Okla. Stat. tit. 63 § 1-707a

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 1-707a - Staff privileges - Applications - Psychologists
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.

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 1-707a

Added by Laws 1977, c. 180, § 1. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 142, § 1; Laws 1987, c. 118, § 53, operative 7/1/1987; Laws 1995, c. 134, § 1, eff. 11/1/1995; Amended by Laws 1999 , HB 1184, c. 93, §7, eff. 11/1/1999.