A. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate or maintain in the State of Oklahoma a hospital without first obtaining a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided. Hospitals operated by the federal government, the Department of Corrections, state mental hospitals, and community-based structured crisis centers as defined in Section 3-317 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. B. A hospital may be licensed as a general medical surgical hospital with one or more specialty services or combination of specialty services in a single license.C. Nothing in this article shall authorize any person to engage, in any manner, in the practice of the healing arts.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 7, § 702, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 354, § 49, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1999, c. 93, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2016, c. 95, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
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