Oklahoma § 63-3274 - Hospitals - Operation, licensing, accreditation, and

§ 63-3274. Hospitals - Operation, licensing, accreditation, and

certification - Teaching and training.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

A. Any hospital or hospitals purchased, leased or constructed

by the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority shall be operated

as general hospitals and shall be licensed by the State Commissioner

of Health, and shall, as far as possible, meet the standards,

requirements and essentials of the Joint Commission on Accreditation

of Health Care Organizations and the American Osteopathic

Association or, alternatively, meet Medicare certification by the

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provided, the State

Commissioner of Health may waive any such standards, requirements

and essentials as the Commissioner deems necessary.

B. Any such hospitals may provide services and receive payments

under Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and

may participate in other federal medical programs.

C. Any such hospitals shall be available as teaching and

training hospitals for the colleges of the Oklahoma State University

Center for Health Sciences, for other health and educational

facilities and shall provide indigent patient care.

D. For the purpose of Medicaid supplemental payments, the

Oklahoma State University Medical Trust shall be authorized to enter

into a cooperative venture for the purpose of training students

within an American College of Surgeons Level I Trauma Center or

centers operated by the Oklahoma State University Medical Trust or

an affiliated entity approved by the Trust. The Oklahoma State

University Medical Authority shall annually certify to the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority that the Level I trauma center meets such

standards and requirements with respect to any Medicaid supplemental

payments to be received from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for

the Level I Trauma Center.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 287, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 2006. Amended

by Laws 2025, c. 386, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2025.