Opinion No. (1997)

Dear Executive Director Coleman,

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Opinion asking, in effect, the following question:

Is 27A O.S. Supp. 1996, § 2-10-308[27A-2-10-308] which sets standards forthe issuance of a "certificate of need" for a biomedical wastedisposal facility unconstitutionally vague?

¶ 1 There are two ways in which a lack of specificity may render a statute unconstitutional: (1) it may amount to a unconstitutional delegation of legislative power to the executive branch, Democratic Party of Oklahoma v. Estep, 652 P.2d 271 (Okla. 1982), or (2) it may give…