{"id":"DUT-OK-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oklahoma","state":"OK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Public Health Code, administered by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Health)","authority":"Okla. Const. art. V, sec. 39 (State Board of Health); 63 O.S. ch. 1 (Oklahoma Public Health Code), art. 5 (Prevention and Control of Disease)","instrument":"63 O.S. 1-502","title":"Rules and Regulations (prevention and control of communicable disease)","dateIssued":"2026-09-29","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-29","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","GATH","EMER"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; organizers of public meetings and gatherings"],"clause":"The State Board of Health shall have authority to adopt such rules and regulations... necessary to aid in the prevention and control of communicable disease, which may be on the following matters:... quarantine measures;... regulation of public meetings and gatherings in epidemic situations;... fumigation, cleaning and sterilization, and disinfection; and other necessary measures","enforcement":"21 O.S. 1195: willful violation of \u0027any quarantine law or regulation\u0027 is a misdemeanor (DUT-OK-004); 63 O.S. 1-504(C): district-court injunctions to compel compliance with quarantine or isolation orders (DUT-OK-002)","functions":[],"notes":"The Board of Health holds standing rulemaking power over quarantine, the regulation of public meetings and gatherings in epidemic situations, disinfection and \u0027other necessary measures to prevent and control communicable disease\u0027, so that every gathering, sanitation and quarantine measure of 2020-2021 rested on a statutory power that predates COVID-19 and binds persons and premises statewide. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=98060","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":355903,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-OK","url":"/library/DUT-OK-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OK-001","citation":"Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Public Health Code, administered by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Health), 63 O.S. 1-502 (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-001)","stateName":"Oklahoma","related":["DUT-OK-004","DUT-OK-002","DUT-OK-008"]}