Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:679-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Accredited college"
or
"university"
means a college or university that is domiciled
				  within the United States and that is accredited by: the North Central
				  Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission; the
				  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges; the
				  Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior
				  Colleges and Universities; the New England Association of Schools and Colleges,
				  Commission on Institutions of Higher Education; the Middle States Association
				  of Colleges and Schools, Middle States Commission on Higher Education; or the
				  Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
"Administrator-In-Training"
or
"AIT"
means an individual serving a Department -approved
				  internship within the facility type for which he is seeking
				  licensure/certification under the supervision of a preceptor 'certified' by the
				  Department. Individuals serving an AIT internship may also be referred to
				  herein as 'intern/trainee'.
"Administrator"
means any individual duly
				  licensed or certified by the Department regardless of the role or function he
				  performs.
"Administrator of Record"
or
"AOR"
means the administrator licensed by this Department who has the authority and
				  responsibility for the total operation of the facility, subject only to the
				  policies adopted by the governing authority.
"Adult Day Care (ADC) Administrator"
means a
				  long-term care administrator (or director) duly licensed by the Department to
				  serve in this capacity in an Adult Day Care Center. The scope of practice of an
				  individual licensed as an Adult Day Care Administrator is limited to a licensed
				  Adult Day Care Center.
"Adult Day Care (ADC) Center"
means such term as
				  defined in the Adult Day Care Act, Title 63 O.S. Section
				  1-870
et
				  seq
.
"Adverse action"
means revocation or suspension
				  of a license, reprimand, censure or probation; any other loss of or restriction
				  placed upon the license, including, but not limited to the right to apply for,
				  or renew a license; voluntary surrender in lieu of discipline, non-renewal
				  (excluding nonrenewal due to non-payment of fees, or retirement);
				  administrative fines and any other negative action or finding by the
				  Department.
"Assisted Living Center"
means the same as such
				  term is defined in the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, Title 63 O.S.
				  Section 1-890.1
et seq
.
				  Also known as an Assisted Living Facility (ALF).
"Certification"
means the completion of training
				  at an approved institution of higher learning or other body conducting such
				  training (except Administrator University for Nursing Home Administrators and
				  Department conducted training for Adult Day Care administrators). The
				  institution or body certifies that the individual has been properly and
				  completely trained and is prepared, as a prerequisite, for the state standards
				  exam and/or NAB RC/AL exam. Certification of training is a step in the
				  licensure process for Tier 2 licensure.
"Certified Assistant Administrator (CAA)"
or
"Assistant Administrator"
means an individual who has been
				  'certified' by the Department as having met the minimum qualifications
				  established by the Department to be able to serve as a full-time, Certified
				  Assistant Administrator in a licensed long-term care nursing facility, and who
				  acts under the direction, supervision and license of a licensed nursing home
				  administrator.
"Complaint"
means an allegation that an
				  individual licensed as a long-term care administrator has violated applicable
				  statutes and/or rules.
"Continuum of Care Facility"
means the same as
				  such term is defined in the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, Title 63
				  O.S. Section
				  1-890.1
et
				  seq
.
"Degree equivalency evaluation"
means an
				  equivalency evaluation of a degree that was earned from a college or university
				  not domiciled in the United States against a degree earned from an 'accredited
				  college or university' (see definition earlier herein) that is performed by one
				  of the following:
(A) Educational
				Credential Evaluators (ECE)
(B)
				Educational Records Evaluation Service (ERES)
(C) International Education Research
				Foundation Credentials Evaluation Service (IERFCES)
(D) World Education Services (WES)
"Department"
means the Oklahoma State Department
				  of Health (OSDH)
"Endorsement"
means the applicant has met all
				  qualifications of reciprocity.
"Good Standing"
means a
				  license/certification/registration is active and not expired, suspended,
				  revoked, surrendered, conditioned or otherwise in status that in any manner
				  restricts the activity of the holder under its authority. When there is any
				  other history of disciplinary action taken by any jurisdiction against a
				  license, certification or registration, the Department retains sole discretion
				  of evaluating the magnitude of any such action in its determination of an
				  applicant's eligibility for approval in Oklahoma.
"Health Services Executive"
or
"HSE"
means a broad-based NAB verified qualification which exceeds
				  this Department's standards to be licensed as a nursing home administrator
				  (NHA). It is not a license and it does not grant the holder of this
				  qualification any additional privileges with the NHA license.
"Intermediate Care Facility for the Individuals with
				  Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID)"
means a facility whose primary
				  purpose is to provide health and rehabilitative services for individuals with
				  intellectual disabilities and otherwise meets the Conditions Of Participation
				  (COPs) found at 42 CFR
				  §
										483.400
et seq
.
				  ICF/MR is synonymous with the term ICF/IID (intermediate care facility for
				  individuals with an intellectual disability).
"Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with
				  Intellectual Disabilities, 16 Beds and Less (ICF/IID-16) "
means a
				  facility with sixteen (16) or fewer licensed resident beds that serves
				  individuals with intellectual disabilities and that otherwise meets the
				  Conditions Of Participation (COPs) found at
				  42 CFR §
										483.400
et seq
.
"Lapsed License
or
"Expired
				  License"
means a license that is no longer valid because the licensee
				  failed to renew his/her license by the renewal deadline, causing the license to
				  lapse or expire.
"License"
means the written authorization of the
				  the Department granting a person the ability to serve as a long-term care
				  administrator for a specific period of time.
"Licensing Year"
means the specific period of
				  time a license/certification issued by the Department is valid. For purposes of
				  these Rules, the term "licensing year" shall have the same meaning as "calendar
				  year," the time period beginning at 12:01 a.m., January 1, and ending as of
				  12:00 midnight, the same December 31.
" Long-Term Care"
means care given at facilities
				  where a licensed long-term care administrator is required such as a nursing
				  facility, assisted living facility, residential care facility or an adult day
				  care center. It does not encompass temporary care situations such as a swing
				  bed hospital.
"Long-term care administrator"
means
a
				  person licensed or certified as a Tier 1 long-term care administrator or Tier 2
				  long-term care administrator under
the Long-Term Care Administrator
				  Licensing Act.
A long-term care administrator must devote at least
				  one-half (1/2) of such person's working time to on-the-job supervision of a
				  long-term care facility; provided that this requirement shall not apply to an
				  administrator of an intermediate care facility for individuals with
				  intellectual disabilities with sixteen or fewer beds (ICF/IID-16), in which
				  case the person licensed by the state may be in charge of more than one
				  ICF/IID-16, if such facilities are located within a circle that has a radius
				  not more than fifteen (15) miles, and the total number of facilities and beds
				  does not exceed six facilities and sixty-four beds. The facilities may be
				  free-standing in a community or may be on campus with a parent institution. The
				  ICF/IID-16 may be independently owned and operated or may be part of a larger
				  institutional ownership and operation.
[Title 63 O.S. §
									1-1949.2 ]
"National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator
				  Boards" ("NAB")
means an organization composed of state boards and
				  agencies responsible for licensing long-term care administrators.
"NAB Domains of Practice"
means the tasks
				  performed by a long-term care administrator and the knowledge, skills and
				  abilities identified by NAB as necessary to perform those tasks in its
				  professional practice analysis. The NAB Domains of Practice can be found on the
				  National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) website at
www.nabweb.org
.
"Nursing home"
,
"rest home"
or
"specialized home"
means
"nursing facility" as such term
				  is defined in the Nursing Home Care Act; "assisted living center" and
				  "continuum of care facility" shall have the same meaning as such terms are
				  defined in the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act; "home" and
				  "residential care home" shall have the same meaning as the terms are used in
				  the Residential Care Act; and "adult day care center" and "center" shall have
				  the same meaning as such terms are used in the Adult Day Care Act.
[63
				  O.S. 1-1949.2(4)]
"Nursing Home Administrator (NHA)"
means a
				  long-term care administrator licensed by the Department to serve in this
				  capacity in a nursing facility, nursing home, skilled nursing facility or any
				  similarly worded facility type. Their scope of practice includes ICF/IID, RCF,
				  ALF and Adult Day Care Centers and the term is synonymous with nursing facility
				  administrator.
"Preceptor"
means an individual qualified by
				  training and experience, who is currently licensed as a long-term care
				  administrator in Oklahoma, is authorized by the Department as a qualified
				  preceptor and is charged with coordinating the training of an individual
				  authorized to operate as an administrator in training.
"Probation"
is a condition(s) imposed for a
				  specified period of time at the initial issuance of a license or contained in
				  an order resulting from a complaint against the administrator.
"Provisional license"
means the temporary
				  authority to serve as a long-term care administrator as granted by the
				  Department to an individual who meets requirements for licensure.
"Provisional license"
means the temporary
				  authority to serve as a long-term care administrator as granted by the
				  Department to an individual who meets requirements for licensure.
"RC/AL Administrator"
means a long-term care
				  administrator licensed by the Department to serve in this capacity in either a
				  residential care facility, an adult care center, an assisted living facility or
				  intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities with
				  sixteen or fewer bed (ICF/IID-16)..
"Reciprocity"
means the licensure process
				  through which candidates licensed in other states may be granted a license in
				  Oklahoma once they have demonstrated the requirements for licensure for the
				  state in which they are currently licensed have substantially equivalent
				  requirements to those in this state.
"Residential Care (RC) Administrator"
means a
				  long-term care administrator licensed by the Department to serve in this
				  capacity in a residential care facility.
"Residential Care Home"
or
"Residential
				  Care Facility (RCF)"
means the same as such term is defined in the
				  Residential Care Act, Title 63 O.S. Section
				  1-819
et seq
.
"Revocation or Revoked License"
means an
				  enforcement imposed upon a license/certificate by the Department that results
				  in termination of license/certificate and all privileges attendant thereto and
				  requires holder to surrender his license/certificate, the annual
				  license/certification renewal card and all other license or certificate-related
				  documents to the Department.
"Specialized facility"
means the same as such
				  term is defined in the Nursing Home Care Act, Title 63 O.S. Section
				  1-1901
et
				  seq
.
"Suspension"
or
"Suspended License"
is an enforcement imposed upon a license/certificate holder by the Department
				  for a designated period of time where the individual is not authorized to work
				  in the capacity of an administrator until all the requirements for
				  reinstatement of the licensure are met.
"Tier 1 long-term care administrator"
means a
				  person licensed by this state to perform the duties of an administrator serving
				  in a skilled nursing or nursing facility or an intermediate care facility for
				  individuals with intellectual disabilities with seventeen or greater beds
				  (ICF/IID). [63 O.S.§ 1-1949.2]
"Tier 1 nursing home administrator (NHA)"
means
				  a long-term care administrator licensed by the Department to serve in this
				  capacity in a nursing facility, nursing home, skilled nursing facility or any
				  similarly worded facility type. Their scope of practice includes ICF/IID, RCF,
				  ALF and Adult Day Care Centers and the term is synonymous with nursing facility
				  administrator.
"Tier 2 adult day care (ADC) administrator"
means a long-term care administrator licensed by the Department to serve in
				  this capacity in an Adult Day Care Center.
"Tier 2 ICF/IID-16 administrator"
means a
				  long-term care administrator licensed by the Department to serve in this
				  capacity in an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual
				  disabilities with sixteen or fewer bed (ICF/IID-16).
"Tier 2 long-term care administrator"
means
a person licensed or certified by this state to perform the duties of
				  an administrator serving in an assisted living facility, residential care
				  facility, adult day care center, or intermediate care facility for individuals
				  with intellectual disabilities with sixteen or fewer beds
				  (ICF/IID-16.;
[63 O.S.§ 1-1949.2]
"Tier 2 residential care (RC) administrator"
means a long-term care administrator licensed by the Department to serve in
				  this capacity in a residential care facility.
"Tier 2 residential care/assisted Living (RC/AL)
				  administrator"
means a long-term care administrator licensed by the
				  Department to serve in this capacity in either a residential care facility or
				  an assisted living facility.