Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3423: Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

– Merger - Mission.

A. The institution located in Tulsa County and known as the

Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery is hereby

merged with and made an agency and an integral part of Oklahoma

State University. The location of the college shall remain in Tulsa

County. On and after the effective date of this act, the official

name of the college shall be the Oklahoma State University College

of Osteopathic Medicine. The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma

Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges shall have the supervision,

management, and governmental control of the college, which shall be

administered by Oklahoma State University. At least one of the two

highest-ranking administrative officers of the college shall be a

doctor of osteopathic medicine.

B. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State University Center

for Health Sciences which shall include the programs of the Oklahoma

State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and may include

other medical and biomedical sciences programs of Oklahoma State

University.

C. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to change the mission,

courses, or programs of Oklahoma State University or to alter the

powers of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education related to

the approval of courses, programs, and institutional missions.