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Oklahoma · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-858: Penalties

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  2. Title 63

A. Any person who offers or develops or begins to offer or

develop a long-term care facility without having first obtained a

certificate of need, as provided by the Long-term Care Certificate

of Need Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon

conviction shall be punishable by payment of a fine of not less than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00).

B. If the State Department of Health, through one of its agents

or representatives, notifies in writing, through certified mail,

return receipt requested, the person who has unlawfully commenced

the offering or development of a long-term care facility to cease

and desist, then each day that such person continues such offering

or development shall be a separate offense. If any person continues

to offer or develop an institutional health service after the

issuance of a cease and desist order, the Department shall seek an

injunction to prohibit the continued offering or development.

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