Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-6501

health authority.

A. The public health authority may exercise, for such period as

the state of catastrophic health emergency exists, the following

powers regarding the safe disposal of contaminated waste:

1. To adopt and enforce measures to provide for the safe

disposal of contaminated waste as may be reasonable and necessary to

respond to the catastrophic health emergency. Such measures may

include, but are not limited to, the collection, storage, handling,

destruction, treatment, transportation, and disposal of contaminated

waste; and

2. To require any business or facility authorized to collect,

store, handle, destroy, treat, transport, and dispose of

contaminated waste under the laws of this state, and any landfill

business or other such property, to accept contaminated waste, or

provide services or the use of the business, facility, or property

if such action is reasonable and necessary to respond to the

catastrophic health emergency as a condition of licensure,

authorization, or the ability to continue doing business in the

state as such a business or facility. The use of the business,

facility, or property may include transferring the management and

supervision of such business, facility, or property to the public

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health authority for a period of time, which shall not exceed the

termination of the declaration of a state of catastrophic health

emergency.

B. All bags, boxes, or other containers for contaminated waste

shall be clearly identified as containing contaminated waste and, if

known, the type of contaminated waste.