Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-111: Erection of buildings - Care of patients

The board of county commissioners of the counties throughout the

state shall have power to erect buildings upon land occupied by

county indigent care facilities for the isolation and treatment of

all indigent persons who are afflicted with an illness or disease

which makes it necessary that these measures be taken, and that the

patients may, if the building is erected, be cared for out of the

indigent care budget of the county of which the patients are

residents.