2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-1-865.4. License renewal – Application requirements.

A. A license shall expire twelve (12) months from the date of issuance, unless revoked, and may be renewed annually by the Department of Human Services pursuant to the provisions of the Sheltered Workshop Act. All licenses shall be on a form prescribed by the Director of Human Services, and shall include, but not be limited to, the kind of program the licensee is certified to operate, the date the license was issued, and the expiration date of the license. The provisions of the license shall require that the license shall:
1. Not be transferable or assignable except as authorized by the provisions of the Sheltered Workshop Act;
2. Be available on the licensed premises; and
3. Be issued only for the premises named in the application, and may be renewed for twelve-month periods upon application and inspection, pursuant to the provisions of the Sheltered Workshop Act.
B. An application shall be under oath and shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information:
1. The name and address of the applicant or licensee. If the applicant or licensee is a firm or partnership, the name and address of each member thereof shall be included in the application. If the applicant or licensee is a firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the name and address of the firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation and the name and address of each member of the firm, major member of the limited liability company or manager, major partner of the partnership, or officer, major stockholder and registered agent of the corporation shall be included in the application;
2. The name and address of the applicant or licensee if the applicant or licensee is not the provider and is acting as agent for the provider of sheltered workshop services or licensee;
3. The name and location of the sheltered workshop for which a license is sought;
4. The name and administrator of the sheltered workshop;
5. The number for whom services are to be provided; and
6. A description of the program and the staffing pattern for providing supports. In the case of an application for an initial license, such description may be shown as the projected program and staffing pattern.
C. 1. An applicant or licensee shall be twenty-one (21) years of age or older and of reputable and responsible character. In addition, the applicant or licensee shall have appropriate business or professional experience.
2. No person who is ineligible for employment as a community services worker in accordance with Section 1025.2 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statues shall be eligible to be licensed or to receive a contract to become a community services provider. If the applicant or licensee is a firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the applicant shall not be eligible to be licensed or to receive a contract if any member of the firm, any major member of the limited liability company or manager, any major partner of the partnership, or any officer or major stockholder of the corporation is ineligible for employment as a community services worker in accordance with Section 1025.2 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The application for a license or renewal of a license shall be accompanied by a statement of ownership which shall include the following:
1. The name, address, telephone number, occupation or business activity, business address, and business telephone number of the owner of the sheltered workshop and of every person who owns the building in which the sheltered workshop is located. If the owner is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the name and address of each partner, major member of the limited liability company, and stockholder with an ownership interest of five percent (5%) or more shall be included in the statement; and
2. The name and address of any other sheltered workshop in which the owner has a full or partial financial interest or, if the applicant or licensee is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, any other sheltered workshop in which the partnership, limited liability company, or corporation has a full or partial financial interest. The statement shall indicate whether any other sheltered workshop wherein a full or partial financial interest is held would, if located in this state, be required to be licensed.
E. The Director or designee shall issue and renew licenses for sheltered workshops which comply with the provisions of the Sheltered Workshop Act and the standards and rules pursuant thereto.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 65, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.