Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 770 - Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs › Chapter 10 - Center Division Program › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 770:10-1-4 - Admission priorities and procedures

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) It is the intent of the OklahomaVeterans
				Commission to establish a fair and equitable system and one that allows for the
				flexibility necessary in the operation of long-term nursing care facilities
				whereby eligible veterans may be placed on waiting lists for admission to the
				Oklahoma Veterans Centers operated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
				Affairs.
(b) Priorities for
				placement are as follows:
(1) Eligible World
				War II veterans seeking admission will be placed at the top of the waiting list
				and will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level
				of care they require. When there are no longer living World War II veterans
				seeking admission, veterans of the next oldest wartime period will be placed at
				the top of the waiting list and will be admitted to the first available bed
				capable of providing the level of care they require and so on through
				established wartime periods.
(2)
				Eligible Ex-Prisoners of War will be placed at the top of the waiting list if
				there are no eligible veterans on the waiting list in category (1) above, and
				will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of
				care they require.
(3) Eligible
				wartime veterans will be placed at the top of the waiting list if there are no
				eligible veterans on the waiting list in categories (1) and (2) above, and will
				be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of care
				they require, in the following order based on the date of receipt of the
				application:
(A) Eligible wartime veterans
				with service connected ratings of 70% to 100% by the United States Department
				of Veterans Affairs.
(B) All other
				wartime veterans with service connected ratings from 0% to 60% by the United
				States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(C) All other eligible wartime veterans not
				specified in earlier categories will be placed on the waiting list in
				chronological order based on the date of receipt of the application.
(4) All other eligible veterans,
				including those with no wartime service, will be placed at the top of the
				waiting list if there are no eligible veterans on the waiting list in
				categories (1) through (3) above, and will be admitted to the first available
				bed capable of providing the level of care they require, in the following order
				based on the date of receipt of the application:
(A) All other eligible veterans with service
				connected ratings of 70% to 100% by the United States Department of Veterans
				Affairs.
(B) All other eligible
				veterans with service connected ratings from 0% to 60% by the United States
				Department of Veterans Affairs.
(C)
				All eligible veterans not specified in earlier categories will be placed on the
				waiting list in chronological order based on the date of receipt of the
				application.
(5) If more
				than one application is received on the same day, the Medical Director will
				determine their sequential order on the list according to medical need. The
				veterans will be called from this list and will be admitted to the first
				available bed capable of providing the level of care they require.