Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-684.29
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Volunteer health practitioner registration systems
Official statutory text
A. To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration
system, a system must:
1. Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health
practitioners before or during an emergency;
2. Include information about the licensure and good standing of
health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons;
3. Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information
concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good
standing before health services or veterinary services are provided
under the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; and
4. Meet one of the following conditions:
a. be an emergency system for advance registration of
volunteer health practitioners established by a state
and funded through the Health Resources Services
Administration under Section 319I of the Public Health
Services Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 247d-7b,
b. be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped
emergency response, public health, and medical
personnel formed pursuant to Section 2801 of the
Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 300hh,
c. be operated by a:
(1) disaster relief organization,
(2) licensing board,
(3) national or regional association of licensing
boards or health practitioners,
(4) health facility that provides comprehensive
inpatient and outpatient health-care services,
including a tertiary care and teaching hospital,
or
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(5) governmental entity, or
d. be designated by the State Department of Health as a
registration system for purposes of the Uniform
Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act.
B. While an emergency declaration is in effect, the State
Department of Health, a person authorized to act on behalf of the
Department, or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health
practitioners utilized in this state are registered with a
registration system that complies with subsection A of this section.
Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners
from the system and determining whether the system indicates that
the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
C. Upon request of a person in this state authorized under
subsection B of this section, or a similarly authorized person in
another state, a registration system located in this state shall
notify the person of the identities of volunteer health
practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good
standing.
D. A host entity shall not be required to use the services of a
volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered
with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is
licensed and in good standing.
system, a system must:
1. Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health
practitioners before or during an emergency;
2. Include information about the licensure and good standing of
health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons;
3. Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information
concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good
standing before health services or veterinary services are provided
under the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; and
4. Meet one of the following conditions:
a. be an emergency system for advance registration of
volunteer health practitioners established by a state
and funded through the Health Resources Services
Administration under Section 319I of the Public Health
Services Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 247d-7b,
b. be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped
emergency response, public health, and medical
personnel formed pursuant to Section 2801 of the
Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 300hh,
c. be operated by a:
(1) disaster relief organization,
(2) licensing board,
(3) national or regional association of licensing
boards or health practitioners,
(4) health facility that provides comprehensive
inpatient and outpatient health-care services,
including a tertiary care and teaching hospital,
or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1252
(5) governmental entity, or
d. be designated by the State Department of Health as a
registration system for purposes of the Uniform
Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act.
B. While an emergency declaration is in effect, the State
Department of Health, a person authorized to act on behalf of the
Department, or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health
practitioners utilized in this state are registered with a
registration system that complies with subsection A of this section.
Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners
from the system and determining whether the system indicates that
the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
C. Upon request of a person in this state authorized under
subsection B of this section, or a similarly authorized person in
another state, a registration system located in this state shall
notify the person of the identities of volunteer health
practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good
standing.
D. A host entity shall not be required to use the services of a
volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered
with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is
licensed and in good standing.
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