Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 100 - Developmental Disabilities Services › Subchapter 6 - Group Home Regulations › Part 21 - RESIDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 340:100-6-95 - Resident rights and responsibilities

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each resident
				  is responsible for making a room and board payment to the group home provider
				  in accordance with the financial agreement.
(b) Unless otherwise indicated in the
				  resident's Individual Plan, each resident is responsible for participation in
				  meaningful activities including employment, vocational training, or adult day
				  services that occur outside the group home for a minimum of five hours per
				  weekday.
(c) Each group home
				  develops a statement of rights and responsibilities which includes, but is not
				  limited to, each resident's right to:
(1)
				  civil and religious liberties, including the right to independent personal
				  decisions and knowledge of available choices that must not be infringed. The
				  provider must encourage and assist in the exercise of these rights;
(2) private communications and consultations
				  with the resident's physician or attorney or any other person of the resident's
				  choice including sending and promptly receiving unopened personal
				  mail;
(3) without fear of reprisal,
				  present grievances and join with other residents or persons within or outside
				  of the group home to work for improvements in resident care;
(4) manage his or her financial affairs,
				  unless the resident delegates the responsibility in writing, to the provider.
				  The resident must have at least a quarterly accounting of any personal
				  financial transactions the group home provider undertakes on the resident's
				  behalf during any period of time the resident delegates such responsibilities
				  to the provider;
(5) receive
				  adequate and appropriate medical care consistent with established and
				  recognized medical practice standards within the community. Each resident:
(A) must be fully informed by the attending
				  physician of his or her medical condition and proposed treatment in terms and
				  language the resident understands; and
(B) has the right to refuse medication and
				  treatment after being fully informed of, and understanding the consequences of
				  such actions;
(6) respect
				  and privacy in the resident's medical care program.
(A) Discussion, consultation, examination,
				  and treatment must remain confidential and be conducted discreetly.
(B) Personal and medical records must be
				  confidential;
(7) retain
				  and use personal clothing and possessions, unless prohibited by law, and
				  security in the storage and use of such clothing and possessions;
(8) be treated courteously and
				  respectfully;
(9) be free from
				  mental and physical abuse, and free from physical and chemical restraints,
				  except for those physical and chemical restraints a health care professional
				  authorizes in writing, per Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) rules, for a
				  specified period of time;
(10)
				  receive a statement of the group home provider guidelines and an explanation of
				  the resident's responsibility to comply with all reasonable group home
				  regulations and to respect other resident's personal rights and private
				  property;
(11) receive a statement,
				  when adjudicated incapacitated, stating the rights and responsibilities per
				  this Section which must be exercised by a court-appointed guardian;
(12) privacy for conjugal visits. A resident
				  may share a room with a spouse, when the spouse resides in the same group
				  home;
(13) all rights specified in
				  Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC)
				  340:100-3-1.2; and
(14) not perform services for a group home
				  provider, except for normal, shared household tasks.