2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-628.5. Dentistry.
A program of assistance to citizens of Oklahoma studying dentistry outside the state is hereby authorized for administration by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The State Regents are authorized to provide direct assistance to bona fide citizens of Oklahoma pursuing the study of dentistry at accredited dental schools, and making satisfactory progress in their study, in an amount not to exceed the equivalent of the nonresident tuition charged at state-supported schools of dentistry, to be administered under rules and regulations formulated by the State Regents for this purpose. Provided, further, that the State Regents may operate an assistance program for citizens of the state studying optometry similar to that operated for dental students. It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Regents allocate from appropriations made by the Legislature sufficient funds for carrying out the purpose of this program.
Added by Laws 1971, p. 1034, S.J.R. No. 38, § 5, emerg. eff. June 17, 1971.
