A. The administrator in charge of or the governing board of each hospital licensed by the State Commissioner of Health shall adopt written criteria for use in determining which licensed medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of podiatry, and health service psychologists shall be granted professional and/or medical staff privileges by the hospital. A licensed hospital shall not deny an application based solely on the applicant's license, as long as the applicant is licensed to practice:

1. Medicine by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision;

2. Osteopathy by the State Board of Osteopathy;

3. Podiatry by the State Board of Podiatry; or

4. As a health service psychologist by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

B. The accordance and delineation of medical staff membership or clinical privileges shall be determined on an individual basis commensurate with an applicant's education, training, experience and demonstrated clinical competence.

C. When medical education training and specialty board certification are considerations in the credentialing and recredentialing of physicians, hospitals and health plans shall give equal recognition to those bodies recognized by the federal government for the training and certification of such physicians. Hospitals and health plans shall not discriminate, on the basis of education, against eligible physicians who have:

1. Graduated from medical schools and postdoctoral programs approved by either the American Osteopathic Association or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or

2. Been awarded board eligibility or board certification by specialty boards recognized by either the American Osteopathic Association or the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Added by Laws 1977, c. 180, § 2. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 142, § 2; Laws 1995, c. 134, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1995, c. 358, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 93, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 156, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.

NOTE: Laws 1995, c. 107, § 1 repealed by Laws 1995, c. 358, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.