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§72-2. "Ex-service person", "veteran", and "war veteran" defined. - The words "ex-service person", "veteran", or "war veteran" used in...
§72-5. Veterans to whom provisions available. - The provisions of this act shall be available to any...
§72-6. Nontransferability of privileges - Penalty. - The privileges granted by this act shall not be assignable...
§72-6-1. Impersonating member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces - Punishment. - A. Any person who knowingly with intent to impersonate and...
§72-6-2. Wearing uniform of the United States Armed Forces or Public Health Service - Punishment. - Whoever, in any place within the jurisdiction of the State...
§72-6-3. Manufacture, reproduction, or sale of objects related to certain Veterans' organizations - Punishment. - A. Whoever knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale,...
§72-7. State-operated parks and museum admission. - A. All honorably discharged veterans who are currently Oklahoma residents...
§72-22. Duties of county clerk - Violation a misdemeanor. - All recording of said discharges shall be done by the...
§72-23. Copies of records - Court clerks - Judges of the district courts - Registrar of vital statistics. - The court clerks and judges of the district courts of...
§72-31a. State Veterans' Cemetery System. - A. The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to construct,...
§72-34. Interment or cremation assistance for indigent veterans. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish a...
§72-35. K-I-A Reinterment Fund. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...
§72-36. Short title - Dignity in Burial Act. - A. This act shall be known and may be cited...
§72-47. Private employment - Restoration to position or employment at expiration of military service. - If a person was in the employment of any private...
§72-48. Leave of absence during active or inactive duty or service - Public employees. - A. All officers and employees of the state or a...
§72-48.1. Leave of absence during active service - Private sector employees. - A. All officers and employees of any employer in the...
§72-48.2. Extension of professional license during active duty. - A. As used in this section, "license" means any license...
§72-49.1. Removal of disability of minority. - The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for...
§72-50.1. Powers of military officers. - For the purposes as set forth in this act, military...
§72-50.2. Rank of officer - Spouse's acknowledgment - Authentication - Acknowledgment before notary. - The deed of any person, for the conveyance of real...
§72-50.21. Qualifications of recipients. - Any person having the following qualifications is hereby authorized to...
§72-50.22. Procedure for applications and approval. - The Governor shall fix the procedure in applying for and...
§72-50.23. Design - Payment of cost. - The Governor shall fix, or cause to be fixed, the...
§72-50.24. Korean Conflict Medallion Program. - A. There is hereby created the “Korean Conflict Medallion Program”....
§72-50.25. Oklahoma Legislative Medal of Honor. - A. The Oklahoma Legislative Medal of Honor shall be awarded...
§72-50.26. Oklahoma Gold Star Medal. - A. The Oklahoma Gold Star Medal shall be awarded to...
§72-63.1. Commission and Department created - Cabinet-level status - Composition - Administration. - There is hereby created the Oklahoma Veterans Commission, and the...
§72-63.2. Members of Commission - Filing copy of audits by veterans' organizations. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall consist of nine (9) members...
§72-63.3. Powers and duties of Commission - Travel expenses. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall perform all acts necessary or...
§72-63.4. Partial invalidity. - It is the intention of the Legislature to enact each...
§72-63.5. Collections from patients and members for care and maintenance. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission is hereby authorized to make collections...
§72-63.5a. Authorization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Medicare Services. - A. The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to obtain...
§72-63.6. Workers' compensation for certain employees of State War Veterans Home Facilities. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to...
§72-63.7. Requirements for administrative personnel. - No funds shall be expended for the employment or salary...
§72-63.7A. Classification of certain positions to Merit System of Personnel Administration. - A. Effective July 1, 1994, unclassified Department of Veterans Affairs'...
§72-63.8. Administration of various departments, agencies and funds. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall have the authority to administer...
§72-63.9. Muskogee and Tulsa Claims Offices - Managers and assistant managers. - The Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized...
§72-63.10. Employee training programs - Funding - Salary, tuition, and subsistence contracts. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs is hereby authorized...
§72-63.10a. Department of Veterans Affairs on-the-job employee safety program. - It is the intent of the Legislature that the promotion...
§72-63.11. State flag for certain deceased national guard members and peace officers. - A. The Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall furnish an Oklahoma state...
§72-63.11a. State flag for death of soldiers - Letter of condolence. - A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall, from...
§72-63.12. Lease and/or loan agreement for hospital or health care facilities improvements. - The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, acting by and through...
§72-63.13. Power to be exercised in conjunction with local public trust. - The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, acting by and through...
§72-63.14. Payment of certain bonds. - The bonds issued by the local public trust, working in...
§72-63.15. Cooperative agreements with local public trusts. - The Department of Veterans Affairs, acting by and through the...
§72-63.16. Public trusts - Issuance of evidence of indebtedness - Department of Veterans Affairs Trust Fund. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall not, either...
§72-63.17. Limits on expenditure for capital projects. - Except as otherwise provided by Section 63.16 of this title,...
§72-63.18A. Department of Veterans Affairs - Unclassified positions and personnel. - The following positions and personnel at the Oklahoma Department of...
§72-63.19. Donation from tax refund to Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Equipment and Capital Improvement Program - Disposition of donated funds - Erroneous donation, claim for refund. - A. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state...
§72-63.20. Deposit of proceeds. - All proceeds derived from the use, sale or lease of...
§72-63.21. Certified volunteers - Provision of meals for services rendered. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission is authorized to provide meals to...
§72-63.22. Preference for veteran vendors. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may grant a...
§72-64. Certain positions to remain exempt or unclassified. - The status of positions that have been exempted by executive...
§72-65.1. Department directed to proceed on certain projects. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall be required...
§72-67.11. W.V.C. Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...
§72-67.12. Nature of fund. - The W.V.C. Revolving Fund shall be a continuing fund not...
§72-67.13. Expenditures and loans from fund. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall have authority to make expenditures...
§72-67.13a. War veterans defined - Retirement benefits. - Except for the purposes of determining military service credit for...
§72-67.13b. Benefits for persons serving after January 31, 1955. - Any person who served on active duty in the Armed...
§72-67.14. Petty Cash Fund. - There is hereby created a "Petty Cash Fund" for the...
§72-67.15. Invalidity clause. - The Legislature hereby declares that it intended to enact every...
§72-68.1. Purpose of act. - The purpose of this act shall be to provide adequate...
§72-68.2. Contracts with educational institutions for establishment of training courses. - The Soldiers Relief Commission is hereby authorized to enter into...
§72-165. Union Soldiers Cemetery – Certification as State Veterans Cemetery – Transfer to Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. - The veterans cemetery known historically as the Union Soldiers Cemetery...
§72-191. Short title - Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§72-192. Guardianship created under prior law. - A. 1. Any guardianship established under the authority of the...
§72-193. Appointment as guardian – Procedure - Duties. - A. A guardian or limited guardian may be appointed for...
§72-194. Requirements for subject and guardian. - A. The subject of the proceeding in a guardianship established...
§72-195. Bond requirements. - A. Before the entry of an order appointing a person...
§72-196. Guardian as fiduciary. - A. If the guardian is appointed as a fiduciary by...
§72-197. Treatment in institution - Commitment - Transfer. - (1) Whenever, in any proceeding under the laws of this...
§72-202. Management and control. - The State Veterans Homes shall be under the management and...
§72-221. Establishment - Site - Purpose - Administration and control. - There is hereby established at Sulphur, Oklahoma, on the site...
§72-221.1. State Veterans Home at Norman - Operation and administration - Legal description. - Effective July 1, 1979, the responsibility for the operation and...
§72-221.2. State Veterans Home, Claremore Division - Operation and administration - Legal description. - In addition to the State Veterans Homes established by Sections...
§72-221.2A. State Veterans Home at Lawton - Development - Operation and administration - Legal description. - Effective April 16, 1997, the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs...
§72-221.3. Competitive bidding for provision of supplies and services under Medicare Part B. - A. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall develop and adopt...
§72-221.4. Purchase of products available through General Services Administration contracts. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Veterans...
§72-221.5. Individual purchasing entity. - For the determination of compliance with limits set forth in...
§72-222. Revolving fund. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...
§72-223. Acceptance of Act of Congress – Participation in per diem grant program. - A. The State of Oklahoma accepts the provisions of the...
§72-223.1. Employer-based nurse aide training programs. - The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs in its capacity as...
§72-225. Duties and powers. - The Oklahoma Veterans Commission, in addition to its other powers...
§72-226. State Veterans Home at Clinton - Establishment – Employees – Legal description. - There is hereby established, in addition to the State Veterans...
§72-229. State Veterans Home at Talihina - Establishment - Employees. - Until operations are transferred pursuant to subsection B of this...
§72-229.1. Authority to plan, develop and construct Oklahoma veterans facilities. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to...
§72-240. Petty cash funds. - There is hereby created a petty cash fund at the...
§72-241. State Accrediting Agency - Members - Contracts with federal agencies. - There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2018,...
§72-242. Officers - Rules and regulations - Qualifications and duties of staff. - The State Accrediting Agency shall: (a) Select its officers from...
§72-301. Short title. - This act may be cited as the "Oklahoma G. I....
§72-302. Tuition-free career and technology education - Exception. - Any Oklahoma veteran, or the child of any Oklahoma veteran...
§72-303. Eligibility of veterans. - In order for a veteran to qualify for the benefits...
§72-304. Number of months. - Each qualified veteran shall be entitled to one (1) month's...
§72-305. Eligibility of descendants of servicemen. - A. To qualify for the benefits of free tuition the...
§72-306. Quota system. - In the event that any technology center school is being...
§72-307. Benefits prohibited in certain instances. - Any person whose tuition is paid directly to the institution...
§72-350. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Veteran" means a person...
§72-351. Report of veterans who may have been exposed to certain defoliants or herbicides - Report form. - A. A physician or other qualified health care professional who...
§72-352. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information. - A. The Department, with the assistance of the Committee, shall...
§72-353. Identity of veteran not to be disclosed - Exception - Statistical information. - The identity of a veteran, the subject of a report...
§72-354. Privileges and immunities. - A physician or other qualified health care professional or a...
§72-355. Attorney General to represent veterans in certain class actions. - The Attorney General may represent a class of individuals composed...
§72-356. Certain state health and medical facilities to cooperate in referring and screening certain veterans - Rules and regulations. - A. The Department and the health science centers and other...
§72-357. Referral and screening functions to be discontinued under certain conditions. - If the Commissioner determines that an agency of the federal...
§72-360. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Veteran" means a person...
§72-361. Report of veterans who may have been exposed to certain causative agents during the Gulf War - Report form. - A. A physician or other qualified health care professional who...
§72-362. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information. - A. The Department, with the assistance of the Committee, shall...
§72-363. Privileges and immunities. - A physician or other qualified health care professional or a...
§72-365. Rulemaking. - The State Board of Health shall promulgate and adopt rules...
§72-401. Short title. - This act may be known and cited as the "Special...
§72-402. Definitions. - As used in the Special Disabled Veterans Employment Act: 1....
§72-402v2. Definitions. - THIS TEXT EFFECTIVE BEGINNING NOV. 1, 2020. FOR TEXT EFFECTIVE...
§72-403. Exemption from entrance examinations and hiring procedures - Probationary period - Permanent status. - A. Oklahoma state agencies are hereby authorized to employ special...
§72-404. Reporting names of employed special disabled veterans. - Names of special disabled veterans employed by state agencies pursuant...
§72-410. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§72-411. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...
§72-412. Special housing grant program for disabled veterans. - A. Subject to the availability of funds, the Oklahoma Department...
§72-421. Oklahoma Veterans Registry. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall create and...
§72-422. Oklahoma Women Veterans Program. - A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1....
§72-440. Acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants or contracts. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may accept and...
§72-450. Administrative leave. - A. Any employee of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs...