Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1950.7: Nontechnical services worker abuse registry

A. The State Department of Health shall establish a registry

for those nontechnical services workers that have been noted to have

committed abuse, verbal abuse, or exploitation of a resident in a

nursing facility.

B. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules to

establish and maintain the nontechnical services worker abuse

registry. Such rules may include, but need not be limited to:

1. A procedure for notation in the abuse registry of a final

State Department of Health investigative finding or an

Administrative Law Judge finding of abuse, verbal abuse, or

exploitation, as these terms are defined in Section 10-103 of Title

43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of an individual by a nontechnical

services worker;

2. A procedure for notice and due process for a nontechnical

services worker or applicant before the entering of such person's

name in the abuse registry as having a final Department

investigative finding or Administrative Law Judge finding of abuse,

verbal abuse, or exploitation of an individual; and

3. Disclosure requirements for information in the abuse

registry.

C. The nontechnical services worker abuse registry shall

include, but not be limited to, the following information on each

nontechnical services worker:

1. The individual's full name;

2. Information necessary to identify each individual;

3. The date the individual's name was placed in the abuse

registry; and

4. Information on any final Department investigative finding or

Administrative Law Judge finding of abuse, verbal abuse or

exploitation, as these terms are defined in Section 10-103 of Title

43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, concerning the nontechnical services

worker.

D. A nontechnical services worker or applicant who is adversely

affected by an Administrative Law Judge finding of abuse, verbal

abuse or exploitation of an individual may seek judicial review

pursuant to the provisions of Article II of the Administrative

Procedures Act. The finding of the Administrative Law Judge may be

appealed to the district court in which the nontechnical services

worker or applicant resides within thirty (30) days of the date of

the decision. A copy of the petition shall be served by mail upon

the general counsel of the Department.