The Authority is 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 University Hospitals Authority Act. The Authority consists of six members as follows: one (1) appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate; one (1) appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; one (1) appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Director for Human Services or the director of the successor organization responsible for Medicaid (now the Oklahoma Health Care Authority), or his or her designee; the Provost of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; and the Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospitals Authority, who shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member. [63 O.S. § 3207.]
Okla. Admin. Code § 752:1-1-5