§ 1-260.3. Establishment, promotion, and maintenance of osteoporosis prevention and treatment e...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-260.3
§ 1-260.3. Establishment, promotion, and maintenance of osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program--Needs assessment
The State Department of Health shall establish, promote, and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program in order to effectuate the purposes of this act1 as follows:
b. educating consumers about risk factors, diet and exercise, diagnostic procedures and their indications for use, risks and benefits of drug therapies currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, environmental safety and injury prevention, and the availability of diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation services:
c. educating physicians and health professionals and training community service providers on the most up-to-date, accurate scientific and medical information on osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, therapeutic decision-making, including guidelines for detecting and treating the disease in special populations, risks and benefits of medications, and research advances:
b. Based on the needs assessment, the Department shall develop and maintain a list of osteoporosis-related services and osteoporosis health care providers with specialization in services to prevent, diagnose, and treat osteoporosis. This list shall be disseminated with a description of diagnostic testing procedures, appropriate indications for their use, drug therapies currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and a cautionary statement about the current status of osteoporosis research, prevention, and treatment. Such cautionary statement shall also indicate that the Department does not license, certify, or in any way approve osteoporosis programs or centers in the state.
Credits
Laws 1999, c. 198, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
Footnotes
Title 63, § 1-260.1 et seq.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-260.3, OK ST T. 63 § 1-260.3
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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