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§ 328.43b. Patient fatalities--Adverse Outcomes Review and Investigation Panel

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 59. Professions and OccupationsEffective: November 1, 2018

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 59. Professions and Occupations (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 7. Dentistry (Refs & Annos)
Part 1. State Dental Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: November 1, 2018
59 Okl.St.Ann. § 328.43b
§ 328.43b. Patient fatalities--Adverse Outcomes Review and Investigation Panel
A. In any matter involving a fatality or near fatality of a dental patient within forty-eight (48) hours of receiving anesthesia or that is required to be reported to the Board pursuant to Section 328.55 of this title, such matter shall be investigated by the Adverse Outcomes Review and Investigation Panel.
B. The Adverse Outcomes Review and Investigation Panel shall stand in the place of the Board's Review and Investigation Panel pursuant to Section 328.43a of this title during the complaint and review process.
C. Upon notification of a fatality to the Board, the President of the Board shall assign four members of the Anesthesia Committee pursuant to Section 328.17 of this title to review and investigate the matter.
D. Two of the members shall hold the same license type, whether general or specialty, as the licensee that is the subject of the complaint and two shall hold different types of licenses.
E. All other procedures as defined in Section 328.43a of this title regarding complaint and Board procedures shall be followed.
F. The Board may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

Credits

Laws 2015, c. 229, § 24, eff. July 1, 2015; Laws 2018, c. 151, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
59 Okl. St. Ann. § 328.43b, OK ST T. 59 § 328.43b
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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