Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1956.6: Consent for electronic monitoring

A. A resident or representative of a resident who wishes to

conduct authorized electronic monitoring shall be required to notify

the nursing facility, assisted living center or continuum of care

facility on the consent form prescribed by the State Department of

Health.

B. The consent form prescribed by the Department shall require

the resident or the representative of a resident to obtain the

consent of any other resident in the room or the representative of a

resident, using the consent form prescribed for this purpose by the

Department, if the resident resides in a room with another resident.

C. Consent may be given only:

1. By the resident or any other resident in the room; or

2. By the representative of the resident or representative of

any other resident in the room.

D. Another resident in the room may:

1. When the proposed electronic monitoring device is a video

surveillance camera, condition consent on the camera being pointed

away from the consenting resident; and

2. Condition consent on the use of an audio electronic

monitoring device being limited or prohibited.

E. Except as provided for in Section 1-1953.7 of this title,

authorized electronic monitoring may begin only after the required

consent forms specified in Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title

have been completed and returned to the nursing facility, assisted

living center or continuum of care facility and placed on file with

the administrator of such facility or center.

F. If authorized electronic monitoring is being conducted in

the room of a resident, another resident may not be moved into the

room unless the resident or representative of the resident has

consented to the use of existing electronic monitoring, in

accordance with Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title.

G. The Department may include other information that it

considers to be appropriate on any form it is required to prescribe

under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title.

H. The Department shall prescribe the forms required by Section

1-1953.1 et seq. of this title no later than November 1, 2013, and

shall make such forms available on its website.