Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-7200.3: Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Sleep Diagnostic Testing Regulation Act:

1. “Advanced practice nurse” means a person licensed to

practice as an advanced practice nurse by the Oklahoma Board of

Nursing pursuant to the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act;

2. “Interpreting physician” means a physician who provides

professional interpretation of data generated by sleep diagnostic

tests. An interpreting physician shall be board-certified in sleep

medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) or the

American Board of Medical Specialties or must have completed a one-

year sleep medicine fellowship accredited by the Accreditation

Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or received a

Certification of Special Qualifications (CSQ) or a Certification of

Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Sleep Medicine issued by the American

Osteopathic Association;

3. “Physician” means a person licensed to practice:

a. allopathic medicine and surgery by the State Board of

Medical Licensure and Supervision pursuant to the

Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and

Supervision Act, or

b. osteopathic medicine by the State Board of Osteopathic

Examiners pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic

Medicine Act;

4. “Physician assistant” means a person licensed to practice as

a physician assistant by the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision pursuant to the Physician Assistant Act;

5. “Sleep diagnostic test” means any technological recording

procedure used for the diagnosis of sleep-related breathing

disorders or other disorders of sleep;

6. “Sleep diagnostic testing facility” means a building or

place situated in a fixed location or a mobile entity that is used

to conduct sleep diagnostic tests and includes sleep disorder

centers and laboratories for sleep-related breathing disorders, but

does not include a hospital that conducts sleep diagnostic tests for

its patients, including sleep diagnostic tests performed under

arrangements made by a hospital for its patients whereby the

hospital exercises professional responsibility over the arranged

services; and

7. “Supervising physician” means a physician responsible for

the supervision of the sleep diagnostic testing performed,

including, but not limited to, the quality of the testing performed,

the proper operation and calibration of the equipment used to

perform sleep diagnostic tests and the actions of nonphysician

personnel engaged in the performance of the sleep diagnostic

testing. A supervising physician shall be board-certified in sleep

medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) or the

American Board of Medical Specialties or shall have completed a one-

year sleep medicine fellowship accredited by the Accreditation

Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), or received a

Certification of Special Qualifications (CSQ) or a Certification of

Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Sleep Medicine issued by the American

Osteopathic Association.