Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3240.4: Licensure of hospitals – Services and payment –

Teaching and training hospitals.

Hospitals within the participating health care systems:

1. Shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health and

shall meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint

Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and the

American Osteopathic Association. Provided, the State Commissioner

of Health may waive any such standards, requirements and essentials

as the Commissioner deems necessary;

2. May provide services and receive payments therefor under

Title XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may

participate in other federal medical programs;

3. Shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for

Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa), and other health

and educational facilities, and shall provide indigent patient care

consistent with their past policies and performance; and

4. Shall not be covered by The Governmental Tort Claims Act,

and their employees, agents, independent contractors and employees

of independent contractors shall not be covered by The Governmental

Tort Claims Act.