§ 1-836. Rules ensuring minimum standards for homes
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-836
§ 1-836. Rules ensuring minimum standards for homes
2. Number of all personnel, including management and supervisory personnel, having responsibility for any part of the care given to residents. The Department shall establish staffing ratios for homes which shall specify the number of staff hours of care per resident that are needed for care for various types of homes or areas within homes. Minimum personnel ratio requirements for all homes shall be based only on average daily census;
(5) A certified administrator may make a written request to the Commissioner to be placed in an inactive status for up to five (5) subsequent calendar years. Such inactive status shall allow the administrator to waive the educational requirements for the period of the request. Such certified administrator shall not work in a residential care administrator capacity in Oklahoma until such time as the certificate is reactivated. The request to reactivate the certificate shall be made in writing to the Commissioner. Such administrator shall then be required to complete sixteen (16) hours of training in the subjects specified in this division.
b. All direct care staff who are responsible for administration of medication to residents shall be required to begin training in the administration of medication within ninety (90) days of employment with the home and to satisfactorily complete at least fifteen (15) hours of training in the administration of medication, within the first year of employment with the home.
3. All other direct care staff who are employed by a residential care home, within ninety (90) days of employment with the home, shall be required to begin eight (8) hours of in-service training, to be administered by the administrator of the home or other person designated by the administrator of the home and completed within twelve (12) months from such person's date of employment, and annually thereafter. Thereafter such direct care staff and the direct care staff responsible for administering medication to residents shall, annually, be required to receive at least eight (8) hours of training by the administrator of the home in:
5. Failure of the owner or administrator to ensure the training required pursuant to this subsection is received shall constitute a violation of the Residential Care Act and shall be grounds for revocation of licensure. Proof of successful completion of such training for the residential care home administrator and direct care staff shall be required prior to issuance or renewal of a license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care Act. The Department shall not renew any license for any residential care home if the training required by this subsection has not been completed.
Credits
Laws 1984, c. 128, § 24, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 135, § 6, emerg. eff. June 7, 1985; Laws 1987, c. 98, § 17, emerg. eff. May 20, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 233, § 2, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1998, c. 110, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 410, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-836, OK ST T. 63 § 1-836
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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