Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 664 - Home Care Administrator Certification › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:664-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Accredited"
means current credentials from a
				  national accrediting agency or a nationally recognized regional accrediting
				  agency or state approval agency appropriate to the missions and goals of the
				  institution.
"Act"
means the Home Care Act, [63 O.S. Supp.
				  1996, § 1-1960 et seq.].
"Board"
means the State Board of Health.
"Certification"
means verification of
				  appropriate training and competency for a home care administrator as required
				  by this Chapter.
"Competency"
means experiential and educational
				  preparation as specified by this Chapter and successful performance on the
				  Oklahoma Home Care Administrator Preparedness Assessment.
"Continuing education"
means education and
				  training required for renewal of a home care administrator certificate.
"Deeming"
means to grant a person who met one
				  (1) criterion pursuant to
				  310:664-3-4
				  permission to challenge the Oklahoma Home Care Administrator Preparedness
				  Assessment (OHCAPA) without completion of the Preparedness Program.
"Denial"
means the Department's decision to
				  preclude issuance of a home care administrator certificate to an
				  individual.
"Department"
means
the State Department
				  of Health[63 O.S. Supp. 1996, § 1-1961(3)].
"Disapproval"
means the Department's decision to
				  withhold approval of an application for a home care administrator
				  certificate.
"Enforcement"
means the Department's actions and
				  processes to ensure compliance with promulgated rules.
"Governing body"
means the entity having
				  ultimate responsibility for a home care agency, including fiscal and legal
				  authority.
"Home care agency"
means
any sole
				  proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization
				  which administers, offers or provides home care services, for a fee or pursuant
				  to a contract for such services, to clients in their place of residence. The
				  term "home care agency" shall not include individuals who contract with the
				  Department of Human Services to provide personal care services, provided such
				  individuals are not exempt from certification as home health aides [63 O.S.
				  Supp. 1996, § 1-1961(4)].
"Home care administrator"
means
a person
				  who operates, manages, or supervises, or is in charge of a home care agency [63
				  O.S. Supp. 1996, § 1-1961(7)].
"Home study"
means education that takes place in
				  a physical setting other than an educational classroom, teleconferencing site,
				  seminar, conference or professional association at which the student and
				  instructor have interaction that is face-to-face or mediated by real-time
				  two-way teleconferencing.
"Inactive status"
means a certificate designated
				  as a non-participant credential in the Department's records.
"Misappropriation of property"
means the taking,
				  misapplication, deprivation, transfer, or attempted transfer to any person not
				  entitled to receive any property, real or personal or anything of value
				  belonging to or under the legal control of a client or other legal authority,
				  or the taking of any action contrary to any duty imposed by federal or state
				  law prescribing conduct relating to the custody or disposition of a client's
				  property.
"Non-renewal"
means the Department's decision to
				  deny the renewal of a home care administrator certificate.
"Oklahoma Home Care Administrator Preparedness
				  Assessment"
or
"OHCAPA"
means a Department-approved
				  examination for a home care administrator candidate.
"OSBI"
means the Oklahoma State Bureau of
				  Investigation.
"Preparedness program"
means the
				  Department-approved activities and course designed to prepare a person to
				  challenge the OHCAPA.
"Proctor"
means a person approved by the
				  Department to monitor the curriculum, testing, and hours required for
				  continuing education and report non-compliance and substandard compliance by
				  programs and enrolled persons to the Department.
"Provisional certificate"
means a temporary
				  credential that permits temporary employment as an administrator or alternate
				  home care administrator.
"Qualified instructor"
means a person with
				  academic credentials commensurate with instruction at accredited state post
				  secondary or higher education institutions or with other credentials that meet
				  the Department approval pursuant to
				  310:664-5-5.
"Revocation"
means the Department's decision to
				  nullify a previously issued home care administrator certificate.
"Subunit"
means a semi-autonomous organization
				  that serves clients in a geographic area different from that of the parent
				  agency.
"Suspension"
means the Department's decision to
				  render a home care administrator certificate void for a specified period of
				  time.
"Waiver"
means the Department's decision to
				  allow a person who meets qualifications pursuant to
				  310:664-3-2
				  to receive a home care administrator certificate without challenging the
				  OHCAPA.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 2385,
				  eff 6-11-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3491, eff 7-30-99 (emergency); Amended at 17
				  Ok Reg 2070, eff 6-12-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3595, eff 8-22-01 (emergency);
				  Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1061, eff 5-13-02