Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-872: Definitions

As used in the Adult Day Care Act:

1. “Adult day care center” or “center” means a facility which

provides basic day care services to unrelated impaired adults for

more than four (4) hours in a twenty-four-hour period. A center

shall be a distinct entity, either freestanding or a separate

program of a larger organization. A center shall have a separately

verifiable staff, space, budget and participant record system. The

terms adult day care center or center shall not include retirement

centers, senior citizen centers, or PACE organizations as defined by

42 C.F.R., Section 460.6;

2. “Basic day care services” means supervised health, social

supportive, and recreational services in a structured daytime

program which serves functionally impaired adults who continue to

live in their own homes, usually with the aid of family caregivers;

3. “Department” means the State Department of Health; and

4. “Participant” means any person attending an adult day care

center.