(a) The University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry is hereby created for instruction in Dentistry. The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain the School of Dentistry and to provide for courses of instruction in Dentistry as will provide a thorough knowledge of Dentistry, and all subjects pertaining thereto, and that will meet the requirements of the Council on Dental Education, the American Association of Dental Schools and other such educational associations of like standard concerned with Dentistry.
(b) The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, through the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, shall have authority to confer degrees and issue diplomas, and fix a standard of grades for all students attending the School of Dentistry. The School of Dentistry shall have regular courses leading to degrees, and such other special courses as approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
(c) The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall fix the amount of tuition to be charged students in said School of Dentistry.
(d) The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma is hereby authorized to accept, in connection with said School of Dentistry, private or governmental grants or gifts of property, equipment or money for the use of said College.
(e) It is the purpose and intent of the Legislature that the University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry, herein created, shall be an integral part of the University of Oklahoma and of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. It is further the purpose and intent of the Legislature that the University of Oklahoma Dental College shall be located upon the Oklahoma City campus of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center.
Laws 1965, c. 396, § 308.