Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 285 - Lodging Establishments
Subchapter 9 - Compliance Procedures
Section 310:285-9-23 - Ceasing operations and reporting

(a) Except as specified in (b) of this Section, a license holder shall immediately discontinue or limit operations and notify the regulatory authority if an imminent health hazard exists because of an emergency such as a fire, flood, sewage backup, no water in the establishment, insufficient refrigeration and/or hot food storage facilities available, substantial evidence or presence of a large number of insects or evidence of rodents, interruption of safe potable water supply to the establishment, misuse of poisonous or toxic materials, onset of an apparent foodborne illness outbreak, interruption of electrical service for more than 4 hours, severe structural damage in the establishment, an employee working with a Salmonella, Shigella, Shiga toxin producing E. coli or Hepatitis A infection, gross unsanitary occurrence or condition, or other circumstance as determined by the Commissioner of Health, or his designee, that may endanger public health.

(b) A license holder need not discontinue operations in an area of an establishment that is unaffected by the imminent health hazard.