Section 1-103 - State Board of Health createdA.1. There is hereby created the State Board of Health, which shall be an advisory body to the State Commissioner of Health and shall consist of nine (9) members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate for regular terms of nine (9) years, except as hereinafter otherwise indicated. Effective January 14, 2019, all duties and powers of the Board shall be transferred to the Commissioner. Any provision in statute that provides to the Board authority that is not advisory in nature shall be deemed to grant the duty or power to the Commissioner.2. Not less than four members shall hold a current license to practice medicine in this state pursuant to the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act and the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. At least one physician member shall be a person licensed to practice medicine in this state by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. Physician members licensed by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall be members of the Oklahoma State Medical Association. One physician member shall be a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or be similarly qualified.3. Not less than two members shall possess at least five (5) years of executive leadership experience in a health-related business or industry, and whose education and experience includes but is not limited to fiduciary, legal, business planning, or operational decision-making authority.B.1. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1964, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Creek, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Seminole, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Hughes, Johnston, and Coal.2. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1965, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Blaine, Kingfisher, Canadian, Caddo, Grady, Comanche, Stephens, Jefferson, and Cotton.3. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1966, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Le Flore, Latimer, Pittsburg, Atoka, Pushmataha, McCurtain, Choctaw, Bryan, Marshall, Carter, and Love.4. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1967, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woodward, Woods, Major, Alfalfa, Grant, Garfield, Kay, and Noble.5. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1968, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Adair, Sequoyah, Cherokee, Wagoner, Muskogee, Haskell, McIntosh, and Okmulgee.6. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1969, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Ottawa, Delaware, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Washington, Tulsa, Pawnee, and Osage.7. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1970, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Logan, Oklahoma, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin, Murray, and Payne.8. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1971, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be a resident of one of the following counties and shall have been a resident of one or more of such counties for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment: Ellis, Dewey, Roger Mills, Custer, Beckham, Washita, Kiowa, Greer, Jackson, Harmon, and Tillman.9. The term of office of one member shall expire on June 30, 1972, and each nine (9) years thereafter, and such member shall be appointed from the State of Oklahoma at large, and shall have been a resident of the state for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding such member's appointment.Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 1-103
Amended by Laws 2018 , c. 183, s. 1, eff. 1/14/2019.Amended by Laws 2018 , c. 12, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2018.Amended by Laws 1987, c. 118, § 51, operative 7/1/1987; Amended by Laws 1997, c. 238, § 1, eff. 11/1/1997; Amended by Laws 2002 , HB 2604, c. 230, §1, eff. 11/1/2002.