Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-6103: Purposes

The purposes of the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act

are:

1. To require the development of a comprehensive plan to

provide for a coordinated, appropriate response in the event of a

catastrophic health emergency;

2. To authorize the reporting and collection of data and

records, the management of property, the protection of persons, and

access to communications during a catastrophic health emergency;

3. To facilitate the early detection of a catastrophic health

emergency, and allow for immediate investigation of such a

catastrophic health emergency by granting access to health

information of individuals under specified circumstances;

4. To grant state and local officials the authority during a

catastrophic health emergency to provide care, treatment, and

vaccination to persons who are ill or who have been exposed to

transmissible diseases, and to separate affected individuals from

the population at large to interrupt disease transmission;

5. To ensure during a catastrophic health emergency that the

needs of infected or exposed persons are properly addressed to the

fullest extent possible, given the primary goal of controlling

serious health threats; and

6. To provide, during a catastrophic health emergency, state

and local officials with the ability to prevent, detect, manage, and

contain health threats without unduly interfering with civil rights

and liberties.