When the State Commissioner of Health shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any person has active tuberculosis disease, the Commissioner may require isolation, hospitalization or other confinement for treatment of such person. The State Commissioner of Health is hereby authorized to contract with any hospital and/or physician to provide such hospitalization or treatment as required and shall be exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act in contracting for such hospitalization and treatment, as specified in Section 85.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If any person shall be convicted for a violation of any of the provisions of Sections 1-402 and 1-403 of this title, then such person shall be committed by the judge of the district court for isolation or confinement and treatment in such institution or at such location or facility as designated by the State Commissioner of Health.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 351, § 19, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.