Oklahoma § 63-3275 - Oklahoma State University Medical Authority - Members Qualifications, appointment, and removal - Applicable statutes

§ 63-3275. Oklahoma State University Medical Authority - Members Qualifications, appointment, and removal - Applicable statutes

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State University

Medical Authority, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, a body

corporate and politic, with powers of government and with the

authority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions as

specified in the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority Act.

The Oklahoma State University Medical Authority is covered by the

Governmental Tort Claims Act.

B. The Authority shall consist of eight (8) members as follows:

1. One member shall be appointed by the Governor, with the

advice and consent of the Senate;

2. One member shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore

of the Oklahoma State Senate;

3. One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

4. One member shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority, or a designee;

5. One member shall be the President of the Oklahoma State

University Center for Health Sciences;

6. One member shall be appointed by the President of Oklahoma

State University;

7. One member shall be a member of the Board of Regents for the

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, or his or her

designee, as selected by the chair of the Board of Regents; and

8. One member shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the

Oklahoma State University Medical Authority who shall be an ex

officio, nonvoting member.

C. Members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years.

D. Each member of the Authority, prior to appointment, shall be

a resident of the state and a qualified elector.

E. Members shall be removable only for cause by the appointing

authority. Any vacancy occurring on the Authority shall be filled

by the original appointing authority.

F. The members of the Authority shall serve without

compensation but may be reimbursed for all actual and necessary

travel expenses incurred in performance of their duties in

accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement

Act.

G. All members of the Authority and administrative personnel of

the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Ethics Commission Rules, Chapter 62 Appendix of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

H. A quorum of the Authority shall be four (4) voting members.

The Authority shall elect a chair and vice chair from among its

members. The chair must be an appointed member of the Authority.

I. The Authority shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act but shall be subject to the purchasing policies of

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and shall be

subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open

Records Act, except as otherwise provided by this act. Any

information submitted to or compiled by the Authority except for

budgetary information related to appropriations or the

appropriations process with respect to the marketing plans,

financial statements, trade secrets, research concepts, methods or

products, or any other proprietary information of the Authority,

persons, firms, associations, partnerships, agencies, corporations,

institutions of higher education, nonprofit research institutions or

other entities shall be confidential, except to the extent that the

person or entity which provided the information or which is the

subject of the information consents to disclosure. Executive

sessions may be held to discuss such materials if deemed necessary

by the Authority.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

Added by Laws 2006, c. 287, § 5, emerg. eff. June 7, 2006.

by Laws 2023, c. 334, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

Amended