Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-707b: Granting of staff privileges - Criteria

A. The administrator in charge of or the governing board of

each hospital licensed by the State Commissioner of Health shall

adopt written criteria for use in determining which licensed medical

doctors, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of podiatry, and health

service psychologists shall be granted professional and/or medical

staff privileges by the hospital. A licensed hospital shall not

deny an application based solely on the applicant's license, as long

as the applicant is licensed to practice:

1. Medicine by the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision;

2. Osteopathy by the State Board of Osteopathy;

3. Podiatry by the State Board of Podiatry; or

4. As a health service psychologist by the Oklahoma State Board

of Examiners of Psychologists.

B. The accordance and delineation of medical staff membership

or clinical privileges shall be determined on an individual basis

commensurate with an applicant's education, training, experience and

demonstrated clinical competence.

C. When medical education training and specialty board

certification are considerations in the credentialing and

recredentialing of physicians, hospitals and health plans shall give

equal recognition to those bodies recognized by the federal

government for the training and certification of such physicians.

Hospitals and health plans shall not discriminate, on the basis of

education, against eligible physicians who have:

1. Graduated from medical schools and postdoctoral programs

approved by either the American Osteopathic Association or the

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or

2. Been awarded board eligibility or board certification by

specialty boards recognized by either the American Osteopathic

Association or the American Board of Medical Specialties.