Oklahoma Statutes
§ 43A-4-101 — Humane care and treatment - Food - Discipline - Medical
Oklahoma·Title 43A Mental Health
care. All persons being treated at facilities within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and facilities certified by the Department shall be given humane care and treatment. The food shall always be sufficient and wholesome. No physical or emotional punishment shall be inflicted, and the rules and discipline shall be designed to promote the well-being of the person being treated. The physical, medical, psychiatric and psychological testing, diagnosis, care and treatment shall be in accordance with the highest standards accepted in private and public medical and psychiatric practice to the extent that facilities, equipment and personnel are available.
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Legislative History
Added by Laws 1953, p. 170, § 91, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 145, § 8, emerg. eff. June 3, 1977. Renumbered from § 91 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 488, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 43A-1
Renumbered§ 43A-1-101
Short title.§ 43A-1-102
Purpose of law.§ 43A-1-103
Definitions.§ 43A-1-104
Public policy.§ 43A-1-105
Mental or legal incompetence - Presumptions.§ 43A-1-107
Venue of actions - Hearings.§ 43A-1-108
Habeas corpus - Notice - Evidence.§ 43A-1-109.1
Treatment advocates.§ 43A-1-110.1
Mental Health Transport Revolving Fund.§ 43A-10-101
Short title.§ 43A-10-102
Purpose.