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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2816 By: Kendrix
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to sunset; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
Section 91, which relates to the State Anatomical
Board; re-creating the Board; and mo difying
termination date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 91, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 91. A. There is hereby re -created, to continue u ntil
July 1, 2023 2029, 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 oste opathic medical schools or their
designee;
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3. Two persons appointed jointly by the presidents o f
institutions of higher education within the state which have
educational programs other than medical which require on a regular
basis human anatomical materia ls, provided that these programs have
been approved by the State Regents for Higher Education; a nd
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 Anatomical 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 disposition of all dead human bod ies used for
health science education and research in the State 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 establish r ules for its
government, to appoint and remove officers, and to appoint an
executive director wh o shall keep full and complete minutes of its
transactions and manage the affairs of the Board. The expenditures
authorized in this section shall not be a char ge against the state,
but shall be paid by the agent designated 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 for
the period of time authorized by the Records Disposition Schedule.
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The name of the oversight Board shall be the State Anatom ical Board,
hereinafter called the Anatomical Board . The Anatomical Board may,
in its discretion, exempt any county, district, or institution from
the provisions of this act in any calendar year for any length of
time.
59-1-5999 LRB 01/07/23