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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