Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-860.5: Department - Powers and duties

The State Department of Health shall have the power and duty to:

1. Issue, renew, deny, modify, suspend and revoke first-year

and permanent licenses for hospice programs pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act;

2. Establish and enforce standards and requirements for

licensure of hospice programs and require the submission of, and to

review, reports from any person establishing or operating a hospice

program;

3. Establish and enforce construction standards and other

requirements for hospice inpatient facilities; provided, however,

such standards and requirements shall comply with current Medicare

regulations for hospice inpatient facilities;

4. Establish a construction plan review fee for such

facilities; provided, however, the amount of such fee shall not

exceed the amount set by the Department for construction plan review

fees for hospitals;

5. Enter upon any public or private property, with permission,

for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions of the

patients in a hospice or for the purpose of inspecting and

investigating a hospice for compliance with the provisions of the

Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act, or the standards or requirements for

licensure developed by the Department pursuant to the provisions of

the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act;

6. Employ or designate personnel to conduct investigations and

inspections, to make reports of the condition of hospices and the

patients of such hospices, and to take necessary action pursuant to

the provisions of the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act to protect and

safeguard the health, safety and welfare of patients of hospices;

7. Establish a procedure for receipt and investigation of

complaints regarding a hospice or concerning the condition, care and

treatment of a patient in the hospice;

8. Advise, consult and cooperate with other agencies of this

state, the federal government, other states and interstate agencies,

and with affected groups and political subdivisions to further the

purposes of the provisions of the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act;

9. Develop and enforce rules subject to the approval of the

State Board of Health to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma

Hospice Licensing Act;

10. Establish and enforce penalties for violations of the

provisions of the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act as authorized by

the Board pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Hospice

Licensing Act; and

11. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper for

the administration of the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act.