{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-829","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-829","heading":"Inspections and investigations - Reports","body":"A. Every residential care home for which a license has been\n\nissued shall be inspected by a duly appointed representative of the\n\nState Department of Health pursuant to rules promulgated by the\n\nState Commissioner of Health with the advice and counsel of the\n\nLong-Term Care Facility Advisory Board. Inspection reports shall be\n\nprepared on forms prescribed by the Department with the advice and\n\ncounsel of the Advisory Board.\n\nB. 1. The Department shall at least one time a year and\n\nwhenever it deems necessary inspect, survey, and evaluate each home\n\nto determine compliance with applicable licensure rules.\n\n2. An inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation shall be\n\neither announced or unannounced. The Commissioner shall promulgate\n\nrules determining the criteria when an inspection, investigation,\n\nsurvey, or evaluation shall be unannounced or may be announced by\n\nthe Department. Any licensee, applicant for a license, or operator\n\nof any unlicensed facility shall be deemed to have given consent to\n\nany duly authorized employee or agent of the Department to enter and\n\ninspect the home in accordance with the provisions of the\n\nResidential Care Act. Refusal to permit such entry or inspection\n\nshall constitute grounds for the denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or\n\nrevocation of a license as well as emergency transfer of all\n\nresidents.\n\n3. Any employee of the Department who discloses to any\n\nunauthorized person, prior to an inspection, information regarding\n\nan unannounced residential care home inspection that is required\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care Act shall, upon\n\nconviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, such\n\naction shall be construed to be a misuse of office and punishable as\n\na violation of rules promulgated by the Ethics Commission.\n\nOne person may be invited from a statewide organization of older\n\nadults or persons with disabilities by the Department to act as a\n\ncitizen observer in any inspection.\n\nC. The Department shall maintain a log, updated at least\n\nmonthly and available for public inspection, which shall at a\n\nminimum detail:\n\n1. The name of the home and date of inspection, investigation,\n\nsurvey, or evaluation;\n\n2. Any deficiencies, lack of compliance, or violation noted at\n\nthe inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation;\n\n3. The date a notice of violation, license denial, nonrenewal,\n\nsuspension, or revocation was issued or other enforcement action\n\noccurred;\n\n4. The date a plan of correction was submitted and the date the\n\nplan was approved;\n\n5. The date corrections were completed, as verified by an\n\ninspection; and\n\n6. If the inspection or investigation was made pursuant to the\n\nreceipt of a complaint, the date such complaint was received and the\n\ndate the complainant was notified of the results of the inspection\n\nor investigation.\n\nD. The Department may require the residential care home to\n\nsubmit periodic reports. The Department shall have access to books,\n\nrecords, and other documents maintained by the home to the extent\n\nnecessary to implement the provisions of the Residential Care Act\n\nand the rules promulgated by the Commissioner pursuant thereto.\n\nE. The Department shall make at least one annual report on each\n\nhome in the state. The report shall include all conditions and\n\npractices not in compliance with the provisions of the Residential\n\nCare Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto within the last year\n\nand, if a violation is corrected, or is subject to an approved plan\n\nof correction. The Department shall send a copy of the report to\n\nany person upon receiving a written request. The Department may\n\ncharge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of copying and mailing the\n\nreport.\n\nF. A representative of the Office of the State Long-Term Care\n\nOmbudsman or case manager employed by the Department of Mental\nif a violation is corrected, or is subject to an approved plan\n\nof correction. The Department shall send a copy of the report to\n\nany person upon receiving a written request. The Department may\n\ncharge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of copying and mailing the\n\nreport.\n\nF. A representative of the Office of the State Long-Term Care\n\nOmbudsman or case manager employed by the Department of Mental\n\nHealth and Substance Abuse Services or one of its contract agencies\n\nis authorized to accompany and shall be notified by the Department\n\nof any inspection conducted of any home licensed pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of the Residential Care Act. The State Long-Term Care\n\nOmbudsman or a representative of the Office is authorized to enter\n\nany home licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Residential Care\n\nAct, communicate privately and without unreasonable restriction with\n\nany resident of a home who consents to such communication, to seek\n\nconsent to communicate privately and without restriction with any\n\nresident of a home, and to observe all areas of a home that directly\n\npertain to the care of a resident of a home.\n\nG. Following any inspection by the Department, pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this section, all reports relating to the inspection\n\nshall be filed in the county office of the Department of Human\n\nServices in which the home is located and with the Department of\n\nMental Health and Substance Abuse Services.","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":"9a9a041d8ec28fc00db55da023d84ef66ca1f5e3bc77356d589f88c2324d3019","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-828.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-830"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}