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63 OK Stat § 63-1-1925.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1925.4. Disaster and emergency evacuation plans - Disclosure.

|A. Upon admittance into the facility, nursing facilities and specialized facilities that do not have emergency power generators available or a written disaster plan on file during an emergency situation shall provide a written disclosure to any resident or resident's caregiver stating that the facility does not have either a generator available or a written disaster plan on file during an emergency situation. |B. All nursing facilities, assisted living centers, residential care homes and specialized facilities shall have an emergency evacuation plan in place. Such plan shall be coordinated and on file at the local emergency management agency. Such plan shall also be filed with the State Department of Health.C. For purposes of this section, “assisted living center” shall have the same meaning as specified in Section 1-890.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and "nursing facility", “residential care home” and "specialized facility" shall have the same meaning as specified in Section 1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.D. The State Board of Health may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, requirements for disclosure and enforcement.Added by Laws 2012, c. 265, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1926 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1926. Involuntary transfer or discharge of resident - Grounds.

|A facility shall not involuntarily transfer or discharge a resident except for medical reasons, for the resident's safety or for the safety of other residents, or for nonpayment for the resident's stay, unless limited by the Federal Social Security Act. |Laws 1980, c. 241, § 26, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1927 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1927. Notice of involuntary transfer or discharge.

|Involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident from a facility shall be preceded by a minimum written notice of ten (10) days. The ten day requirement shall notapply in any of the following instances: |1. When an emergency transfer or discharge is mandated by the resident's health care needs and is in accordance with the written orders and medical justification of the attending physician; or2. When the transfer or discharge is necessary for the physical safety of other residents as documented in the clinical record.Added by Laws 1980, c. 241, § 27, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1928 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1928. Rules and regulations for transfer of residents by facility or home.

|The Department shall develop reasonable rules and regulations that establish appropriate criteria for the transfer of residents initiated by a facility or a residential care home, including notice and hearings if the resident is aggrieved by the decision. The primary purpose and emphasis of the departmental rules and regulations shall be the preservation of the health, welfare, and safety of the residents. |The process of developing these rules and regulations shall include the consideration of advice and comments from the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board, representatives of nursing homes, residential care homes, and representatives of statewide organizations for the elderly.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 128, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 98, § 28, emerg. eff. May 20, 1987.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1929 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1929. Rules and regulations for transfer of resident by Department.

|The Department shall develop reasonable rules and regulations that establish appropriate criteria for the transfer of residents initiated by the Department in emergency situations, including notice and hearings if the resident is aggrieved by the decision. The primary purpose and emphasis of the departmental rules and regulations shall be the preservation of the health, welfare, and safety of the residents. In addition, the Department of Human Services shall cooperate with the Health Department and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to provide assistance in relocation of residents, to provide casework services, and in other ways to minimize the impact of the transfer on the residents. |In the development of these rules and regulations, the Department shall consider advice and comments from the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board, representatives of the nursing home residential care home industries, and representatives of statewide organizations for the elderly.Amended by Laws 1984, c. 128, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 98, § 29, emerg. eff. May 20, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 51, § 128, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1930 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1930. Voluntary closing of facility - Notice - Alternative placement of residents - Relocation assistance.

|Any owner of a facility licensed under this act shall give ninety (90) days' notice prior to voluntarily closing a facility or closing any part of a facility, or prior to closing any part of a facility if closing such part will require the transfer or discharge of more than ten percent (10%) of the residents. Such notice shall be given to the Department, to any resident who must be transferred or discharged, to the resident's representative, and to a member of the resident's family, where practicable. Notice shall state the proposed date of closing and the reason for closing. The facility shall offer to assist the resident in securing an alternative placement and shall advise the resident on available alternatives. Where the resident is unable to choose an alternative placement and is not under guardianship, the Department shall be notified of the need for relocation assistance. The facility shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations until the date of closing, including those related to transfer or discharge of residents. The Department may place a relocation team in the facility if needed. Also, the Department may promulgate rules and regulations that establish criteria for the acceleration of the notice requirement if extraordinary circumstances warrant it. |Laws 1980, c. 241, § 30, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1930.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1930.1. Notification of Department of certain events.

|A. The owner of a nursing facility shall notify the State Department of Health within twenty-four (24) hours of the occurrence of any of the events specified in subsection B of this section. Such notification may be in written form. When initial notification to the Department is made by telephone or telephone facsimile, it shall be followed by a written confirmation within five (5) calendar days. |B. The occurrence of any of the following events shall require notification pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section:1. The owner of a facility receives notice that a judgment or tax lien has been levied against the facility or any of the assets of the facility or the licensee;2. A financial institution refuses to honor a check or other instrument issued by the owner, operator or manager to its employees for a regular payroll;3. The supplies, including food items and other perishables, on hand in the facility fall below the minimum specified in the Nursing Home Care Act or rules promulgated thereto by the State Board of Health;4. The owner, operator or manager fails to make timely payment of any tax of any governmental agency;5. The filing of a bankruptcy petition under Title 7 or Title 11 of the United States Code or any other laws of the United States, by any person or entity with a controlling interest in the facility;6. The appointment of a trustee by the bankruptcy court; and7. The filing of a petition in any jurisdiction by any person seeking appointment of a receiver for the facility.Added by Laws 2002, c. 230, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 429, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2003.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1930.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1930.2. Petition to place facility under control of receiver – Hearing - Emergency hearing - Ex parte receivership.

|A. Whenever a determination is made that one of the following conditions exists, the State Commissioner of Health shall take whatever steps necessary to protect the health, welfare and safety of the residents including, if necessary, petitioning the court to place the facility under the control of a receiver to ensure that the residents receive adequate care: |1. The facility is operating without a license;2. The State Department of Health has suspended, revoked or refused to renew the existing license of the facility;3. The facility is closing or has informed the Department that it intends to close and adequate arrangements for relocation of residents have not been made at least thirty (30) days prior to closure;4. An emergency exists, whether or not the Department has initiated revocation or nonrenewal procedures, if because of the unwillingness or inability of the licensee to remedy the emergency, the appointment of a receiver is necessary; or5. It is necessary to ensure that the residents get adequate care in a situation in which the residents' health and safety are threatened.B. The court shall hold a hearing within five (5) days of the filing of the petition. The petition and notice of the hearing shall be served on the owner, administrator or designated agent of the facility and the petition and notice of hearing shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility not later than three (3) days before the time specified for the hearing, unless a different time limit is fixed by order of the court. The court shall appoint a receiver for a limited time period, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, which shall automatically terminate the receivership unless extended by the court.C. If a petition filed under this section alleges an emergency exists, the court may set the matter for hearing at the earliest possible time. The petitioner shall notify the licensee, administrator of the facility or registered agent of the licensee more than five (5) days prior to the hearing. Any form of written notice may be used. A receivership shall not be established ex parte by the court unless the Commissioner, under oath, has provided a statement that the Commissioner has personally determined that there is a life-endangering situation. A waiver of the five-day notice requirement may be approved by the court in life-endangering situations as determined and confirmed under oath, by the Commissioner.Added by Laws 2002, c. 230, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1930.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1930.3. Powers and duties of receiver – Liability - Limited duration license.

|A. The court may appoint any qualified person as a receiver, except it shall not appoint any owner or affiliate of the facility which is in receivership as its receiver. The State Department of Health shall maintain a list of such persons to operate facilities which the court may consider. |B. The receiver shall make provisions for the continued health, safety and welfare of all residents of the facility.C. A receiver appointed under this section shall exercise those powers and shall perform those duties set out by the court. These powers and duties may include those generally ascribed to receivers and receiverships and may also include the powers and duties of trustees under the 1978 Bankruptcy Code. The court shall provide for the receiver to have sufficient power and duties to ensure that the residents receive adequate care.D. All funds due to the facility from any source during the pendency of the receivership shall be made available to the receiver who shall use the funds to assure the health and safety of the facility’s residents.E. A receiver may be held liable in a personal capacity only for the receiver’s own gross negligence, intentional acts or breaches of fiduciary duty.F. Other provisions of this section notwithstanding, the Department may issue a license to a facility placed in receivership. The duration of a license issued under this section is limited to the duration of the receivership.Added by Laws 2002, c. 230, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1930.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1930.4. Termination of receivership.

|A. The court may terminate a receivership: |1. If the time period specified in the order appointing the receiver elapses and is not extended;2. If the court determines that the receivership is no longer necessary because the conditions which gave rise to the receivership no longer exist or the State Department of Health grants the facility a new license; or3. If all of the residents in the facility have been transferred or discharged.B. 1. Within thirty (30) days after termination, the receiver shall give the court a complete accounting of all property of which the receiver has taken possession, of all funds collected, and of the expenses of the receivership.2. If the operating funds exceed the reasonable expenses of the receivership, the court shall order payment of the surplus to the owner. If the operating funds are insufficient to cover the reasonable expenses of the receivership, the owner shall be liable for the deficiency.3. The Department shall have a lien for any payment made to the receiver upon any beneficial interest, direct or indirect, of any owner in the following property:a.the building in which the facility is located,b.any fixtures, equipment or goods used in the operation of the facility,c.the land on which the facility is located, ord.the proceeds from any conveyance of property described in subparagraph a, b or c of this paragraph, made by the owner within one (1) year prior to the filing of the petition for receivership.4. The receiver shall, within sixty (60) days after termination of the receivership, file a notice of any lien created under this section.Added by Laws 2002, c. 230, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1930.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1930.5. Liability of facility owner, administrator or employee notwithstanding receivership.

|Notwithstanding the general rules of receiverships and trustees, nothing in Sections 10 through 13 of this act shall be deemed to relieve any owner, administrator or employee of a facility placed in receivership of any civil or criminal liability incurred, or any duty imposed by law, by reason of acts or omissions of the owner, administrator or employee prior to the appointment of a receiver; provided, that nothing contained in this act shall be construed to suspend during the receivership any obligation of the owner, administrator or employee for payment of taxes or other operating and maintenance expenses of the facility or of the owner, administrator, employee or any other person for the payment of mortgage or liens. The owner shall retain the right to sell or mortgage any facility under receivership, subject to approval of the court which ordered the receivership. |Added by Laws 2002, c. 230, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1941 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1941. Copies of complaints, inspection or survey results to Ombudsman Program of Special Unit on Aging.

|All state agencies receiving complaints on, or conducting surveys or inspections of, nursing home facilities shall forward complete copies of complaints or of inspection or survey results to the Ombudsman Program of the Special Unit on Aging. |Laws 1980, c. 241, § 41, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1942 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1942. Rules and regulations.

|The Department shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations in furtherance of the purpose of this act. |Laws 1980, c. 241, § 42, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1943 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1943. Application of Administrative Procedure Act.

|The provisions of the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department under this act. |Laws 1980, c. 241, § 43, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1943.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1943.1. Administrator of record for multiple facilities.

|The State Department of Health may authorize long-term care administrators to be the administrator of record for more than one facility, provided that the facilities are within a fifty-mile radius of each other, the sum total of the administrator’s responsibility does not exceed more than one hundred twenty (120) occupied beds, and each facility retains an assistant administrator. This provision shall not apply to direct care staff. |Added by Laws 2007, c. 347, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1944 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1944. Short title.

|Sections 2 through 6 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Long-term Care Security Act”. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 465, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 2005.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1946 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1946. Notification of sex or violent offender status.

|A. 1. The Department of Corrections shall immediately notify the State Department of Health of any person who is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or any person who is registered pursuant to the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act who is seeking placement from a Department of Corrections facility to any long-term care facility in this state. Upon receipt of such notification, the State Department of Health shall notify the long-term care facility in which the sex offender is seeking placement. |2. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules requiring long-term care facilities to determine from the local law enforcement authority or the Department of Corrections the registration status of the following individuals who are required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act:a.an applicant for admission to a long-term care facility,b.a resident of a long-term care facility, andc.an employee of a long-term care facility.3. Once a long-term care facility is notified that an individual who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act is residing at such facility, the facility shall immediately in writing notify the State Department of Health.B. Upon the effective date of this act, when the Department of Corrections knows of an offender who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act is being released from Department of Corrections jurisdiction, the Department of Corrections shall immediately notify the State Department of Health.Added by Laws 2005, c. 465, § 4, emerg. eff. June 9, 2005.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1948 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1948. Employment of sex or violent offenders prohibited.

|The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman is prohibited from employing or designating any state, area or local long-term care ombudsman whether paid or unpaid, who is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 465, § 6, emerg. eff. June 9, 2005.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1950 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1950. Dispensing of nonprescription drugs - Maintaining bulk supplies.

|A. A nursing facility or a residential care facility is authorized to maintain bulk supplies of nonprescription drugs for dispensing to residents of such facility pursuant to the provisions of this section. |B. If ordered or otherwise authorized by a physician currently licensed to practice medicine in this state, nonprescription drugs may be dispensed to a resident of the nursing facility or residential care facility for nonscheduled dosage regimens.C. 1. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules necessary for proper control and dispensing of nonprescription drugs in nursing facilities and residential care facilities, relating to:a.specific nonprescription drugs to be dispensed,b.recordkeeping,c.storage of nonprescription drugs, andd.dispensing requirements.2. Rules promulgated by the State Board of Health shall not require facilities to package nonprescription drugs in individual containers with individual labels.Added by Laws 1993, c. 119, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1950.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1950.2. Nontechnical medical care providers - Employment by department.

|Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship between the Department of Human Services and anyone contracting with the Department of Human Services as a nontechnical medical care provider. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 315, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-1950.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-1950.4. Nurse aides – Uniform employment application.

|A. 1. The State Department of Health, in conjunction with the Office of the State Long-term Care Ombudsman of the Department of Human Services, shall develop a uniform employment application to be used in the hiring of nurse aide staff by a nursing facility or a specialized facility as such terms are defined in the Nursing Home Care Act, a residential care home, as such term is defined by the Residential Care Act, an assisted living center as such term is defined by the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, a continuum of care facility as defined by the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, a hospice inpatient facility or program providing hospice services as such terms are defined by the Hospice Licensing Act, an adult day care center as such term is defined by the Adult Day Care Act, and a home care agency as defined by the Home Care Act. Such uniform application shall be used as the only application for employment of nurse aides in such facilities on and after January 1, 2001. |2. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the State Department of Health or any other state agency from requiring applicants for any position in the classified service to be certified by the state using the State of Oklahoma Employment Application.B. The uniform employment application shall be designed to gather all pertinent information for entry into the nurse aide registry maintained by the State Department of Health. The uniform application shall also contain:1. A signature from the applicant to confirm or deny any previous felony conviction;2. A release statement for the applicant to sign giving the State Department of Health and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation the authority to proceed with the state or national criminal history record checks; and3. Such other information deemed necessary by the Department.C. The Department shall provide implementation training on the use of the uniform employment application.Added by Laws 2000, c. 340, § 23, eff. July 1, 2000. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 381, § 25, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 339, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 358, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.