2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-104. State Board of Health – Officers – Government – Travel expenses – Powers and duties.
A. The State Board of Health shall elect annually from its membership a President, Vice President and Secretary. The Board shall adopt rules for its government, and may adopt an official seal for the State Department of Health. It shall hold such meetings as it deems necessary. Each member of the Board shall be paid travel expenses, as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
B. The Board shall have the following powers and duties:
1. Appoint and fix the compensation of a State Commissioner of Health;
2. Adopt such rules and standards as it deems necessary to carry out any of the provisions of this Code;
3. Accept and disburse grants, allotments, gifts, devises, bequests, funds, appropriations, and other property made or offered to it; and
4. Establish such divisions, sections, bureaus, offices, and positions in the State Department of Health as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 1, § 104, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 136, § 1, operative July 1, 1976; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 42, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1997, c. 238, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
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