Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-177: Investigation of complaints against hospitals and homes

It shall be the duty of the State Department of Public Welfare

to investigate all complaints made in the form of a sworn affidavit

against such institutions as are named in the preceding section, and

all orphanages of whatever name or character, which are conducted by

individuals for their own personal gain or profit, or which either

charge for their services or subsist wholly or in part by money

collected by subscription from the public as a charity. In event

the complaints are found to be true, the Department shall have the

power to order such institutions closed, and upon failure or refusal

of the proprietors or operators of such institutions to obey the

order shall file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction

and ask that they be legally restrained from operating said

institutions, and if guilty of malpractice, mistreatment or any

illegal act, that they be punished according to law.