SUBCHAPTER 11. INTERPRETATION OF RULES

 

510:1-11-1. Adoption of rules; fair and impartial construction

The rules contained in this Title are adopted for the purpose of protecting the public and Oklahoma patients, simplifying procedures, minimizing expenses, and facilitating the administration of the Osteopathic Medicine Act and other state laws impacting the practice of Osteopathic medicine in Oklahoma. To that end, this Title shall be given a fair and impartial construction.

 [Source: Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2219, eff 6-27-96; Amended 9-11-22]

 

510:1-11-2. Validity of rules; separate construction

If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase contained in this Title shall be held, for any reason, to be inoperative or unconstitutional, void, or invalid, the validity of the remaining portion of this Title shall not be affected thereby, it being the intention of the Board in adopting this Title that no portion or provision herein shall become inoperative or fail by the reason of the unconstitutionality or invalidity of any portion or provision, and the Board does hereby declare it would have severally passed and adopted the provisions contained in this Title separately and apart one from another.

[Source: Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2219, eff 6-27-96]