An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2816 By: Kendrix of the House
and
Bergstrom of the Senate
An Act relating to sunset; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
Section 91, which relates to the State Anatomical
Board; re-creating the Board; and modifying
termination date.
SUBJECT: Sunset
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 202 1, Section 91, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 91. A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until
July 1, 2023 2025, in accordance with the prov isions of the Oklahoma
Sunset Law, an oversight Board to be known as the State Anatomical
Board, to be composed of the following members:
1. The Deans or their designee of each accredited medical
school and osteopathic medical school within the State of O klahoma;
2. The persons heading the Department of Anatomy, or comparable
department, in the medical and osteopathic medical schools or their
designee;
3. Two persons appointed jointly by the presid ents of
institutions of higher education within the state which have
educational programs other than medical which require on a regular
basis human anatomical materials, provided that these programs have
been approved by the S tate Regents for Higher Educat ion; and
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4. One at-large member appointed by the Governo r to represent
the interests of the citizens of this state.
B. It shall be the duty of the State Ana tomical Board to
register all anatomical donor programs and non -transplant tissue
banks and to designate agents to provide for the collection,
preservation, storage, distribution, delivery, recovery from users,
cremation and final di sposition of all dead h uman bodies used for
health science education and research in the St ate of Oklahoma.
C. The Board shall elect from its membership a chairperson who
shall perform such other duties as the Board may prescribe by rule.
The Board shall have full power to est ablish rules for its
government, to appoint and remove officers, and to appoint an
executive director who shall keep full and complete minutes of its
transactions and manage the affairs of the Board. The expenditures
authorized in this section shall not b e a charge against the state,
but shall be paid by the agent designa ted by the Board to receive ,
store, issue, and cremate human anatomical materials. Rec ords shall
also be kept by the agent of all bodies received and distributed fo r
the period of time au thorized by the Records Disposition Schedule.
The name of the overs ight Board shall be the Sta te Anatomical Board,
hereinafter called the Anatomical Board . The Anatomical Board may,
in its discretion, exempt any county, district, o r institution from
the provisions of this act in any calendar year for any length of
time.
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Passed the House of Repres entatives the 9th day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 19th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this __ __________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________