There is hereby established at Sulphur, Oklahoma, on the site of the Oklahoma State Veterans Hospital, and at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on the site of the Oklahoma State Veterans Home Facilities, and at Norman, Oklahoma, on the site of the Veterans Ward of the Griffin Memorial Hospital, further described as follows:
Starting at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine (9) North, Range two (2) West, of the Indian Meridian; thence North seventeen hundred (1700) feet to a point on the East boundary of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine (9) North, Range two (2) West; thence West six hundred (600) feet; thence South eight hundred fifty (850) feet; thence West three hundred twenty-five (325) feet; thence South four hundred (400) feet; thence in a Southwest direction five hundred forty (540) feet to a point on the South boundary of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine (9) North, Range two (2) West of the Indian Meridian; thence East a distance of one thousand two hundred twenty-three (1,223) feet to the point of beginning;
facilities to be known as the State Veterans Homes (for the purpose of securing special treatment or hospitalization the adjoining facilities of Griffin Memorial Hospital shall be considered an integral part of the State Veterans Homes at Norman, and may be utilized to care for eligible veterans), which shall be available for care of war veterans discharged other than under dishonorable conditions. Further provided such centers shall be under the administration and control of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 402, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1953. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 457, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1955; Laws 1969, c. 184, § 2; Laws 1990, c. 265, § 62, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2014, c. 212, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2022, c. 83, § 10, emerg. eff. April 25, 2022.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors
§72-2. "Ex-service person", "veteran", and "war veteran" defined.
§72-5. Veterans to whom provisions available.
§72-6. Nontransferability of privileges - Penalty.
§72-6-1. Impersonating member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces - Punishment.
§72-6-2. Wearing uniform of the United States Armed Forces or Public Health Service - Punishment.
§72-7. State-operated parks and museum admission.
§72-22. Duties of county clerk - Violation a misdemeanor.
§72-31a. State Veterans' Cemetery System.
§72-34. Interment or cremation assistance for indigent veterans.
§72-35. K-I-A Reinterment Fund.
§72-36. Short title - Dignity in Burial Act.
§72-48. Leave of absence during active or inactive duty or service - Public employees.
§72-48.1. Leave of absence during active service - Private sector employees.
§72-48.2. Extension of professional license during active duty.
§72-49.1. Removal of disability of minority.
§72-50.1. Powers of military officers.
§72-50.2. Rank of officer - Spouse's acknowledgment - Authentication - Acknowledgment before notary.
§72-50.21. Qualifications of recipients.
§72-50.22. Procedure for applications and approval.
§72-50.23. Design - Payment of cost.
§72-50.24. Korean Conflict Medallion Program.
§72-50.25. Oklahoma Legislative Medal of Honor.
§72-50.26. Oklahoma Gold Star Medal.
§72-63.1. Commission and Department created - Cabinet-level status - Composition - Administration.
§72-63.2. Members of Commission - Filing copy of audits by veterans' organizations.
§72-63.3. Powers and duties of Commission - Travel expenses.
§72-63.5. Collections from patients and members for care and maintenance.
§72-63.5a. Authorization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Medicare Services.
§72-63.6. Workers' compensation for certain employees of State War Veterans Home Facilities.
§72-63.7. Requirements for administrative personnel.
§72-63.7A. Classification of certain positions to Merit System of Personnel Administration.
§72-63.8. Administration of various departments, agencies and funds.
§72-63.9. Muskogee and Tulsa Claims Offices - Managers and assistant managers.
§72-63.10. Employee training programs - Funding - Salary, tuition, and subsistence contracts.
§72-63.10a. Department of Veterans Affairs on-the-job employee safety program.
§72-63.11. State flag for certain deceased national guard members and peace officers.
§72-63.11a. State flag for death of soldiers - Letter of condolence.
§72-63.12. Lease and/or loan agreement for hospital or health care facilities improvements.
§72-63.13. Power to be exercised in conjunction with local public trust.
§72-63.14. Payment of certain bonds.
§72-63.15. Cooperative agreements with local public trusts.
§72-63.17. Limits on expenditure for capital projects.
§72-63.18A. Department of Veterans Affairs - Unclassified positions and personnel.
§72-63.20. Deposit of proceeds.
§72-63.21. Certified volunteers - Provision of meals for services rendered.
§72-63.22. Preference for veteran vendors.
§72-64. Certain positions to remain exempt or unclassified.
§72-65.1. Department directed to proceed on certain projects.
§72-67.11. W.V.C. Revolving Fund.
§72-67.13. Expenditures and loans from fund.
§72-67.13a. War veterans defined - Retirement benefits.
§72-67.13b. Benefits for persons serving after January 31, 1955.
§72-68.2. Contracts with educational institutions for establishment of training courses.
§72-191. Short title - Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act.
§72-192. Guardianship created under prior law.
§72-193. Appointment as guardian – Procedure - Duties.
§72-194. Requirements for subject and guardian.
§72-196. Guardian as fiduciary.
§72-197. Treatment in institution - Commitment - Transfer.
§72-202. Management and control.
§72-221. Establishment - Site - Purpose - Administration and control.
§72-221.1. State Veterans Home at Norman - Operation and administration - Legal description.
§72-221.3. Competitive bidding for provision of supplies and services under Medicare Part B.
§72-221.4. Purchase of products available through General Services Administration contracts.
§72-221.5. Individual purchasing entity.
§72-223. Acceptance of Act of Congress – Participation in per diem grant program.
§72-223.1. Employer-based nurse aide training programs.
§72-226. State Veterans Home at Clinton - Establishment – Employees – Legal description.
§72-229. State Veterans Home at Talihina - Establishment - Employees.
§72-229.1. Authority to plan, develop and construct Oklahoma veterans facilities.
§72-241. State Accrediting Agency - Members - Contracts with federal agencies.
§72-242. Officers - Rules and regulations - Qualifications and duties of staff.
§72-302. Tuition-free career and technology education - Exception.
§72-303. Eligibility of veterans.
§72-305. Eligibility of descendants of servicemen.
§72-307. Benefits prohibited in certain instances.
§72-352. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information.
§72-353. Identity of veteran not to be disclosed - Exception - Statistical information.
§72-354. Privileges and immunities.
§72-355. Attorney General to represent veterans in certain class actions.
§72-357. Referral and screening functions to be discontinued under certain conditions.
§72-362. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information.
§72-363. Privileges and immunities.
§72-404. Reporting names of employed special disabled veterans.
§72-410. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Act.
§72-411. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Revolving Fund.
§72-412. Special housing grant program for disabled veterans.
§72-421. Oklahoma Veterans Registry.
§72-422. Oklahoma Women Veterans Program.
§72-440. Acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants or contracts.