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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1039 By: Kendrix
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to sunset; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
Section 91, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 90,
O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S. Supp. 2024, Sect ion 91), which
relates to the State Anatomical Board; re -creating
the Board; and modifying the termination date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 91, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 90, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 91), is amended to read as follows:
Section 91. A. There is hereby re -created, to continue until
July 1, 2025 2026, in accordance with the provisions 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 Oklahoma;
2. The persons heading the Department of Anatomy, or comparable
department, in the medical and osteopath ic medical schools or their
designee;
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3. Two persons appointed jointly by the presidents of
institutions of higher education within the state which have
educational programs oth er than medical which require on a regular
basis human anatomical materials, provided that these programs have
been approved by the State Regents for Higher Education; and
4. One at-large member appointed by the Governor 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, r ecovery from users,
cremation and final disposition of all dead human bodies 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 Boa rd may prescribe by rule.
The Board shall have full power to establish 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 th e Board. The expenditures
authorized in this section shall not be a charge against the state,
but shall be paid by the agent designated by the Board to receive,
store, issue, and cremate human anatomical materials. Records shall
also be kept by the agent of all bodies received and distributed for
the period of time authorized by t he Records Disposition Schedule.
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The name of the oversight Board shall be the State Anatomical 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.
60-1-10607 SW 12/04/24