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45 | 46 | | An Act relating to quarantine protocols; amending 63 |
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46 | 47 | | O.S. 2021, Section 1-504, which relates to quaran tine |
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47 | 48 | | procedures; prohibiting certain movement of person |
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48 | 49 | | having or suspected of having communicable disease; |
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49 | 50 | | broadening certain autho rity of district court; |
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50 | 51 | | updating statutory language; amending 63 O.S. 2021, |
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51 | 52 | | Section 1-507, which relates to school attendance of |
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52 | 53 | | diseased pupils; broadening applicability of section; |
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53 | 54 | | eliminating certain duty of school; modifying |
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54 | 55 | | criteria for determination of exclusion period; |
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55 | 56 | | authorizing local health departments and the State |
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56 | 57 | | Department of Health to provide certain guidance to |
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57 | 58 | | schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.194, |
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58 | 59 | | which relates to children afflicted with contagious |
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59 | 60 | | disease or head lice ; broadening applicability of |
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60 | 61 | | section; requiring compliance with certain public |
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61 | 62 | | health law; authorizing certain certificatio n from a |
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62 | 63 | | licensed doctor; eliminating certain provisions |
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63 | 64 | | relating to head lice; repealing 63 O.S. 2021, |
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64 | 65 | | Sections 1-505 and 1-506, which relate to removal of |
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65 | 66 | | diseased persons; providing an effective date; and |
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66 | 67 | | declaring an emergency. |
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70 | 71 | | |
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71 | 72 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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101 | 101 | | Section 1-504. A. Whenever a local heal th officer determines |
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102 | 102 | | or suspects that a person has been e xposed to and may be incubating |
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103 | 103 | | a communicable disease of public healt h concern, the local he alth |
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104 | 104 | | officer may impose a quarantine upon such person and req uire such |
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105 | 105 | | person to remain out of public con tact and in the place or premises |
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106 | 106 | | where such person usuall y stays. Notice thereof shall be given in |
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107 | 107 | | accordance with the rules and regulations of promulgated by the |
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108 | 108 | | State Board Commissioner of Health. It shall b e unlawful for such |
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109 | 109 | | person, or any other person, to violate the terms or conditions of |
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110 | 110 | | the quarantine. |
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111 | 111 | | B. Whenever a local health officer determines or suspects that |
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112 | 112 | | a person has a communicable disea se of public health con cern, the |
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113 | 113 | | local health officer ma y impose isolation upon such person and |
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114 | 114 | | require such person to remain out of public contac t and in an |
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115 | 115 | | adequate treatment facility or in the place or premises where such |
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116 | 116 | | person usually stays. Notice t hereof shall be given i n accordance |
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117 | 117 | | with the rules and regulations of promulgated by the State Board |
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118 | 118 | | Commissioner of Health. It shall be unlawful for such person, or |
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119 | 119 | | any other person, to violate the terms or condi tions of the |
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120 | 120 | | isolation. |
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121 | 121 | | C. No person having or suspected of having a communicable |
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122 | 122 | | disease shall be compelled to be moved from the place where he or |
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152 | 151 | | D. District courts shall be authorized to may grant injunctive |
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153 | 152 | | relief, including temporary injunctions and temporary restra ining |
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154 | 153 | | orders, to overturn or compel compliance with a quarantine or |
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155 | 154 | | isolation order issued by a local health officer p ursuant to this |
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156 | 155 | | section. |
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157 | 156 | | SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-507, is |
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158 | 157 | | amended to read as follows: |
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159 | 158 | | Section 1-507. No Any person having a communicable disease |
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160 | 159 | | shall be permitted to attend or head lice may be prohibited from |
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161 | 160 | | attending a private or, public, or parochial school, and it. It |
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162 | 161 | | shall be the duty of the parent or guardian and the school of such |
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163 | 162 | | person to exclude from the scho ol such person until the expiration |
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164 | 163 | | of the period of isolation or quarantine ordered for the case, or |
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165 | 164 | | until permission to do so shal l have been given by the local county |
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166 | 165 | | health department or the State Department of Health in compliance |
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167 | 166 | | with the school’s communicable disease policy. Local health |
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168 | 167 | | departments and the State Department of Health may provide guidance |
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169 | 168 | | and assistance to schoo ls in setting or changing such p olicy. |
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170 | 169 | | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 20 21, Section 1210.194, is |
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171 | 170 | | amended to read as follows: |
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172 | 171 | | Section 1210.194. A. Any child afflicted with a contagious or |
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173 | 172 | | communicable disease or head lice may be prohibited from attending a |
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203 | 201 | | compliance with Section 1 -507 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Stat utes |
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204 | 202 | | or upon certification from a licensed medical doctor or licens ed |
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205 | 203 | | doctor of osteopathic medicine . |
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206 | 204 | | B. Any child prohibited from attending school due to head lic e |
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207 | 205 | | shall present to the appropriate school authorities, before the |
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208 | 206 | | child may reenter school, certification from a health professional |
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209 | 207 | | as defined by Section 2601 of Title 6 3 of the Oklahoma Statutes or |
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210 | 208 | | an authorized representative of the State Department of Health that |
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211 | 209 | | the child is no longer afflicted with head lice. |
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212 | 210 | | C. School districts and county or city-county health |
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213 | 211 | | departments may enter into agreements under the Interlo cal |
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214 | 212 | | Cooperation Act for the purpose of provi ding assistance to the |
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215 | 213 | | school district by inspecting children who are returning to school |
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216 | 214 | | after an absence due to head lice to ensure that the child is no |
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217 | 215 | | longer afflicted with head lice. |
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218 | 216 | | D. If a school district and county or city-county health |
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219 | 217 | | department has entered into an agreement as authoriz ed in subsection |
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220 | 218 | | C of this section, upon written authorization of the parent or |
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221 | 219 | | guardian of a child, the county or city-county health department may |
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222 | 220 | | provide treatment to the child for head lice. |
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223 | 221 | | SECTION 4. REPEALER 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-505, is |
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224 | 222 | | hereby repealed. |
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