{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1911","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1911","heading":"Inspections - Meetings - Reports - Departmental files","body":"A. 1. Every building, institution, or establishment for which\n\na license has been issued, including any facility operated by the\n\nOklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, shall be periodically\n\ninspected by a duly appointed representative of the State Department\n\nof Health, pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Commissioner\n\nof Health with the advice and counsel of the Long-Term Care Facility\n\nAdvisory Board, created in Section 1-1923 of this title.\n\n2. Inspection reports shall be prepared on forms prescribed by\n\nthe Commissioner with the advice and counsel of the Advisory Board.\n\nB. 1. The Department, whenever it deems necessary, shall\n\ninspect, survey, and evaluate every facility, including any facility\n\noperated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, to\n\ndetermine compliance with applicable licensure and certification\n\nrequirements and standards. All inspections of facilities shall be\n\nunannounced. The Department may have as many unannounced\n\ninspections as it deems necessary.\n\n2. The Department shall conduct at least one unannounced\n\ninspection per calendar year of all nursing facilities operated by\n\nthe Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.\n\n3. Any employee of the State Department of Health who discloses\n\nto any unauthorized person, prior to an inspection, information\n\nregarding an unannounced nursing home inspection required pursuant\n\nto the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be\n\nguilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, such action shall be\n\nconstrued to be a misuse of office and punishable as a violation of\n\nrules promulgated by the Ethics Commission.\n\n4. a. The Department may periodically visit a facility for\n\nthe purpose of consultation and may notify the\n\nfacility in advance of such a visit. An inspection,\n\nsurvey, or evaluation, other than an inspection of\n\nfinancial records or a consultation visit, shall be\n\nconducted without prior notice to the facility.\n\nb. One person shall be invited by the Department to act\n\nas a citizen observer in unannounced inspections. The\n\nindividual may be a representative of a statewide\n\norganization of the elderly or a representative of the\n\nOffice of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.\n\nc. The citizen observer shall be reimbursed for expenses\n\nin accordance with the provisions of the State Travel\n\nReimbursement Act.\n\nd. An employee of a state or unit of a local government\n\nagency, charged with inspecting, surveying, and\n\nevaluating facilities, who aids, abets, assists,\n\nconceals, or conspires with a facility administrator\n\nor employee in violation of the provisions of the\n\nNursing Home Care Act shall be guilty, upon conviction\n\nthereof, of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to\n\ndismissal from employment.\n\nC. The Department shall hold open meetings, as part of its\n\nroutine licensure survey, in each of the licensed facilities to\n\nadvise and to facilitate communication and cooperation between\n\nfacility personnel and the residents of facilities in their mutual\n\nefforts to improve patient care. Administrators, employees of the\n\nfacility, residents, residents' relatives, friends, residents'\n\nrepresentatives, and employees from appropriate state and federal\n\nagencies shall be encouraged to attend these meetings to contribute\n\nto this process.\n\nD. 1. The Department shall require periodic reports and shall\n\nhave access to books, records, and other documents maintained by the\n\nfacility to the extent necessary to implement the provisions of the\n\nNursing Home Care Act and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto.\n\n2. Any holder of a license or applicant for a license shall be\n\ndeemed to have given consent to any authorized officer, employee, or\n\nagent of the Department to enter and inspect the facility in\n\naccordance with the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act.\n\nRefusal to permit such entry or inspection, except for good cause,\n\nshall constitute grounds for remedial action or administrative\nt thereto.\n\n2. Any holder of a license or applicant for a license shall be\n\ndeemed to have given consent to any authorized officer, employee, or\n\nagent of the Department to enter and inspect the facility in\n\naccordance with the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act.\n\nRefusal to permit such entry or inspection, except for good cause,\n\nshall constitute grounds for remedial action or administrative\n\npenalty or both such action and penalty as provided in the Nursing\n\nHome Care Act.\n\nE. The Department shall maintain a file on each facility in the\n\nstate. All conditions and practices not in compliance with\n\napplicable standards shall be specifically stated. If a violation\n\nis corrected or is subject to an approved plan of correction, such\n\naction shall be contained in the file. Upon receiving a written\n\nrequest for a copy of the file documents, the Department shall send\n\na copy of the document to any person making the written request.\n\nThe Department may charge a reasonable fee for copying costs.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0cd50c8a952b9ad7cb3dea979b53f0c4e00ba89887d694b8f6a1eae46d889253","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1910","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1912"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}