{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1949.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1949.3","heading":"Qualifications for license or certification","body":"A. The State Department of Health shall have authority to issue\n\nlicenses or certifications to qualified persons as long-term care\n\nadministrators in accordance with qualification criteria established\n\nby the State Commissioner of Health.\n\nB. No license or certification shall be issued to a person as a\n\nlong-term care administrator unless:\n\n1. The person shall have submitted evidence satisfactory to the\n\nDepartment that the person is:\n\na. not less than twenty-one (21) years of age, and\n\nb. of reputable and responsible character; and\n\n2. The person shall have submitted evidence satisfactory to the\n\nDepartment of the person’s ability to be licensed or certified to\n\nserve as a Tier 1 long-term care administrator or Tier 2 long-term\n\ncare administrator.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall have the authority to determine the\n\nqualifications, skill, and fitness of any person to serve as a long-\n\nterm care administrator under the applicable provisions of the\n\nNursing Home Care Act, the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living\n\nAct, the Residential Care Act, and the Adult Day Care Act. The\n\nCommissioner shall promulgate rules to determine the qualifications\n\nfor licensure or certification as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 long-term care\n\nadministrator. Such rules may, at the discretion of the\n\nCommissioner, include a requirement for licensure instead of\n\ncertification for either or both of the tiers of long-term care\n\nadministrators.\n\nD. 1. All persons licensed or certified or lawfully serving as\n\nan administrator in their defined facility type shall be permitted\n\nto continue to serve in their current capacity under their current\n\nterms of authorization. The Commissioner may promulgate rules to\n\naddress future certification and licensure requirements for both\n\ntiers of long-term care administrators without effect on the\n\nlicensure or certification status of those currently certified or\n\nlicensed. Until such rules are promulgated, current licensure and\n\ncertification processes and standards shall remain in place.\n\n2. To be eligible for licensure or certification as either a\n\nTier 1 or Tier 2 long-term care administrator, the applicant shall\n\nhave successfully completed a training and education program\n\napproved by the Commissioner.\n\n3. The Commissioner shall not include a requirement for a four-\n\nyear degree in any licensing or certification requirements for Tier\n\n2 long-term care administrators.\n\n4. In addition to the requirement provided by paragraph 2 of\n\nthis subsection, to be eligible for licensure or certification as a\n\nTier 1 long-term care administrator, the applicant shall:\n\na. hold a baccalaureate degree from an institution of\n\nhigher education, or\n\nb. hold an associate degree in a health- or business-\n\nrelated field or other relevant field as determined by\n\nthe Commissioner and have not less than five (5) years\n\nof experience in upper-level management of a long-term\n\ncare facility as determined by the Commissioner.\n\nE. Eligible applicants may sit for the state standards\n\nexamination at a testing facility using procedures approved by the\n\nNational Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards\n\nincluding, but not limited to, the use of electronic or online\n\nmethods for examination.\n\nF. The State Department of Health shall either:\n\n1. Approve one or more organizations or agencies to provide\n\ntraining and education programs for long-term care administrators.\n\nEach such organization or agency shall meet such requirements as may\n\nbe prescribed by rules promulgated by the State Commissioner of\n\nHealth;\n\n2. Offer a training and education program for long-term care\n\nadministrators conducted by the Department; or\n\n3. Both approve one or more organizations to provide training\n\nand education programs for long-term care administrators as\n\ndescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection and offer a training and\n\neducation program for long-term care administrators conducted by the\ne Commissioner of\n\nHealth;\n\n2. Offer a training and education program for long-term care\n\nadministrators conducted by the Department; or\n\n3. Both approve one or more organizations to provide training\n\nand education programs for long-term care administrators as\n\ndescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection and offer a training and\n\neducation program for long-term care administrators conducted by the\n\nDepartment as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection.\n\nG. 1. Each person licensed or certified as a long-term care\n\nadministrator under the provisions of this act shall pay an annual\n\nlicense or certification fee which shall be deposited in the Long-\n\nTerm Care Administrator Revolving Fund described in Section 7 of\n\nthis act. Such fee shall be determined by the Commissioner. Each\n\nsuch license or certification shall expire on the thirty-first day\n\nof December following its issuance, and shall be renewable for a\n\ncalendar year, upon meeting the renewal requirements and upon\n\npayment of the annual licensure or certification fee.\n\n2. In addition to licensure and certification fees, the\n\nCommissioner may impose fees on agencies and organizations that\n\nprovide training and education programs.\n\n3. All revenues collected as a result of fees authorized in\n\nthis section and imposed by the Commissioner shall be deposited into\n\nthe Long-Term Care Administrator Revolving Fund described in Section\n\n7 of this act.\n\nH. The State Commissioner of Health shall promulgate rules to\n\nprovide for licensure or certification by endorsement of long-term\n\ncare administrators who are licensed or certified in other states\n\nthat have requirements for licensure or certification of long-term\n\ncare administrators that are substantially equivalent to or greater\n\nthan the requirements of this state, as determined by the\n\nCommissioner.\n\nI. It shall be unlawful for any person to act or serve in the\n\ncapacity of a long-term care administrator unless the person is the\n\nholder of a license or certificate as a long-term care\n\nadministrator, issued in accordance with the provisions of this act.\n\nA person found guilty of a violation of this subsection shall, upon\n\nconviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.","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":"b7e7f8868d5320d65258bc31c29ac72fba47a95f10e263ed21530c224d0b62b7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1949.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1949.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}