Oklahoma § 19-792 - Medical staff - Admissions - Rules and regulations
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 19-792 — Medical staff - Admissions - Rules and regulations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-792. Medical staff - Admissions - Rules and regulations
If a county hospital is operated by a board of control, it shall
be the duty of said board of control to appoint annually at the
first meeting in January none other than good, competent, trained,
and skilled physicians and surgeons to the medical staff of the
hospital, after acceptance by the executive committee of the medical
staff. Admission of patients to the hospital shall be only upon
recommendation of a member of the medical staff. The medical staff
shall organize and adopt rules, regulations, or bylaws for their
practice in such county hospital, however, rules, regulations, or
bylaws shall not become effective until approved by the board of
control and when so approved they shall be signed by each member of
the medical staff.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 273, p. 388, § 12. Amended by Laws 1963, c.
72, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 1963.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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