As used in the Nursing Home Care Act: 1. “Abuse” means the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment, with resulting physical harm, impairment, or mental anguish; 2. “Access” means the right of a person to enter a facility to communicate privately and without unreasonable restriction when invited to do so by a resident. A representative of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman and a case manager employed by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or one of its contract agencies shall have right of access to enter a facility, communicate privately and without unreasonable restriction with any resident who consents to the communication, to seek consent to communicate privately and without restriction with any resident, and to observe all areas of the facility that directly pertain to the patient care of the resident without infringing upon the privacy of the other residents without first obtaining their consent; 3. “Administrator” means the person licensed by the State of Oklahoma who is in charge of a facility. An administrator must devote at least one-third (1/3) of such person's working time to on- the-job supervision of the 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 such ICF/IID-16 facility, if such facilities are located within a circle that has a radius of not more than fifteen (15) miles, the total number of facilities and beds does not exceed six facilities and sixty-four beds, and each such ICF/IID-16 facility is supervised by a qualified professional. The facilities may be free-standing in a community or may be on campus with a parent institution. The ICF/IID-16 facility may be independently owned and operated or may be part of a larger institutional operation; 4. “Advisory Board” means the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board; 5. “Adult companion home” means any home or establishment, funded and certified by the Department of Human Services, which provides homelike residential accommodations and supportive assistance to three or fewer adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities; 6. “Board” means the State Board of Health; 7. “Commissioner” means the State Commissioner of Health; 8. “Department” means the State Department of Health; 9. “Facility” means a nursing facility and a specialized home; provided, this term shall not include a residential care home or an adult companion home; 10. “Nursing facility” means a home, an establishment, or an institution, a distinct part of which is primarily engaged in providing: a. skilled nursing care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care, b. rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or c. on a regular basis, health-related care and services to individuals who because of their mental or physical condition require care and services beyond the level of care provided by a residential care home and which can be made available to them only through a nursing facility. Nursing facility does not mean, for purposes of Section 1-851.1 of this title, a facility constructed or operated by an entity described in paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 6201 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the nursing care component of a continuum of care facility, as such term is defined under the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, to the extent that the facility constructed or operated by an entity described in paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 6201 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes contains such a nursing care component; 11. “Specialized facility” means any home, establishment, or institution which offers or provides inpatient long-term care services on a twenty-four-hour basis to a limited category of persons requiring such services, including but not limited to a facility providing health or habilitation services for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, but does not mean, for purposes of Section 1-851.1 of this title, a facility constructed or operated by an entity described in paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 6201 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the nursing care component of a continuum of care facility, as such term is defined under the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, to the extent that the facility constructed or operated by an entity described in paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 6201 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes contains such a nursing care component; 12. “Residential care home” means any home, establishment, or institution licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care Act other than a hotel, motel, fraternity or sorority house, or college or university dormitory, which offers or provides residential accommodations, food service, and supportive assistance to any of its residents or houses any resident requiring supportive assistance. The residents shall be persons who are ambulatory and essentially capable of managing their own affairs, but who do not routinely require nursing care; provided, the term residential care home shall not mean a hotel, motel, fraternity or sorority house, or college or university dormitory, if the facility operates in a manner customary to its description and does not house any person who requires supportive assistance from the facility in order to meet an adequate level of daily living; 13. “Licensee” means the person, a corporation, partnership, or association who is the owner of the facility which is licensed by the Department pursuant to the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act; 14. “Maintenance” means meals, shelter, and laundry services; 15. “Neglect” means failure to provide goods and/or services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness; 16. “Owner” means a person, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity which owns a facility or leases a facility. The person or entity that stands to profit or lose as a result of the financial success or failure of the operation shall be presumed to be the owner of the facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any nonstate governmental entity that has acquired and owns or leases a facility and that has entered into an agreement with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to participate in the nursing facility supplemental payment program (UPL Owner) shall be deemed the owner of such facility and shall be authorized to obtain management services from a management services provider (UPL Manager), and to delegate, allocate, and assign as between the UPL Owner and UPL Manager, compensation, profits, losses, liabilities, decision-making authority, and responsibilities, including responsibility for the employment, direction, supervision, and control of the facility's administrator and staff; 17. “Personal care” means assistance with meals, dressing, movement, bathing or other personal needs or maintenance, or general supervision of the physical and mental well-being of a person, who is incapable of maintaining a private, independent residence, or who is incapable of managing his or her person, whether or not a guardian has been appointed for such person; 18. “Resident” means a person residing in a facility due to illness, physical or mental infirmity, or advanced age; 19. “Representative of a resident” means a court-appointed guardian or, if there is no court-appointed guardian, the parent of a minor, a relative, or other person, designated in writing by the resident; provided, that any owner, operator, administrator, or employee of a facility subject to the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act, the Residential Care Act, or the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act shall not be appointed guardian or limited guardian of a resident of the facility unless the owner, operator, administrator, or employee is the spouse of the resident, or a relative of the resident within the second degree of consanguinity and is otherwise eligible for appointment; and 20. “Supportive assistance” means the service rendered to any person which is less than the service provided by a nursing facility but which is sufficient to enable the person to meet an adequate level of daily living. Supportive assistance includes but is not limited to housekeeping, assistance in the preparation of meals, assistance in the safe storage, distribution, and administration of medications, and assistance in personal care as is necessary for the health and comfort of such person. Supportive assistance shall not include medical service. Added by Laws 1980, c. 241, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 182, § 1; Laws 1984, c. 128, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 98, § 22, emerg. eff. May 20, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 330, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 51, § 126, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Laws 1990, c. 337, § 17; Laws 1991, c. 127, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 159, § 16, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 230, § 8, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 118, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 292, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 436, § 10, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004; Laws 2016, c. 288, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 55, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2024, c. 339, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.
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