{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-3-320","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-320","heading":"Certified Eating Disorder Treatment Programs","body":"\n\nA. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services\n\nshall promulgate rules and standards for certification of eating\n\ndisorder treatment programs and for private facilities and\n\norganizations that offer eating disorder treatment services in this\n\nstate. Such facilities and organizations shall be known as\n\n“Certified Eating Disorder Treatment Programs”.\n\nB. For purposes of this section, “eating disorder treatment”\n\nmeans any treatment for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or any\n\nother severe disturbances in eating behavior specified in the most\n\ncurrent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental\n\nDisorders.\n\nC. Applications for certification as a certified eating\n\ndisorder treatment program, pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsection, shall be made to the Department of Mental Health and\n\nSubstance Abuse Services on prescribed forms. The Board, or the\n\nCommissioner upon delegation by the Board, may certify the program\n\nfor a period of three (3) years subject to renewal as provided in\n\nthe rules promulgated by the Board. Nothing in this section shall\n\npreclude the Department from making inspection visits to a program\n\nto determine program compliance.\n\nD. Hospitals licensed by the State Department of Health shall\n\nbe exempt from certification requirements. In addition, licensed\n\nphysicians, licensed psychologists, licensed social workers,\n\nindividual members of the clergy, licensed marital and family\n\ntherapists, registered nurses, licensed behavioral practitioners,\n\nand licensed professional counselors shall be exempt from\n\ncertification requirements; provided, however, these exemptions\n\nshall only apply to individual professional persons in their private\n\npractices and not to any eating disorder treatment program operated\n\nby such person.\n\nE. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services\n\nis authorized to establish and collect certification and renewal\n\nfees for certification of eating disorder treatment programs as\n\nprovided in Section 3-324 of this title.\n\nF. Failure to comply with rules and standards promulgated by\n\nthe Board shall be grounds for revocation, suspension or nonrenewal\n\nof certification.\n\nG. No eating disorder treatment program shall operate or\n\ncontinue to operate unless the facility complies with the rules\n\npromulgated by the Board and is certified as required by this\n\nsection.","path":["OK Code","Title 43A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"cd69e60e59db52d0a5c9187e91445edd396c8919f75ba06fce6e42ba15b3055c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-3-319","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-3-321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}