Oklahoma § 63-1-858 Penalties.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 63-1-858 — Penalties.

Oklahoma § 63-1-858

Title 63Public Health And Safety

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-858 (2026).

Text

A.Any person who offers or develops or begins to offer or develop a long-term care facility without having first obtained a certificate of need, as provided by the Long-term Care Certificate of Need Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable by payment of a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

B.If the State Department of Health, through one of its agents or representatives, notifies in writing, through certified mail, return receipt requested, the person who has unlawfully commenced the offering or development of a long-term care facility to cease and desist, then each day that such person continues such offering or development shall be a separate offense. If any person cont

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A. Any person who offers or develops or begins to offer or develop a long-term care facility without having first obtained a certificate of need, as provided by the Long-term Care Certificate of Need Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable by payment of a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). B. If the State Department of Health, through one of its agents or representatives, notifies in writing, through certified mail, return receipt requested, the person who has unlawfully commenced the offering or development of a long-term care facility to cease and desist, then each day that such person continues such offering or development shall be a separate offense. If any person continues to offer or develop an institutional health service after the issuance of a cease and desist order, the Department shall seek an injunction to prohibit the continued offering or development.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1971, c. 64, § 8, emerg. eff. April 8, 1971. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 188, § 9, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1989, c. 227, § 17, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 2004, c. 436, § 9, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004.