{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-205","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-205","heading":"County, district and cooperative departments of health -","body":"Medical director - Contracts for public health services.\n\nA. The county board of health may, with the approval of the\n\nState Commissioner of Health, establish and maintain a county\n\ndepartment of health, the maintenance and operation of which is\n\nhereby declared to be a function of county government for which\n\nappropriations may be made from the general fund of the county and\n\nthe proceeds of a levy made in accordance with Section 9A of Article\n\nX of the Oklahoma Constitution.\n\nB. The county boards of health of two or more counties may,\n\nwith the approval of the Commissioner, form a health district\n\ncomposed of such counties for public health purposes. The health\n\ndistrict may have a district department of health which shall be\n\noperated, in such counties, in the same manner as county departments\n\nof health. A health district may also be comprised of multiple\n\ncounty health departments operating under agreement to share\n\nresources for purposes of enhancing health outcomes for the member\n\ncounties, provided costs are allocated in proportion to resources\n\nutilized by each county.\n\nC. Cooperative departments of health may be formed by agreement\n\nbetween the county board of health of any county maintaining a\n\ncounty department of health, or the county boards of health of\n\ncounties in a health district, and the governing boards of cities,\n\ntowns, and school districts lying wholly or partly in such county or\n\nhealth district. Any such agreement shall stipulate what health\n\nservices will be provided to the cities, towns and school districts,\n\nwhich may be all or any of the services that may be provided by a\n\ncounty department of health, and shall also fix the amounts of funds\n\nto be paid by the cities, towns, and school districts for the\n\nservices. All agreements made under the provisions of this section\n\nshall be subject to the approval of the State Commissioner of\n\nHealth.\n\nD. A county department of health, a district department of\n\nhealth and a cooperative department of health shall be under the\n\ndirection of a medical director, who shall perform his or her duties\n\nunder the supervision of the Commissioner, and who shall, in\n\naddition to other duties, perform the same powers, duties and\n\nfunctions in the county, in the health district, or in the\n\ncooperative department, as is provided by law for county\n\nsuperintendents of health. The Commissioner shall appoint and fix\n\nthe duties and compensation of the medical director, who shall be a\n\nphysician licensed under the laws of this state, and shall employ\n\nand fix the duties and compensation of such other personnel as the\n\nCommissioner deems necessary for the operation of the county\n\ndepartment of health, the district department of health, or the\n\ncooperative department of health, all such personnel to be employed\n\nunder provisions of the Oklahoma Personnel Act and paid by state\n\nwarrant. Reimbursements to the State Department of Health shall be\n\npaid by the county from the Section 9A of Article X of the Oklahoma\n\nConstitution mill levy revenues, payable for the benefit of such\n\ncounty health department, district department of health, or the\n\ncooperative department of health and payable within thirty (30) days\n\nof receipt of an invoice therefor. Provided that, in any such local\n\nhealth department operating under the direction of a medical\n\ndirector who serves less than full time, the Commissioner may\n\ndelegate nonmedical administrative duties to another employee of the\n\ncounty, district, or cooperative health department.\n\nE. The board of health or board of county commissioners of any\n\ncounty may contract with the board of health or board of county\n\ncommissioners of any county or the State Department of Health to\n\nprovide the county any or all public health services. The county\n\nreceiving the services shall pay for the rendering of services\n\naccording to a schedule of fees and payments mutually agreed upon by\nment.\n\nE. The board of health or board of county commissioners of any\n\ncounty may contract with the board of health or board of county\n\ncommissioners of any county or the State Department of Health to\n\nprovide the county any or all public health services. The county\n\nreceiving the services shall pay for the rendering of services\n\naccording to a schedule of fees and payments mutually agreed upon by\n\nthe the county or counties affected. Such schedule of fees and\n\npayments shall be equal to the cost of the services provided.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ae2ce21736c0649b6c0f1fcbca2461c599e6986e0bd8f2afde2216743fd0bc48","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-204","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-2053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}