Oklahoma Code § 63-1-1903

Title 63. Public Health And Safety: License required - Exemptions - Practice of healing
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arts not authorized – Application of act to facilities not receiving
public funds.
A.  No person shall establish, operate, or maintain in this
state any nursing facility without first obtaining a license as
required by the Nursing Home Care Act.
B.  The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to residential
care homes, assisted living facilities or adult companion homes
which are operated in conjunction with a nursing facility, a home or
facility approved and annually reviewed by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs as a medical foster home in which
care is provided exclusively to three or fewer veterans, or to
hotels, motels, boarding houses, rooming houses, or other places
that furnish board or room to their residents.
C.  Each State Veterans Home nursing facility licensed pursuant
to the provisions of this section shall be regulated as an existing
nursing facility for the purposes of meeting state and federal
standards.
D.  Certificate of need review shall not be required for any
addition, deletion, modification or new construction of current or
future State Veterans Home nursing facilities.
E.  The Nursing Home Care Act shall not authorize any person to
engage in any manner in the practice of the healing arts or the
practice of medicine, as defined by law.

F.  The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to a facility
which is not charging or receiving periodic compensation for
services rendered, and not receiving any county, state, or federal
assistance.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 241, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.  Amended by Laws
1984, c. 128, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 98, § 23, emerg.
eff. May 20, 1987; Laws 1991, c. 127, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29,
1991; Laws 1993, c. 234, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 360,
§ 7, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2003, c. 89, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15,
2003; Laws 2012, c. 12, § 3, emerg. eff. April 5, 2012; Laws 2013,
c. 379, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013; Laws 2022, c. 83, § 7, emerg.
eff. April 25, 2022.

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