Oklahoma § 63-1-527 Reports of a sexually transmitted infection.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 63-1-527 — Reports of a sexually transmitted infection.

Oklahoma § 63-1-527

Title 63Public Health And Safety

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-527 (2026).

Text

A.Any physician who makes a diagnosis or treats a case of a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and every superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution in which there is a case of an STI, shall report such case immediately, in writing or electronically: 1. To the director or designee of the city-county health department, if in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, who shall, in turn, report such case to the State Commissioner of Health; or 2. Directly to the State Commissioner of Health, if not in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, in the same manner as other communicable diseases are reported, in forms to be prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner.

B.This act shall remain in effect until such time as the State Department of Health has in place a

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A. Any physician who makes a diagnosis or treats a case of a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and every superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution in which there is a case of an STI, shall report such case immediately, in writing or electronically: 1. To the director or designee of the city-county health department, if in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, who shall, in turn, report such case to the State Commissioner of Health; or 2. Directly to the State Commissioner of Health, if not in Oklahoma County or Tulsa County, in the same manner as other communicable diseases are reported, in forms to be prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner. B. This act shall remain in effect until such time as the State Department of Health has in place a disease-reporting process that provides for a direct report from a lab or physician's office to the local health department and is capable of connecting a lab or physician's office with local health department systems for timely data delivery and start of the disease investigation process.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 527, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 394, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.