Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-322: Certified Gambling Addiction Treatment Programs

A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

shall promulgate rules and standards for certification of gambling

addiction treatment programs and for private facilities and

organizations which offer gambling addiction treatment services in

this state. These facilities and organizations shall be known as

“Certified Gambling Addiction Treatment Programs”.

B. Applications for certification as a certified gambling

addiction treatment program, pursuant to the provisions of this

section, shall be made to the Department of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services on prescribed forms. The Board, or the

Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services upon

delegation by the Board, may certify the program for a period of

three (3) years, subject to renewal as provided in rules promulgated

by the Board. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department

from making inspection visits to a program to determine program

compliance.

C. Hospitals licensed by the State Department of Health shall

be exempt from certification requirements. In addition, licensed

physicians, licensed psychologists, licensed social workers,

individual members of the clergy, licensed marital and family

therapists, registered nurses, licensed behavioral practitioners,

and licensed professional counselors shall be exempt from

certification requirements; provided, however, these exemptions

shall only apply to individual professional persons in their private

practices and not to any gambling addiction treatment program

operated by the person.

D. Facilities providing services for gambling addiction shall

comply with standards promulgated by the Board; provided, that the

certification requirements and standards shall not apply to programs

and services offered by other state agencies. The gambling

addiction treatment programs certified pursuant to the provisions of

this section shall cooperate with inspection personnel of the state

and shall promptly file all reports required by the Department.

Failure to comply with rules and standards of the Board shall be

ground for revocation of certification, after proper notice and

hearing.

E. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

is authorized to establish and collect certification and renewal

fees for certification of gambling addiction treatment programs as

provided in Section 3-324 of this title.

F. Failure to comply with rules and standards promulgated by

the Board shall be grounds for revocation, suspension or nonrenewal

of certification.

G. No gambling addiction treatment program shall operate or

continue to operate unless the facility complies with the rules

promulgated by the Board and is certified as required by this

section.