{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-214","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-214","heading":"City-county health departments - Agreement for creation","body":"- Powers - Medical director and other employees.\n\nA. The board of county commissioners of any county and the\n\ngoverning body of any city which qualify under Section 1-210 of this\n\ntitle shall enter into an agreement providing for the creation of a\n\ncity-county health department, and such contracting bodies shall by\n\nagreement provide for the method of operation thereof, the selection\n\nof a director of such department, and the proportionate share of\n\npersonnel and/or money that each shall contribute for the operation\n\nand support of such department.\n\nB. Unless an agreement made pursuant to subsection A of this\n\nsection specifically provides otherwise, any judgment against the\n\ncity-county health department or the city-county board of health\n\nshall be treated as a judgment against the county and may be paid\n\nfrom a sinking fund established pursuant to Section 28 of Article X\n\nof the Oklahoma Constitution in the manner that other judgments\n\nagainst the county are paid.\n\nC. Unless an agreement made pursuant to subsection A of this\n\nsection specifically provides otherwise, a city-county health\n\ndepartment shall have the power to own, acquire, lease, or dispose\n\nof real property in the performance of local public health\n\nfunctions, duties, and responsibilities.\n\nD. The qualifications of the director shall be determined by\n\nthe city-county board of health, with the advice of the State\n\nCommissioner of Health, and subject to approval by the governing\n\nbody of the city and the board of county commissioners of the\n\ncounty. The director, with the approval of the city-county board of\n\nhealth, the board of county commissioners of the county, and the\n\ngoverning body of the city, or the city manager in cities having a\n\nmanagerial form of government, shall appoint other personnel of the\n\ndepartment.\n\nE. The employees of a city-county health department shall\n\npossess minimum qualifications as set forth in a system of personnel\n\nadministration delineating job specifications and a compensation\n\nplan adopted by the city-county board of health, and approved by the\n\nState Commissioner of Health, the board of county commissioners and\n\nthe governing body of the city. By March 1, 1991, the city-county\n\nhealth department shall establish a personnel, merit and promotion\n\nsystem which shall be approved by the Commissioner of Public Health.\n\nThe employees shall also be eligible for membership in any life or\n\nhealth insurance plan of the county and the county retirement\n\nprogram, subject to the same conditions or restrictions that apply\n\nto county employees. Any state employees officed or located at or\n\nassigned to a city-county health department shall be subject to the\n\nstate system of personnel administration and shall be eligible for\n\nmembership in the state employees insurance and retirement programs.\n\nF. Such city-county health department shall, under the\n\nsupervision of the director, enforce and administer all municipal\n\nand county ordinances, rules and regulations, and all state laws,\n\nand rules and regulations of the State Board of Health pertaining to\n\npublic health matters in the jurisdiction where it is created, or in\n\nany area where it has jurisdiction to operate by agreement.\n\nG. A city-county health department may perform any and all\n\nhealth-related services, within the scope of practice, as prescribed\n\nby law, by the city-county board of health, or by standards of care\n\nfor medical services. When a city-county health department provides\n\na health-related service to any person covered by an applicable\n\nhealth insurance plan, the city-county health department may submit\n\na claim for said service to the appropriate insurance company,\n\nhealth maintenance organization or preferred provider organization.\n\nUpon receipt of the claim, said insurance company, health\n\nmaintenance organization or preferred provider organization shall\nrovides\n\na health-related service to any person covered by an applicable\n\nhealth insurance plan, the city-county health department may submit\n\na claim for said service to the appropriate insurance company,\n\nhealth maintenance organization or preferred provider organization.\n\nUpon receipt of the claim, said insurance company, health\n\nmaintenance organization or preferred provider organization shall\n\nreimburse the city-county health department for the service provided\n\nin accordance with the standard and customary rate schedule\n\nestablished by the plan. All health insurance plans, doing business\n\nin Oklahoma, shall recognize the public health service delivery\n\nmodel utilized by the city-county health department, as an\n\nappropriate provider of services for reimbursement. All insurance\n\nreimbursement payments collected shall become a part of the general\n\nrevenue of the unit of government levying the same.","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":"6ced4e2630038b1ccb86fc0ee5f441d7fc52c7a9f5f95030255d3f3f78a08c47","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-213","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}