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§ 1-527. Reports of a sexually transmitted infection

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and SafetyEffective: November 1, 2019

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 63. Public Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Public Health Code
Article 5. Disease Prevention and Control (Refs & Annos)
D. Venereal Diseases
Effective: November 1, 2019
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-527
§ 1-527. Reports of a sexually transmitted infection
Currentness
A. Any physician who makes a diagnosis or treats a case of a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and every superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution in which there is a case of an STI, shall report such case immediately, in writing or electronically:
1. To the director or designee of the city-county health department, if in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, who shall, in turn, report such case to the State Commissioner of Health; or
2. Directly to the State Commissioner of Health, if not in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County,
in the same manner as other communicable diseases are reported, in forms to be prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner.
B. This act1 shall remain in effect until such time as the State Department of Health has in place a disease-reporting process that provides for a direct report from a lab or physician's office to the local health department and is capable of connecting a lab or physician's office with local health department systems for timely data delivery and start of the disease investigation process.

Credits

Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 527, operative July 1, 1963; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 394, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.

Footnotes

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O.S.L. 2019, c. 394.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-527, OK ST T. 63 § 1-527
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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