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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 63. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

  § 63-2220.2. Organ donor education and awareness programs.  

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  • A.  The State Department of Health and the State Department of Education, giving consideration to the recommendations of the Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, shall develop organ donor education awareness programs to educate the general public on the importance of organ donation and shall recommend priorities in the expenditures from the Oklahoma Organ Donor Education and Awareness Program Fund.

    B.  In administering this act, the State Department of Health and the State Department of Education are authorized, but not limited to:

    1.  Develop and implement educational programs and campaigns to increase organ donation in Oklahoma;

    2.  Make policy recommendations for the promotion of organ donation in Oklahoma;

    3.  Recommend priorities in the expenditures from the Oklahoma Organ Donor Education Program Fund;

    4.  Accept and hold property; and

    5.  Utilize local resources including volunteers when appropriate.

    C.  The State Department of Health and the State Department of Education shall annually submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report detailing its expenditures of fund monies, its activities, the status of organ donation in the state, and any recommendations for legislative changes by the first day of December beginning December 1, 2002.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 279, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.  Amended by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 75, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.