SECTION 310:1-1-4. Board powers and duties

  The State Board of Health shall exercise all powers expressly or impliedly granted to it by statute, including but not limited to the following:

(1)   The Board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a State Commissioner of Health.

(2)   The Board shall adopt such rules, regulations, and standards as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Public Health Code, 63 O.S. 1991, § 1-101 et seq., as now or hereafter amended and other laws of the state and federal government as may be assigned to it.

(3)   The Board shall accept and disburse grants, allotments, gifts, devises, bequests, funds, appropriations, and other property made or offered to it or the State Department of Health.

(4)   The State Board of Health shall organize and divide the Department of Health into such agencies, divisions, sections, bureaus, offices, service and positions as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Public Health Code and other state and federal laws assigned to it. Such organizational structure may be revised and amended from time to time by the Board of Health as the Board finds necessary or expedient.

(5)   The Board shall have the power to negotiate and enter into agreements with local, state, and federal governments, agencies or instrumentalities as may be authorized by statute or necessary for the performance of its duties.

[Source: Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2267, eff 6-26-95]