Oklahoma § 10-175.5 - Rules and regulations

§ 10-175.5. Rules and regulations

(a) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to

formulate and to be responsible for the administration and operation

of a comprehensive and detailed plan for the purposes specified in

Section 175.1 et seq. of this title, and to make such rules and

regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the administration

of this plan and the implementation of the provisions of this act.

(b) The Commission shall receive and expend in accordance with

such plan all necessary funds made available to it by the United

States government, by the state or its political subdivisions, or by

any other sources for such purposes.

(c) The Commission shall cooperate with the federal government,

through its appropriate agency, in developing, extending, and

improving such services, and in the administration of the plan.

(d) The Commission shall establish and maintain such methods of

administration, including those necessary to establish and maintain

a merit system of personnel administration, as are necessary for

effective and efficient operation of the plan; shall maintain

records and prepare reports of services rendered; and shall

cooperate with health, medical, dental, nursing and welfare agencies

and organizations, and with any other agency of this state charged

with the administration of laws providing for the vocational or

remedial rehabilitation of handicapped children.

(e) The Director is hereby authorized and directed to perform

all the duties and functions now performed by the Director of the

Oklahoma Commission for Crippled Children and such other duties

relating to the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program as

may be assigned to the Director by the Commission. The Director is

hereby authorized and directed, subject to the control of the

Commission, to set up in the Department of Public Welfare a unit to

be charged primarily with responsibility in the field of health

services for crippled children, including the planning, promoting

and coordinating of crippled children's services. The Director is

hereby authorized to delegate to the Supervisor of such unit of the

Department such authority as is necessary under the laws of the

federal government and rules and regulations promulgated by the

Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, necessary to carry out

the provisions of this act, subject to the administrative

supervision of the Director.

(f) The Commission is authorized to create positions, fix

salaries and employ necessary professional and clerical personnel,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children

to appoint advisory committees or consultants, and to pay necessary

travel expenses.

(g) The Commission shall have authority to provide for the

expenditure of all funds for the administration and operation of the

program as specified in this act, including payment for physician's

and dentist's services if payment is recommended by the council of

the Oklahoma State Medical Association or the Executive Council of

the Oklahoma Dental Association.

(h) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to

formulate plans and procedures and to make such rules and

regulations as may be necessary for the care of children with

emergency conditions.

Laws 1959, p. 30, § 5; Laws 1992, c. 249, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.