SECTION 310:667-7-6. All patients under physician's or licensed independent practitioner's care  


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  • (a)   The governing body shall be responsible for establishing a policy which requires that every patient shall be under the care of a physician or licensed independent practitioner.
    (b)   Patients shall be admitted to the hospital only upon the recommendation of a physician or licensed independent practitioner.
    (c)   A physician or licensed independent practitioner shall be on duty or on call at all times, and physically available if needed within twenty (20) minutes at the most.
[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 1555, eff 4-12-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 2429, eff 6-26-95; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1664, eff 6-12-03]