Oklahoma Code § 57-629

A.  The Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules and
establish procedures necessary to allow the eligibility of certain
offenders to be considered for parole to a private, stand-alone,
long-term care facility for any offender deemed by the Department of
Corrections to be either terminally ill or progressively debilitated
as defined by the medical profession.
B.  For the purpose of this section:
1.  Terminally ill means having a condition that reasonably may
be expected to result in death within twenty-four (24) months; and
2.  Long-term care facility means a health care facility, other
than a general acute or specialty hospital, constructed, licensed,
and operated to provide patient living accommodations, twenty-four-
hour staff availability, and at least two of the following patient
services:
a. a selection of patient care services, under the
direction and supervision of a registered nurse,

ranging from continuous medical, skilled nursing,
psychological, or other professional therapies to
intermittent health-related or paraprofessional care
services, and
b. a structured supportive living environment that
provides support or assistance with individual
activities of daily living.
C.  The Department of Corrections will create a list of
offenders eligible for parole to the private, stand-alone, long-term
care facility to be provided to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
for consideration.
D.  Eligible offenders shall not include offenders who are
sentenced as follows:
1.  Death row inmates;
2.  Life without possibility of parole; or
3.  Sentenced for a violent offense as listed in Section 571 of
Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 411, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.  Amended by Laws
2015, c. 227, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.  Renumbered from § 1-849 of
Title 63 by Laws 2015, c. 227, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

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