Okla. Stat. tit. 63 § 1-206.1

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 1-206.1 - Nonphysician services - Fees - Agreements to provide services - Disposition of funds
A. County, district, cooperative and city-county health departments, with the approval of the State Commissioner of Health, may collect fees for health services such as nursing, chronic disease screening, immunizations, maternal and child health services, genetic services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietetic, social work and home health aid given to patients in their homes, for mental health and guidance services and for dental care rendered in facilities operated by said departments, and may collect fees for such services as shall be authorized by the State Board of Health. Such fees shall be collected from persons financially able to pay for such services, and from insurers, governmental agencies or other persons obligated to reimburse for such services, and shall be collected in accordance with a schedule of fees approved by the State Commissioner of Health.
B. Fees for environmental services may be collected with the approval of the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality as authorized by the Environmental Quality Board.
C. County, district, cooperative, and city-county health departments may enter into agreements with individuals and with public and private agencies to provide health services enumerated in subsection (a) of this section to said health departments and also to supply these services to organizations or agencies. Such agreements shall be subject to approval of the State Commissioner of Health, and shall specify services to be performed and amounts to be paid.
D. Money received by a county, district, or city-county health department pursuant to a contractual arrangement, as fees for services, or from some other source, shall be deposited with the county treasurer in the county where earned as provided for in Section 681 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
E. With the approval of the State Commissioner of Health, such funds shall be transferred, in accordance with provisions of Sections 683 and 684 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and added to specified items of the Health Department's appropriations, and no further action or appropriation by the county excise board shall be required to make such available for expenditure. The county board of health, the city-county board of health, or a person designated to act on behalf of either board is authorized to effect transfer of these funds, and to specify the item or items of appropriation to which they are to be added, in accordance with the State Health Commissioner's approval.

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 1-206.1

Added by Laws 1968, c. 266, § 1, emerg. eff. 4/29/1968. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 117, § 1; Laws 1984, c. 162, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/1/1984; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 304, eff. 7/1/1993.