diff --git a/health/healthcheck.py b/health/healthcheck.py
index 4208a0a62..cfb427a31 100644
--- a/health/healthcheck.py
+++ b/health/healthcheck.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from health.services import check_all_services
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 def get_healthchecker(app, config_provider, instance_keys):
   """ Returns a HealthCheck instance for the given app. """
   return HealthCheck.get_checker(app, config_provider, instance_keys)
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ class HealthCheck(object):
 
     return (data, 200 if is_healthy else 503)
 
-
   @classmethod
   def get_checker(cls, app, config_provider, instance_keys):
     name = app.config['HEALTH_CHECKER'][0]
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class HealthCheck(object):
 
 class LocalHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
   def __init__(self, app, config_provider, instance_keys):
-    super(LocalHealthCheck, self).__init__(app, config_provider, instance_keys,
-                                           ['redis', 'storage'])
+    super(LocalHealthCheck, self).__init__(app, config_provider, instance_keys, [
+      'redis', 'storage'])
 
   @classmethod
   def check_names(cls):
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ class LocalHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
 class RDSAwareHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
   def __init__(self, app, config_provider, instance_keys, access_key, secret_key,
                db_instance='quay', region='us-east-1'):
-    super(RDSAwareHealthCheck, self).__init__(app, config_provider, instance_keys,
-                                              ['redis', 'storage'])
+    super(RDSAwareHealthCheck, self).__init__(app, config_provider, instance_keys, [
+      'redis', 'storage'])
 
     self.access_key = access_key
     self.secret_key = secret_key
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ class RDSAwareHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
 
     return self.calculate_overall_health(service_statuses, skip=skip, notes=notes)
 
-
   def _get_rds_status(self):
     """ Returns the status of the RDS instance as reported by AWS. """
     try:
@@ -130,7 +129,8 @@ class RDSAwareHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
 
       response = region.describe_db_instances()['DescribeDBInstancesResponse']
       result = response['DescribeDBInstancesResult']
-      instances = [i for i in result['DBInstances'] if i['DBInstanceIdentifier'] == self.db_instance]
+      instances = [
+        i for i in result['DBInstances'] if i['DBInstanceIdentifier'] == self.db_instance]
       if not instances:
         return 'error'
 
diff --git a/health/models_interface.py b/health/models_interface.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff49a4dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/health/models_interface.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from six import add_metaclass
+
+
+@add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
+class HealthCheckDataInterface(object):
+  """
+  Interface that represents all data store interactions required by health checks.
+  """
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def check_health(self, app_config):
+    """ Returns True if the connection to the database is healthy and False otherwise. """
+    pass
diff --git a/health/models_pre_oci.py b/health/models_pre_oci.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f50b55eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/health/models_pre_oci.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from data.model import health
+from health.models_interface import HealthCheckDataInterface
+
+
+class PreOCIModel(HealthCheckDataInterface):
+  def check_health(self, app_config):
+    return health.check_health(app_config)
+
+
+pre_oci_model = PreOCIModel()
diff --git a/health/services.py b/health/services.py
index 66a8b4033..49ba07199 100644
--- a/health/services.py
+++ b/health/services.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import logging
-from data.model import health
 from app import build_logs, storage
-
+from health.models_pre_oci import pre_oci_model as model
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -30,12 +29,14 @@ def _check_registry_gunicorn(app):
 
 def _check_database(app):
   """ Returns the status of the database, as accessed from this instance. """
-  return health.check_health(app.config)
+  return model.check_health(app.config)
+
 
 def _check_redis(app):
   """ Returns the status of Redis, as accessed from this instance. """
   return build_logs.check_health()
 
+
 def _check_storage(app):
   """ Returns the status of storage, as accessed from this instance. """
   try: