{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-242.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-242.3","heading":"Investigation – Subpoena for production of records","body":"A. In any investigation relating to the functions of the\n\nMaternal Mortality Review Committee, the State Commissioner of\n\nHealth may require production of, by subpoena, any records,\n\nincluding books, papers, documents, and other tangible things which\n\nconstitute or contain evidence which the Committee finds relevant to\n\nthe investigation and review, if the Committee has been unable to\n\nobtain the necessary information by requesting it. The production\n\nof records may be required from any place in the state to be\n\nforwarded to the Committee. Reasonable copying fees shall be paid\n\nupon request.\n\nB. Compliance with the subpoena may be accomplished by:\n\n1. Producing documents, as requested; or\n\n2. Notifying the Committee, in writing, of refusal to produce\n\ndocuments, within ten (10) days of the date of service.\n\nThe subpoena form shall clearly set forth the optional means of\n\ncompliance including instructions for sending written notice of\n\nrefusal.\n\nC. A subpoena issued pursuant to this section may be served by\n\nany person designated in the subpoena to serve it. Service upon a\n\nnatural person may be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to\n\nthe person. Service may be made upon a domestic or foreign\n\ncorporation or upon a partnership or other unincorporated\n\nassociation which is subject to suit under a common name by\n\ndelivering the subpoena to an officer, to a managing or general\n\nagent or to any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to\n\nreceive service of process. The affidavit of the person serving the\n\nsubpoena entered on a true copy thereof by the person serving it\n\nshall be proof of service.\n\nD. In the case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any\n\nperson, the Commissioner of Health may invoke the aid of any\n\ndistrict court within the jurisdiction where the investigation is\n\ncarried out, where the subpoenaed person is an inhabitant, or where\n\nsuch person conducts business or may be found, to compel compliance\n\nwith the subpoena. The court may issue an order requiring the\n\nsubpoenaed person to appear before the Commissioner of Health to\n\nproduce records, if so ordered. Any failure to obey the order of\n\nthe court may be punished by the court as an indirect contempt\n\nthereof. All processes in any such case may be served in any\n\njudicial district in which such person may be found.\n\nE. The district court of the county wherein the subpoena is\n\nserved may quash a subpoena issued pursuant to this section upon a\n\nmotion to quash the subpoena filed with the court by the party to\n\nwhom the subpoena is issued.","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":"9c940ba57194d65e4363fe90d1c33f94e07e8f0f12b528adf41caf5b4ace7de9","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-242.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-242.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}