Hunter to give advice to Health Department on legal challenge to rules on State Question 788

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter on Monday sent a letter in response to Oklahoma Department of Health Interim Commissioner Tom Bates, saying his office will review the legal challenge to the agency’s rules on State Question 788.

The attorney general’s response comes after a letter from Bates requested counsel from the Attorney General’s Office on “how best to proceed with the defense of this action”.

“We will expedite this request in order to give clarity to the Department of Health on how to address this legal challenge,” Hunter said. “The review will be thoughtful, thorough and transparent. We will publicly release the findings and recommendations provided to Mr. Bates when completed, hopefully by the end of the week.”

Read the letter from Attorney General Hunter, here: https://bit.ly/2zLpSuO.

Read the letter from Department of Health Interim Commissioner Tom Bates, here: https://bit.ly/2mkVFJp.