Oklahoma § 63-948.1 - Fee schedule - Exemptions

§ 63-948.1. Fee schedule - Exemptions

A. The Board of Medicolegal Investigations may establish a fee

schedule for forensic services, permits and reports rendered to

members of the public and other agencies.

1. No fee schedule may be established or amended by the Board

except during a regular legislative session. The Board shall comply

with the Administrative Procedures Act for adoption of rules and

establishing or amending any such fee schedule.

2. Except as otherwise specified in this section, the Board

shall charge fees only within the following ranges:

a.

permit for cremations that occur within the state:

Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to Two Hundred Seventyfive Dollars ($275.00),

b.

forensic science service: One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) to Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00),

c.

report copies: Ten Dollars ($10.00) for report of

investigation, including toxicology, and Twenty

Dollars ($20.00) for an autopsy report, including

toxicology,

d.

x-rays: Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) each,

e.

microscopic slides, Hematoxylin, and Eosin (H&E): Ten

Dollars ($10.00) each,

f.

special stains: Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) each, and

g.

photographs: Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per compact

disc (CD) or other suitable digital storage media.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

3. Medical examiner permit certificates shall be required in

cases investigated solely for the purpose of issuing a permit for

transporting a body out of state.

4. The Board of Medicolegal Investigations shall charge a fee

for an investigation and issuance of an out-of-state transport

permit for human remains.

5. An out-of-state transport permit and cremation permit shall

both be required for bodies containing body parts sent out of state

or out of country, while remaining body parts remain unused.

B. The Board shall base the fee schedule for forensic science

services, permits and reports upon reasonable costs of review,

investigation and forensic science service delivery; provided,

however, the fee schedule shall be within the ranges specified in

subsection A of this section. The Board shall continue a system of

basic and continuing educational service and training for all

personnel who render forensic science services in order to ensure

uniform statewide application of the rules of the Board. The Board

shall consider the reasonable costs associated with such training

and continuing education in setting the forensic science service

fees.

C. The Board may exempt by rule any agency or class of

individuals from the requirements of the fee schedule if the Board

determines that the fees would cause an unreasonable economic

hardship or would otherwise hinder or conflict with an agency’s

responsibilities.

D. All statutory fees currently in effect for permits or

forensic science services administered by the Chief Medical Examiner

and the Board of Medicolegal Investigations within the jurisdiction

of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall remain in effect

until such time as the Board acts to implement new schedules

pursuant to the provisions of this section and Section 948 of this

title.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 559, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Amended by Laws

2014, c. 293, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 85, § 9, eff.

Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2024, c. 262, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.