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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 11 - Long Term Care Aides › Section 310:677-11-1 - General requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The facility
				shall:
(1) Complete a performance review of
				every nurse aide at least once every twelve (12) months and provide two (2)
				hours of inservice training specific to their job assignment each
				month.
(2) Have in-service
				education generally supervised by a registered nurse who has at least two (2)
				years nursing experience with at least one (1) year of which shall be in the
				provision of long term care services.
(3) Ensure that each nurse aide certification
				is current and not expired.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 11 - Long Term Care Aides › Section 310:677-11-2 - Deemed to meet state certification requirements

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(a) The Department shall deem a certified
				long term care aide to meet the nurse aide certification requirements for the
				following employers after successful completion of at least sixteen (16) hours
				of documented orientation specific to the employer's population. This
				requirement shall apply to the following employers:
(1) Residential care.
(2) Adult day care.
(3) Specialized facility.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 11 - Long Term Care Aides › Section 310:677-11-3 - Instructor qualifications

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(a) The
				training of long term care aides shall be done by, or under the general
				supervision of, a registered nurse who has:
(1) At least two (2) years of nursing
				experience with at least one (1) year in long term care facility
				services.
(2) Completed a course in
				teaching adults or experience in teaching adults or supervising nurse
				aides.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 11 - Long Term Care Aides › Section 310:677-11-4 - Curriculum

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(a) The training program for long term care
				aides shall include:
(1) At least,
				seventy-five (75) hours of training or the equivalent.
(2) At least sixteen (16) hours of training
				in the following areas prior to any direct contact with a resident that is
				documented and signed by the nurse aide trainee:
(A) Communication and interpersonal
				skills.
(B) Infection
				control.
(C) Safety and emergency
				procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver.
(D) Promoting a resident's
				independence.
(E) Respecting a
				resident's rights.
(3)
				At least sixteen (16) hours of supervised practical training that is documented
				and signed by the nurse aide trainee.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 11 - Long Term Care Aides › Section 310:677-11-5 - Competency examination

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The competency examination must comply with
				  42 CFR
				  483.154 and is addressed under OAC
				  310:677-3-9 and OAC
				  310:677-3-10.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff
				  6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-1 - General requirements

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(a) An
				individual shall be able to read, write, and speak English and be certified in
				good standing as a home health aide, a long term care aide, or a ICF/IID care
				aide listed in the Department's Nurse Aide Registry, prior to admission to a
				State approved certified medication aide training program. The Department shall
				make available an attestation form that training programs may use for admission
				to certified medication aide training.
(b) A certified medication aide shall
				complete at least eight (8) hours of continuing education every twelve (12)
				months, excluding the first year of certification, from a State approved
				program. A record of successful completion shall be kept in the certified
				medication aide's personnel file.
(c) An employer shall not use as a certified
				medication aide any individual who does not comply with 63 O.S. §
				1-1950.3(E), OAC 310:677, and the employer's policies and procedures.
(d) A certified medication aide
				shall renew certification every 12 months. Renewal requires the following:
(1) Documentation of completion of at least
				eight (8) hours of continuing education every twelve (12) months, excluding the
				first year after certification as a medication aide. Classroom and supervised
				practical training hours completed by a CMA in a Department-approved advanced
				training program may count towards the eight required hours of continuing
				education;
(2) Current
				certification as a long term care aide, home health aide or ICF/IID care aide.
				CMAs may also be certified in the other two (2) categories in addition to the
				required certification as a long term care aide, home health aide and ICF/IID
				care aide; and
(3) Current listing
				in the nurse aide registry.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-2 - Deemed to meet state certification requirements

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A certified medication aide shall be eligible to perform the
				  duties of a certified medication aide for the following employers:
(1) Nursing facility or continuum of care
				facility;
(2) Specialized
				facility;
(3) Residential care
				home;
(4) Adult day care facility;
				and
(5) Assisted living
				center.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 559, eff 12-22-05 (emergency); Amended at 23
				  Ok Reg 2422, eff 6-25-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-3 - Instructor qualifications

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(a)
				Each training program instructor shall be qualified as a physician, licensed
				nurse, pharmacist, respiratory therapist, speech therapist, or certified
				diabetes educator. Each instructor shall have one year of experience in their
				area of expertise. The program shall designate a registered nurse as the
				training program supervisor if a licensed practical nurse serves as an
				instructor.
(b) Other personnel
				from the health professions may supplement the instructor within their area of
				expertise or scope of practice, as required by the curriculum and approved by
				the Department.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 559, eff 12-22-05 (emergency); Amended at 23
				  Ok Reg 2422, eff 6-25-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-4 - Curriculum

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(a) The certified medication aide training
				program shall include a minimum of forty (40) hours of classroom and supervised
				practical training with a minimum of sixteen (16) hours of supervised practical
				training.
(b) The certified
				medication aide training shall include, but is not limited to each of the
				following subject areas:
(1) Preparation and
				administration of medication.
(A)
				Documentation of medication administration.
(B) Proper medication storage procedures.
(i) Scheduled controlled
				substances.
(ii) Internal and
				external medications.
(C) Purposes of medications.
(D) Oral medications.
(E) Topical medications.
(F) Eye, ear, and nose medications.
(G) Vaginal medications.
(H) Rectal medications.
(I) Oral inhalants.
(J) Transdermal medications.
(K) Medical terminology, symbols, and
				abbreviations.
(L) The rights of
				medication administration, including the right patient, drug, date, time,
				dosage, route and form.
(M)
				Controlled drug procedures.
(N)
				Recognizing appropriate situations requiring assistance of the charge
				nurse.
(O) Drug-reference
				sources.
(P) Vital sign measurement
				with drug administration.
(Q)
				Medication labeling.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-5 - Competency examination

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(a) The
				following shall apply to the written or oralportion of the competency
				examination.
(1) The examination shall be
				drawn from a pool of test questions that address the course
				requirements.
(2) The examination
				shall be administered and scored by a Department approved entity.
(3) The examination shall comply with the
				examination administration requirements in OAC
				310:677-3-9.
(4) A minimum score of seventy percent (70%)
				shall be required to pass the written competency examination for certification
				as a medication aide.
(5) A minimum
				score of eighty percent (80%) shall be required to pass the written competency
				examination for insulin administration.
(6) A candidate who fails to score at least
				the required minimum on three consecutive written competency examinations shall
				be required to retrain before retesting.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-6 - Competency and practice standards

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(a)
				Each certified medication aide must function under the supervision of a
				licensed nurse or physician.
(b)
				Each certified medication aide shall:
(1)
				Comply with 63 O.S. Section
				1-1950.3(E)
				and OAC 310:677-13;
(2) Perform
				within authorized duties;
(3)
				Follow written instructions of a licensed nurse or physician; and
(4) Accurately record medications
				administered, withheld or refused.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-7 - Skills and functions

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(a)
Task
				assignments.
Approved training programs and facilities, centers and
				homes shall ensure that a task selected, taught and assigned to certified
				medication aides meets the minimum requirements of this chapter.
(b)
Limitations.
A certified
				medication aide shall not:
(1) Administer
				medication that requires assessment unless a registered nurse is available to
				perform the assessment within the required time;
(2) Perform oral, nasal or tracheal
				suctioning;
(3) Apply topical wound
				care medications that involve decubitus treatment ordered by the attending
				physician;
(4) Act as preceptor for
				a medication aide in training;
(5)
				Administer PRN medication without a documented assessment unless authorization
				is obtained from a licensed nurse on duty or on call, and unless fully
				documented by the certified medication aide;
(6) Perform blood glucose testing unless the
				CMA has completed a Department-approved advanced training program and has
				demonstrated competency for care of diabetes;
(7) Administer insulin unless the CMA has
				successfully completed a Department-approved advanced training program and
				competency and skills examination, and unless a physician or licensed nurse is
				on-site if the individual:
(A) Is newly
				diagnosed with diabetes;
(B)
				Requires insulin administration based on blood glucose levels and does not have
				clear physician orders for variable or sliding scale insulin; or
(C) Has unstable diabetes; or
(8) Administer medications or
				nutrition via nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes, or administer oral metered dose
				inhalers or nebulizers, unless the CMA has completed a Department-approved
				advanced training program and has demonstrated competency for such services;
				or
(9) Take or note physician
				orders.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-8 - Certification and renewal

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(a) Effective
				August 1, 2006, the following, to be evidenced by the aide's attestation, are
				prerequisites for certification as a medication aide:
(1) Minimum age: 18;
(2) Minimum education: high school or general
				equivalency diploma;
(3) Current
				Oklahoma nurse aide certification with no abuse notations;
(4) Experience working as a certified nurse
				aide for six months; and
(5)
				Physical and mental capability to safely perform duties.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-9 - Training and Competency Evaluation Programs

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(a) Department approval of the training and
				competency evaluation program is required prior to offering training.
(b) The program must submit information on a
				form provided by the Department to include:
(1) Name and address for the entity
				sponsoring the program and for the contact person for the program;
(2) The location of the administrative office
				of the program and the location where records are maintained;
(3) Position descriptions and education and
				experience requirements for training supervisors and instructors, and the
				program's procedure for ensuring that supervisors and instructors satisfy such
				descriptions and requirements.
(4)
				Standards for classroom and clinical facilities;
(5) Program outline, with objectives,
				curriculum, and instruction methods, and demonstration that the program
				addresses skills and functions specified in OAC
				310:677-13-7;
				and
(6) Evaluation methods,
				including lab and clinical skills checklists, and examinations.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-10 - Denial, suspension, withdrawal, and nonrenewal of certification

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(a) Grounds for certification action against
				a certified medication aide may include:
(1)
				Intentionally providing false or misleading information to a training program,
				a facility, or the Department;
(2)
				Failing to administer medications as ordered by a health care professional,
				with resulting actual harm that is either life threatening or has a negative
				outcome for the resident;
(3)
				Failing to consistently document medications;
(4) Altering or falsifying medication
				records;
(5) Altering or falsifying
				certified nurse aide or certified medication aide identification
				cards;
(6) Diverting
				drugs;
(7) Practicing nursing or
				medicine except as authorized pursuant to 63 O.S. Section
				1-1950.3,
				1-1951,
				OAC 310:677, and Oklahoma laws and rules specific to the CMA's employer as
				specified in OAC
				310:677-13-2;
(8) Representing oneself as certified
				medication aide without current certification;
(9) Administering medications in a setting
				other than those authorized in 63 O.S. Section
				1-1950.3(E);
				or
(10) Materially failing to
				conform to 63 O.S. Section
				1-1950.3(E)
				and OAC 310:677-13.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-11 - Facility policies and procedures

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(a)
				If a facility uses certified medication aides, facility policies and procedures
				shall address:
(1) Methods that the facility,
				center or home uses to ensure that training, skill validation, and task
				assignment procedures are approved and implemented;
(2) Licensed supervision, oversight and
				availability;
(3) Staff
				intervention during an emergency;
(4) Procedures for responding when a resident
				experiences a change in condition, demonstrates side effects or does not
				respond to the medication regimen as identified in the plan of care;
(5) Documentation that must be
				maintained;
(6) Reporting errors to
				licensed nurses and/or physicians; and
(7) Reporting violations of 63 O.S. Section
				1-1950.3(E)
				and OAC 310:677 to the State Health Department.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides › Section 310:677-13-12 - Medication aide continuing education

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(a)
				An entity seeking approval of a certified medication aide continuing education
				program shall file a nonrefundable application fee of seventy-five dollars
				($75.00) and a Certified Medication Aide Continuing Education Form, which
				requires the following:
(b) Within
				30 days after receipt of an application for a continuing education program that
				is not currently approved, the Department shall determine if the application is
				complete and consistent. If the application is incomplete or inconsistent, the
				Department shall advise the applicant in writing and offer an opportunity to
				submit additional information. Within 30 days after completeness, the
				Department shall approve or disapprove the application. If the action is to
				disapprove, the Department shall advise the applicant in writing of the
				specific reasons for the disapproval, and offer an opportunity to demonstrate
				compliance.
(c) Department-approved
				continuing education programs shall be evaluated every three years. Between
				evaluations, the training program shall send the Department advance notice of
				changes in previously approved program information.
(d) An approved continuing education program
				shall submit to the Department within 30 days after the conclusion of a
				continuing education class the following information:
(1) The title of the class and number of
				hours offered;
(2) The name,
				certification number, and number of hours attended for each certified
				medication aide who satisfactorily completed the continuing education
				class.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 15 - ICF/IID Care Aides › Section 310:677-15-1 - Deemed to meet state certification requirements

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(a) A certified ICF/IID care aide is deemed
				to meet the nurse aide certification requirements for the following employers
				after successful completion of at least sixteen (16) hours of documented
				orientation specific to the facility population. The employers to which this
				subsection applies are:
(1) Residential
				care.
(2) Adult day care.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 15 - ICF/IID Care Aides › Section 310:677-15-2 - Instructor qualifications

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(a) The
				instructor for training ICF/IID care aides shall be a licensed nurse or a
				qualified intellectual disability professional who has at least one (1) year
				experience in the provision of services in a facility for the developmentally
				disabled.
(b) Other personnel from
				the health professions may supplement the instructor as required by the
				curriculum.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 15 - ICF/IID Care Aides › Section 310:677-15-3 - Curriculum

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(a) The ICF/IID care aide training program
				shall include at least seventy-five (75) hours of classroom and supervised
				practical training or the equivalent.
(b) The ICF/IID care aide training program
				shall include, but is not limited to, each of the following subject areas:
(1) Ethical conduct.
(2) Resident's rights.
(3) Principles of safety.
(4) Infection control techniques.
(5) Nutrition and hydration.
(6) Elements and changes of body functions.
(7) Basic nursing skills.
(8) Communication skills.
(9) Mobility.
(10) Hygiene, personal care, and comfort.
(11) Terminology, principles, and
				concepts of cognitive impairment.
(A)
				Characteristics of cognitive impairment.
(B) Discern between different levels of
				intellectual disability.
(C)
				Principles of assessment tools.
(D)
				Terminology of active treatment.
(12) Psychosocial needs.
(A) Behavioral management techniques.
(B) Identification of psychosocial
				needs.
(C) Death and dying.
(D) Recognizing deviant behavior.
(E) Socialization skills.
(13) Independent living
				skills.
(A) Promoting physical and mental
				independence.
(B) Promoting
				principles of normalization and community integration.
(14) Active treatment components.
(A) Interdisciplinary team concepts and
				roles.
(B) Components of individual
				program plans.
(C) Using individual
				program plans.
(D) Proper
				documentation techniques.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 15 - ICF/IID Care Aides › Section 310:677-15-4 - Competency examination

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(a) The
				competency examination shall be administered by a Department approved program.
				The skills portion of the examination shall be performed in a facility or
				laboratory setting comparable to the setting in which the individual will
				function as a ICF/IID care aide.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff
				  6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 17 - Residential Care Aides › Section 310:677-17-1 - Deemed to meet state certification requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Department shall deem a certified
				residential care aide to meet the adult day care program aides certification
				requirements after successful completion of at least sixteen (16) hours of
				training specific to the facility population.
(b) The Department shall deem a certified
				long term care aide, a certified home care aide or a certified ICF/IID care
				aide who has at least sixteen (16) hours of documented training specific to the
				residential care population to meet the requirements for a certified
				residential care aide.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff
				  6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 17 - Residential Care Aides › Section 310:677-17-2 - Instructor qualifications

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(a) The
				instructor for the training of residential care aides shall be a licensed nurse
				who has at least one (1) year experience in the provision of residential or
				health care services.
(b) Other
				personnel from the health professions may supplement the instructor as required
				by the curriculum.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff
				  6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 17 - Residential Care Aides › Section 310:677-17-3 - Curriculum

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(a) The residential care aide training
				program shall include at least forty-five (45) hours of classroom and
				supervised practical training or the equivalent.
(b) The residential care aide training
				program shall include, but is not limited, to each of the following subject
				areas:
(1) Ethical behaviors.
(2) Legal behaviors.
(3) Principles of safety.
(4) Proper body mechanics.
(5) Providing a safe environment.
(6) Infection control.
(7) Principles of nutrition and
				hydration.
(8) Body
				functions.
(9) Age-related
				changes.
(10) Mobility.
(11) Psychosocial needs.
(12) Communication skills.
(13) Resident behaviors.
(14) Basic nursing skills.
(15) Recognize, document, and report abnormal
				findings.
(16) Recognize and
				document indications of illness.
(17) Hygiene and personal care.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 17 - Residential Care Aides › Section 310:677-17-4 - Competency examination

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The competency examination shall be administered by a
				  Department approved program. The skills portion of the examination may be
				  performed in a facility or laboratory setting comparable to the setting in
				  which the individual will function as a residential care aide.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff
				  6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 19 - Adult Day Care Program Aides › Section 310:677-19-1 - Deemed to meet state certification requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Department shall deem a certified
				adult day care program aide to meet the nurse aide certification requirements
				for a residential care employer after successful completion of at least sixteen
				(16) hours of documented training specific to the facility
				population.
(b) The Department
				shall deem a certified long term care aide, a certified home care aide or a
				certified ICF/IID care aide who has at least sixteen (16) hours of training
				specific to the adult day care population to meet the requirements for
				certification as an adult day care aide. Documentation of the sixteen (16)
				hours of training shall be submitted to the Department and the certified long
				term care aide, certified home care aide or certified ICF/IID care aide shall
				be certified as a certified adult day care aide.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff
				  6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 19 - Adult Day Care Program Aides › Section 310:677-19-2 - Instructor qualification

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(a) The
				instructor for the training of adult day care program aides shall be an
				individual who has training experience and a strong knowledge of adult day care
				acquired through education or experience.
(b) Other personnel from the health
				professions may supplement the instructor as required by the
				curriculum.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 19 - Adult Day Care Program Aides › Section 310:677-19-3 - Curriculum

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(a) The adult day care aide training program
				shall include at least forty-five (45) hours of classroom and supervised
				practical training or the equivalent.
(b) The adult day care aide training program
				shall include, but is not limited to, each of the following subject areas:
(1) Ethical behaviors.
(2) Legal behaviors.
(3) Client rights.
(4) Principles of safety to participant
				care.
(5) Demonstrating disaster
				and fire procedures.
(6)
				Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid procedures.
(7) Body mechanics.
(8) Infection control.
(9) Nutrition and hydration.
(10) Special diets.
(11) Sanitary food preparation and
				storage.
(12) Body functions and
				age related changes.
(13)
				Identifying changes related to the disease process.
(14) Psychosocial needs.
(15) Communication skills.
(16) Mobility.
(17) Assistive devices.
(18) Assisting with range of motion
				exercises.
(19) Hygiene, personal
				care, and comfort.
(20) Providing
				assistance in program delivery.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification › Subchapter 19 - Adult Day Care Program Aides › Section 310:677-19-4 - Competency and skills examination

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The competency examination shall be administered by a
				  Department approved program. The skills portion of the examination may be
				  performed in a facility or laboratory setting comparable to the setting in
				  which the individual will function as an adult day care program
				  aide.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087,
				  eff 7-27-95; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2106, eff
				  6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:679-1-1 - Purpose

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This Chapter has been adopted for the purpose of
				  implementing the provisions of the "Long-Term Care Administrator Licensing Act"
				  63 O.S. § 1-1949.1. The Commissioner of Health, carries out statutory
				  authority for developing, imposing and enforcing standards that must be met by
				  individuals in order for them to receive, maintain, or renew a long-term care
				  administrator's license/certification. These rules are written to execute the
				  aforementioned statutory responsibilities for licensing and/or certifying
				  administrators.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:679-1-1 - Purpose

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This Chapter has been adopted for the purpose of complying
				  with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. Sections 301
				  et seq. This Board, known as the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long
				  Term Care Administrators ("OSBELTCA"), carries out statutory authority for
				  developing, imposing and enforcing standards that must be met by individuals in
				  order for them to receive, maintain, or renew a long term care administrator's
				  license/certification. These rules are written to execute the aforementioned
				  statutory responsibilities for licensing and/or certifying administrators named
				  in Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes, Chapter 12, "Oklahoma State Board of Examiners
				  for Long Term Care Administrators" §§
									330.51 - 330.65.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 3 - Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators › Section 310:679-3-1 - Organization

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The members of the Board shall elect from their membership a
				  Chair, Vice- Chair and Secretary-Treasurer to serve two (2) year terms
				  beginning November 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(1) Nominations may be made by any member of
				the Board or a committee named by the Chair.
(2) Each member of the Board may cast one (1)
				vote for each office for which an election is held.
(3) Election shall be by majority vote of a
				quorum.
(4) Board officer vacancies
				shall be filled in the same manner when the vacancy occurs.
(5) A simple majority of the filled seats of
				the current Board shall constitute a quorum of the Board.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 3 - Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators › Section 310:679-3-2 - Officers and committees

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(a) The
				Chair shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board. The Chair shall call
				and preside at all meetings and shall be a member ex-officio of all committees.
				The Chair may act for the Board in such other matters as it may
				authorize.
(b) The Vice-Chair, in
				the absence of the Chair, shall assume all of the Chair's duties and have all
				of the Chair's authority. The Vice Chair shall also perform such duties as may
				be assigned by the Chair.
(c) The
				Secretary-Treasurer shall keep accurate and complete minutes of all meetings
				(including minutes of executive sessions), attend to all correspondence, call
				meetings on order of the Chair, and maintain accurate and complete records of
				all other business transactions and funds of the Board.
(d) The Board may appoint a recording
				secretary to assist in fulfilling the responsibilities of the
				Secretary-Treasurer. The recording secretary may be an employee of the
				Board.
(e) The elected officers
				shall constitute the Executive Committee of the Board and may provide counsel
				to the Chair and/or Executive Director in situations requiring immediate
				attention and action.
(f) Standing
				and special committees may be instituted and their members appointed by the
				Chair, and shall serve until their purpose is accomplished or until the date of
				the meeting at which the officers of the Board are elected. Such committees
				shall, at each regular meeting of the Board, report on committee activities
				occurring since the last regular meeting of the Board if/when any activity
				occurred. If there was no activity, a report is not required.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 3 - Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators › Section 310:679-3-3 - Meeting of the Board

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(a) All
				proceedings of the Board shall be held and conducted in compliance with the
				Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
(b)
				Regularly scheduled meetings shall be held at a time and place designated by
				the Chair.
(c) The
				Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the membership of the time and place of all
				regularly- scheduled meetings at least five (5) working days prior to the date
				of said meeting.
(d) Special
				meetings may be called at any time by the Chair and shall be called if
				requested by a majority of the members of the Executive Committee or at the
				request of a majority of the membership of the Board. The Secretary-Treasurer
				shall notify the Board of the time, place and business to be transacted at
				least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the time set for the special
				meeting.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 3 - Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators › Section 310:679-3-8 - Executive Director

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The Board's Executive Director, as the chief administrative
				  officer for the Board, shall carry out the administrative functions of the
				  Board, including, but not limited to signing orders entered by the
				  Board.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-2 - Filing a Complaint

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Any person or agency may file a complaint against a
				  long-term care administrator by contacting the Oklahoma State Department of
				  Health.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-2 - Receipt of referrals, reports and notifications

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(a) Any person or any person on behalf of a
				recognized legal entity may file a written referral or report with the Board by
				submitting the same via U.S. Mail, via electronic mail, via the Board's
				web-based electronic report form or by delivering the same in person to the
				Board's office.
(b) Anonymous
				referrals or reports shall not be accepted.
(c) A report shall be generated by the Board
				or Board staff when information obtained from the media, law enforcement, any
				regulatory agency, or any other source indicates a violation may have
				occurred.
(d) The Board shall
				reduce to writing a verbal report received by phone or in person.
(e) If the individual making the report is a
				facility resident, the resident's personal or legal representative, or a
				current employee of the facility, the Board shall keep the individual's
				identity confidential.
(f) 'Paper'
				referrals or reports received by Board staff shall be receipted with a 'date
				stamp' as to the date the same were received in the Board's office, or, as
				applicable, by the electronic 'date stamp' created when the electronic version
				of the referral or report was either created/sent or electronically received by
				Board staff.
(g) When the Board
				receives notification of survey results by the Oklahoma State Department of
				Health (OSDH) that involve substandard quality of care; OR otherwise obtains
				information about events or incidents that may implicate an administrator as
				possibly having violated any of the Board's rules, such as through any form of
				news media, this information shall be reviewed by a person appointed by the
				Board, and shall determine whether the information should be referred to the
				Probable Cause Committee.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-2.1 - Action on referrals and reports

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(a) A
				Probable Cause Committee shall review and may recommend action to the Board on
				any and all referrals or reports received.
(b) A formal complaint may be generated by
				the Board or Board staff when the Probable Cause Committee determines that a
				violation may have occurred.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-3 - Complaints

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(a) Upon receipt of
				a complaint against a long-term care administrator, the Department shall
				initiate an investigation within 90 days. All information and records collected
				by the Department as part of a complaint investigation shall be kept in a
				confidential investigation file.
(b) Upon completion of a complaint
				investigation, if the Department finds that sufficient evidence exists to
				initiate an individual proceeding against a long-term care administrator, a
				notice of the violation will be served upon the long-term care administrator in
				compliance with Chapter 2 of this Title and the Administrative Procedures Act.
				The notice of violation shall include the nature of the violation(s) found, the
				provisions of state law or rule alleged to have been violated, the Department's
				assessed administrator penalty resulting from the alleged violation, and the
				administrator's right to seek an informal dispute resolution or
				hearing.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-3 - Complaints: investigations and investigative reports

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(a) Each referral or report shall be
				thoroughly investigated. If investigative reports are prepared, such reports
				are confidential.
(b) An
				investigative report shall not be deemed to be a record as that term is defined
				in the Oklahoma Open Records Act nor shall the report be subject to subpoena or
				discovery in any civil or criminal proceeding.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-6 - Notice

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(a) All notices or
				other papers requiring service in an individual proceeding shall be served in
				one of the following manners:
(1) personally
				by any person appointed to make service by the Director of the Board and in any
				manner authorized by the law of this State for the personal service of
				summonses in proceedings in a state court; or,
(2) by certified mail to the respondent at
				the last address provided to the Board by respondent or to respondent's
				attorney.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-6.1 - Hearings

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(a) An
				administrator may submit a request for hearing with the Department within
				thirty (30) days of receipt of the Notice of Violation.
(b) If a hearing is requested, the Department
				shall promptly schedule a hearing and serve the administrator with a Notice of
				Hearing in compliance with 75 O.S. §309(B).
(c) The hearing shall be conducted in
				accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act and Chapter 2 of this
				Title.
(d) The Commissioner of
				Health or designee shall issue a decision within fifteen (15) working days
				following the close of the hearing record. The decision shall include Findings
				of Fact and Conclusions of Law separately stated. The final order resulting
				from a hearing shall comply with the requirements of the 75 O.S. §312 and
				be served upon each party.
(e) An
				appeal of the Final Order shall be perfected pursuant to 75 O.S. Section 318 of
				the Administrative Procedures Act.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-7 - Informal dispute resolution

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(a) An Administrator may request, in writing,
				an informal dispute resolution within thirty (30) days from the date of notice
				from the Department.
(b)
The impartial decision-making panel shall be a group of six (6)
				individuals who meet the following criteria:
(1)
Three members shall be impartial
				volunteers who have experience in the operation of the same type of long-term
				facility as the administrator who is the subject of the complaint. Such
				volunteers may include, but not be limited to, an administrator, assistant
				administrator, owner, operator, director of nursing, or compliance executive of
				an appropriate long-term care facility, but shall not include any person with a
				direct financial interest in any facility that employes or contracts with the
				administrator who is the subject of the complaint; and
(2)
Three members shall be persons
				representing the aging or disabled community, as appropriate for the type of
				long-term facility whose administrator is the subject of the
				complaint.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-7 - Hearing

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(a) Individual
				proceedings shall be conducted by the Board according to the provisions
				established in 63 O.S. Sections 330.64 and 330.65 and 75 O.S. Section 309 et
				seq.
(1) The respondent shall bring to the
				hearing twenty (20) copies of all documents that he intends to offer into
				evidence as well as twenty (20) copies of all motions that he intends to submit
				for Board consideration.
(2) An
				electronic recording of the proceeding shall be made by the Board, and a copy
				of the electronic recording shall be provided by the Board to a party to the
				proceeding at that party's request. Should there be any equipment failures, the
				minutes of the meeting and proceedings will be provided instead of the
				electronic recording.
(3) The full
				proceedings of any hearing may be transcribed. The party wanting the services
				of a court reporter to transcribe the proceedings shall make the arrangements
				with a court reporter for such transcription pay the reporter's fee(s), and
				notify the Board in advance of the hearing of the expected presence of a court
				reporter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-7.1 - Administrative fines

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(a) The
				Department may impose administrative fines, in an amount to be determined by
				the Department, against persons whom the Department has determined have not
				complied with the provisions of the Oklahoma statutes and OAC
				310:679-5-7.1.
(b) Administrative fines shall not exceed One
				Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation.
(c) In assessing a fine, the Department shall
				give due consideration to the appropriateness of the amount of the fine with
				respect to factors such as the scope, severity and repetition of the violation
				and any additional factors deemed appropriate by the Department.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 5 - Investigative Procedures › Section 310:679-5-7.1 - Administrative fines

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(a) The
				Board may impose administrative fines, in an amount to be determined by the
				Board, against persons whom the Board has determined have not complied with the
				provisions of the Oklahoma statutes relating to Long Term Care Administrators
				or rules adopted by the Board. Administrative fines shall not exceed One
				Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation.
(b) In assessing a fine, the Board shall give
				due consideration to the appropriateness of the amount of the fine with respect
				to factors such as the scope, severity and repetition of the violation and any
				additional factors deemed appropriate by the Board.
(c) Administrative fines assessed by the
				Board on-or-after August 1, 2009, must be paid, in full, within thirty (30)
				calendar days of the date assessed, unless other payment terms have been agreed
				to, in writing, by the Board.
(d)
				Failure to timely pay Administrative fines assessed by the Board may subject
				the individual to additional Board sanction(s), including license suspension or
				revocation.
(e) Failure of the
				licensee to provide verification of completion of the required number of CEUs
				shall result in specific standard fines and penalties (automatically approved)
				that will be enforced per
				490:1-9-5.