§ 63-3205. University Hospitals - Certificate of Need - Operation and licensing - Service and receiving payments - Teaching and training.

A.  The transfer of the University Hospitals from the Commission for Human Services and the Department of Human Services shall not require a Certificate of Need pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2651 through 2656.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; provided, however, that any expansion or change to the University Hospitals requiring a Certificate of Need after such transfer shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2651 through 2656.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B.  1.  University Hospitals shall be operated as general hospitals and shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health, and shall, as far as possible, meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education, the American Specialty Boards and the Association of American Medical Colleges.

2.  The University Hospitals may provide services and receive payments therefor under Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may participate in other federal medical programs.

3.  University Hospitals shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for the colleges of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, for the College of Medicine of the University of Oklahoma, for other health and educational facilities and shall provide indigent patient care.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 5, eff. July 1, 1993.