Hospitals within the participating health care systems:
1. Shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health and shall meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and the American Osteopathic Association. Provided, the State Commissioner of Health may waive any such standards, requirements and essentials as the Commissioner deems necessary;
2. May provide services and receive payments therefor under Title XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may participate in other federal medical programs;
3. Shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa), and other health and educational facilities, and shall provide indigent patient care consistent with their past policies and performance; and
4. Shall not be covered by The Governmental Tort Claims Act, and their employees, agents, independent contractors and employees of independent contractors shall not be covered by The Governmental Tort Claims Act.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 374, § 6, eff. July 1, 2002.