Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 450 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Chapter 1 - Administration
Subchapter 9 - Certification and Designation of Facility Services
Section 450:1-9-13 - Designated emergency examination sites

(a) ODMHSAS shall maintain a list of facilities designated by the Commissioner as appropriate to conduct emergency examinations to determine if emergency detention is warranted. All hospitals licensed by the Oklahoma State Department of Health who have a designated emergency department and who have an LMHP on staff, under contract, or on call, shall automatically be designated as an emergency examination site.

(b) The following types of facilities may be placed on the list of designated emergency examination facilities:

(c) A facility may request the Commissioner to designate the facility as an emergency examination facility to be placed on the list. The facility shall make a request in writing to the Provider Certification Division of ODMHSAS and verify it has the ability to conduct emergency examinations as defined in 43A O.S. § 5-206(4) and has one or more licensed mental health professionals as defined in 43A O.S. § 1-103(11) capable of performing the functions set forth in 43A O.S. §§ 5207 and 5-208.

(d) The facility shall receive a letter from the Commissioner notifying the facility whether its request to be placed on the list of designated emergency examination facilities has been granted.