Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-177
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Investigation of complaints against hospitals and homes
Official statutory text
It shall be the duty of the State Department of Public Welfare
to investigate all complaints made in the form of a sworn affidavit
against such institutions as are named in the preceding section, and
all orphanages of whatever name or character, which are conducted by
individuals for their own personal gain or profit, or which either
charge for their services or subsist wholly or in part by money
collected by subscription from the public as a charity. In event
the complaints are found to be true, the Department shall have the
power to order such institutions closed, and upon failure or refusal
of the proprietors or operators of such institutions to obey the
order shall file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction
and ask that they be legally restrained from operating said
institutions, and if guilty of malpractice, mistreatment or any
illegal act, that they be punished according to law.
to investigate all complaints made in the form of a sworn affidavit
against such institutions as are named in the preceding section, and
all orphanages of whatever name or character, which are conducted by
individuals for their own personal gain or profit, or which either
charge for their services or subsist wholly or in part by money
collected by subscription from the public as a charity. In event
the complaints are found to be true, the Department shall have the
power to order such institutions closed, and upon failure or refusal
of the proprietors or operators of such institutions to obey the
order shall file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction
and ask that they be legally restrained from operating said
institutions, and if guilty of malpractice, mistreatment or any
illegal act, that they be punished according to law.
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