§25-90.14. Injury Prevention Month.
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May of each year is hereby established as "Injury Prevention Month”. Recognizing that injuries are the third leading cause of death in Oklahoma, and are the leading cause of death for persons between the ages of one
(1)and forty-four (44), that many injuries are preventable, that the number of injuries can be substantially reduced through the use of proven, cost-effective injury prevention approaches and that these approaches should be promoted through public information and education:
1. The Governor shall annually issue a proclamation encouraging the widespread dissemination of injury prevention information; and
2. All state agencies, businesses, and interested organizations should take the opportunity to provide their employees and members with injury prevention information during Injury Prevention Month. Added by Laws 2002, c. 54, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 2002.