Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1503: Diagnostic x-ray systems - Official state agency -

Healing arts practitioners.

A. The State Department of Health is hereby designated as the

official agency of the State of Oklahoma for all regulatory

activities pertaining to health and safety in the use of diagnostic

x-ray systems, and shall act as the coordinating agency for the

purpose of cooperating with other states, the United States Public

Health Service and other federal agencies in the administration of

programs relating to diagnostic x-ray systems, available to the

State of Oklahoma under federal laws; and it shall encourage,

participate in, and conduct studies, investigations, training,

research and demonstrations relating to constructive uses of

diagnostic x-ray systems and the prevention and control of its

associated harmful effects or unnecessary exposure, the effects to

health on exposure to x-rays, and related problems.

B. Nothing in the Diagnostic X-Ray Facility Act shall interfere

with the doctor-patient relationship of any licensed member of the

healing arts; nor shall anything in the Diagnostic X-Ray Facility

Act prohibit a licensed practitioner of the healing arts, or an

individual under the direction of such licensed practitioner, from

using x-rays or other sources of radiation and/or fluoroscopes for

diagnostic, research or treatment purposes, as authorized under the

Practitioner's Licensing Act, provided the radiation devices and the

related facilities of the practitioner shall comply with the rules

and regulations promulgated under the provisions of the Diagnostic

X-Ray Facility Act.