1. A.

   1. 1. On and after February 1, 2002, it shall be the responsibility of the Department of Corrections or the primary medical contract provider of the Department of Corrections to provide such medical and surgical inpatient and outpatient care as may be required by inmates of the Department of Corrections. The Department or the primary medical contract provider of the Department may refer to the University Hospitals, and the University Hospitals shall accept, those inmate patients who need services, as determined by the Department of Corrections to be beyond the professional capabilities of the Department of Corrections or the primary medical contract provider of the Department of Corrections.
   2. 2. The primary medical contract provider shall be a hospital as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and shall be the source of initial referrals, and diagnosis and treatment where appropriate for inmate care from the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall designate the primary medical contract provider for the Department of Corrections.
2. B. The Department of Corrections shall be responsible for transporting to, from, and between hospitals and for providing such physical security of inmate patients as may be required beyond that security normal to hospital operation. The Department of Corrections shall immediately remove from the hospital those inmate patients as each is discharged by the hospital.
3. C. The hospital services provided by Griffin Memorial Hospital and the University Hospitals shall be without cost to the Department of Corrections.

Added by Laws 2002, SB 1487, c. 3, § 21, emerg. eff. February 15, 2002; Amended by Laws 2002, SB 932, c. 384, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2003, HB 1266, c. 46, § 27, emerg. eff. April 8, 2003 (superseded document available).