2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-330.51. Definitions.

For the purposes of Section 330.51 et seq. of this title, and as used herein:

1. "Board" means the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care Administrators;

2. "Long-term care administrator" means a person licensed or certified as a nursing facility administrator, an assisted living facility administrator, a residential care facility administrator, or an adult day care center administrator pursuant to Section 330.51 et seq. of this title. A long-term care administrator must devote at least one-half (1/2) of such person's working time to on-the-job supervision of a long-term care 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 ICF/IID-16, if such facilities are located within a circle that has a radius of not more than fifteen (15) miles, and the total number of facilities and beds does not exceed six facilities and sixty-four beds. The facilities may be free-standing in a community or may be on campus with a parent institution. The ICF/IID-16 may be independently owned and operated or may be part of a larger institutional ownership and operation;

3. "Nursing facility administrator" means a person licensed by the State of Oklahoma to perform the duties of an administrator serving in a skilled nursing or nursing or ICF/IID facility;

4. "Assisted living facility administrator" means a person licensed or certified by the State of Oklahoma to perform the duties of an administrator serving in an assisted living facility;

5. "Residential care facility administrator" means a person licensed or certified by the State of Oklahoma to perform the duties of an administrator serving in a residential care facility;

6. "Adult day care center administrator" means a person licensed or certified by the State of Oklahoma to perform the duties of an administrator serving in an adult day care center; and

7. "Nursing home", "rest home" and "specialized home" shall have the same meaning as the term "nursing facility" as such term is defined in the Nursing Home Care Act; "assisted living center" and "continuum of care facility" shall have the same meaning as such terms are defined in the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act; "home" and "residential care home" shall have the same meaning as the terms are used in the Residential Care Act; and "adult day care center" and "center" shall have the same meaning as such terms are used in the Adult Day Care Act.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 100, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 168, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 289, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 118, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2005, c. 168, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 291, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2011, c. 192, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 57, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.