2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-707a. Staff privileges - Applications - Psychologists.

63 OK Stat § 63-1-707a (2014) What's This?

A. The administrator in charge of each hospital licensed by the State Commissioner of Health shall accept for consideration each application for professional staff privileges submitted by a person licensed to practice:

1. Medicine by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision;

2. Osteopathy by the State Board of Osteopathy;

3. Podiatry by the State Board of Podiatry; or

4. As a health service psychologist by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

B. The application shall be acted upon by the governing board of the hospital within a reasonable time. A written report of such action shall be furnished to the applicant thereafter.

C. If a hospital grants staff privileges to a psychologist, at the time of admission of a patient of the psychologist to the hospital, the psychologist or the hospital shall identify a psychiatrist, a medical doctor, or a doctor of osteopathy who shall be responsible for the medical evaluation and medical management of the patient.

Added by Laws 1977, c. 180, § 1. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 142, § 1; Laws 1987, c. 118, § 53, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1995, c. 134, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 93, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.

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