrophic health emergency” means an occurrence of

imminent threat of an illness or health condition that:

a. is believed to be caused by any of the following:

(1) a nuclear attack,

(2) bioterrorism,

(3) a chemical attack, or

(4) the appearance of a novel or previously

controlled or eradicated infectious agent or

biological toxin, and

b. poses a high probability of any of the following

harms:

(1) a large number of deaths in the affected

population,

(2) a large number of serious or long-term

disabilities in the affected population, or

(3) widespread exposure to an infectious or toxic

agent that poses a significant risk of

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substantial future harm to a large number of

people in the affected population;

3. “Chain of custody” means the methodology of tracking

specimens for the purpose of maintaining control and accountability

from initial collection to final disposition of the specimens and

providing for accountability at each stage of collecting, handling,

testing, storing, and transporting the specimens and reporting test

results;

4. “Contaminated waste” means:

a. “biological waste”, which includes blood and blood

products, excretions, exudates, secretions, suctioning

and other body fluids, and waste materials saturated

with blood or body fluids,

b. “cultures and stocks”, which includes etiologic agents

and associated biologicals, including specimen

cultures and dishes and devices used to transfer,

inoculate, and mix cultures, wastes from production of

biologicals and serums, and discarded live and

attenuated vaccines,

c. “pathological waste”, which includes biopsy materials

and all human tissues, anatomical parts that emanate

from surgery, obstetrical procedures, necropsy or

autopsy and laboratory procedures, and animal

carcasses exposed to pathogens in research and the

bedding and other waste from such animals, but does

not include teeth or formaldehyde or other

preservative agents, and

d. “sharps”, which includes needles, intravenous (IV)

tubing with needles attached, scalpel blades, lancets,

breakable glass tubes, and syringes that have been

removed from their original sterile containers;

5. “Health care facility” means any nonfederal institution,

building, or agency or portion thereof, whether public or private or

for profit or nonprofit, that is used, operated, or designed to

provide health services, medical treatment, or nursing,

rehabilitative, or preventive care to any person or persons. This

includes, but is not limited to: ambulatory surgical facilities,

hospitals, infirmaries, intermediate care facilities, kidney

dialysis centers, long-term care facilities, mental health centers,

outpatient facilities, public health centers, rehabilitation

facilities, residential treatments facilities, skilled nursing

facilities, special care facilities, medical laboratories, and adult

day-care centers. This also includes, but is not limited to, the

following related property when used for or in connection with the

foregoing: laboratories; research facilities; pharmacies; laundry

facilities; health personnel training and lodging facilities;

patient, guest, and health personnel food service facilities; and

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day-care centers. This also includes, but is not limited to, the

following related property when used for or in connection with the

foregoing: laboratories; research facilities; pharmacies; laundry

facilities; health personnel training and lodging facilities;

patient, guest, and health personnel food service facilities; and

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offices and office buildings for persons engaged in health care

professions or services;

6. “Health care provider” means any person or entity who

provides health care services including, but not limited to,

physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physician assistants, nurse

practitioners, registered and other nurses, paramedics, emergency

medical or laboratory technicians, and ambulance and emergency

medical workers;

7. “Infectious disease” means a disease caused by a living

organism or other pathogen, including a fungus, bacillus, parasite,

protozoan, or virus. An infectious disease may, or may not, be

transmissible from person to person, animal to person, or insect to

person;

8. “Isolation” means the physical separation and confinement of

an individual or groups of individuals who are infected or

reasonably believed to be infected with a transmissible or possibly

transmissible disease from nonisolated individuals, to prevent or

limit the transmission of the disease to nonisolated individuals;

9. “Mental health support personnel” means, but is not limited

to, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and volunteer

crisis counseling groups;

10. “Protected health information” means any information,

whether oral, written, electronic, visual, or any other form, that

relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health

status, condition, treatment, service, products purchased, or

provision of care of an individual, and that reveals the identity of

the individual whose health care is the subject of the information,

or where there is a reasonable basis to believe such information

could be utilized either alone or with other information that is, or

should reasonably be known to be, available to predictable

recipients of such information to reveal the identity of that

individual;

11. “Public health authority” means the Oklahoma State

Commissioner of Health; or local health department that acts

principally to protect or preserve the health of the public; or any

person directly authorized to act on behalf of the Oklahoma State

Commissioner of Health or local health department;

12. “Public safety authority” means the Commissioner of Public

Safety; or any local government agency that acts principally to

protect or preserve the public safety; or any person directly

authorized to act on behalf of the Commissioner of Public Safety or

local agency;

13. “Quarantine” means the physical separation and confinement

of an individual or groups of individuals, who are or may have been

exposed to a transmissible or possibly transmissible disease and who

do not show signs or symptoms of a transmissible disease, from

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nonquarantined individuals, to prevent or limit the transmission of

the disease to nonquarantined individuals;

14. “Specimens” means, but is not limited to, blood, sputum,

urine, stool, other bodily fluids, wastes, tissues, and cultures

necessary to perform required tests;

15. “Tests” means, but is not limited to, any diagnostic or

investigative analyses necessary to prevent the spread of disease or

protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public;

16. “Transmissible disease” means an infectious disease that

can be transmitted from person to person; and

17. “Trial court” means the district court for the area in

which isolation or quarantine is to occur, a court designated by the

Public Health Emergency Plan under the Catastrophic Health Emergency
to prevent the spread of disease or

protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public;

16. “Transmissible disease” means an infectious disease that

can be transmitted from person to person; and

17. “Trial court” means the district court for the area in

which isolation or quarantine is to occur, a court designated by the

Public Health Emergency Plan under the Catastrophic Health Emergency

Powers Act, or to the district court for the area in which a

catastrophic health emergency has been declared.