Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 4 - Certificate of Need Regulations
Subchapter 1 - General
Section 310:4-1-12 - Penalties

(a) No person may acquire, establish, construct, expand, or begin to acquire, establish, construct or expand a covered health care facility unless that person has first obtained a required Certificate of Need or an exemption from review.

(b) Any person who engages in a reviewable activity without first having obtained a Certificate of Need is subject to an administrative penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

(c) Each day the person continues a reviewable activity without a Certificate of Need to acquire, establish, construct, or expand the health care facility service is treated as a separate offense, and additional fines may be imposed.

(d) An administrative penalty may also be imposed through an order by the Department after notice and opportunity for hearing as required in the Administrative Procedures Act.