Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3424.1
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Oklahoma Rural Health Policy and Research Center -
Official statutory text
Mission.
A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Rural Health Policy and
Research Center at the Oklahoma State University College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
B. 1. The mission of the Oklahoma Rural Health Policy and
Research Center shall be to:
a. improve rural health care delivery in Oklahoma through
the coordination of rural medical education,
telemedicine, research, and health care policy, and
b. establish a process for the following types of
hospitals to request designation as a rural health
care delivery system through the Oklahoma Rural Health
Policy and Research Center:
(1) a rural hospital located in a metropolitan
statistical area, and
(2) a hospital located in an administrative area that
is administratively designated as urban or
nonrural.
2. A hospital located in a metropolitan statistical area or an
area administratively designated as urban or nonrural that requests
designation as a rural health care delivery system shall meet at
least two of the following criteria:
a. be located in a county with a population density of
less than two hundred twenty-five (225) persons per
square mile of land area,
b. be located in a county with a municipality of twenty-
five thousand (25,000) persons or fewer, excluding the
major city designated as urban or nonrural, or
c. be the only hospital located in a county.
A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Rural Health Policy and
Research Center at the Oklahoma State University College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
B. 1. The mission of the Oklahoma Rural Health Policy and
Research Center shall be to:
a. improve rural health care delivery in Oklahoma through
the coordination of rural medical education,
telemedicine, research, and health care policy, and
b. establish a process for the following types of
hospitals to request designation as a rural health
care delivery system through the Oklahoma Rural Health
Policy and Research Center:
(1) a rural hospital located in a metropolitan
statistical area, and
(2) a hospital located in an administrative area that
is administratively designated as urban or
nonrural.
2. A hospital located in a metropolitan statistical area or an
area administratively designated as urban or nonrural that requests
designation as a rural health care delivery system shall meet at
least two of the following criteria:
a. be located in a county with a population density of
less than two hundred twenty-five (225) persons per
square mile of land area,
b. be located in a county with a municipality of twenty-
five thousand (25,000) persons or fewer, excluding the
major city designated as urban or nonrural, or
c. be the only hospital located in a county.
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