2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-1956.1. Definitions.
As used in Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title:
1. "Assisted living center" shall have the same meaning as provided by Section 1-890.2 of this title;
2. "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement of electronic monitoring devices in the common areas or room of a resident of a nursing facility, assisted living center or continuum of care facility and the tapes or recordings from such devices pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title;
3. "Authorized electronic monitoring devices" means:
- a.video surveillance cameras installed in the common areas or resident's room under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title, or
- b.audio devices installed in the room of a resident under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title that are designed to acquire communications or other sounds occurring in the room;
4. "Continuum of care facility" shall have the same meaning as provided by Section 1-890.2 of this title;
5. "Nursing facility" means the term as defined in Section 1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
6. "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 Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, the Residential Care Act or the Group Homes for the Developmentally Disabled or Physically Handicapped Persons Act shall not be appointed guardian or limited guardian of a resident of the nursing facility, assisted living center or continuum of care 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;
7. "Resident" means a person residing in a nursing facility, assisted living center or continuum of care facility; and
8. "Unauthorized electronic monitoring" means electronic, mechanical, or other devices that do not meet the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title and that are specifically used for the nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic communications.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 204, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2020, c. 39, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2020. Renumbered from § 1-1953.1 of this title by Laws 2020, c. 39, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
