Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1903: License required - Exemptions - Practice of healing

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.