{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-842","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-842","heading":"Residents' representatives","body":"A. Any contract or application for admission to a residential\n\ncare facility shall include provisions for the applicant to\n\ndesignate an individual to be the \"representative of a resident\".\n\nThe individual so designated shall have a fiduciary duty to the\n\nresident to act at all times in the best interests of the resident.\n\nAny resident of a residential care facility may change the\n\ndesignation of a representative at any time and for any reason. No\n\nrepresentative shall be required to serve in such capacity if the\n\nperson objects to serving, and may resign as representative upon\n\nwritten notice to the resident and the facility.\n\nB. Upon admission or the signing of a contract for admission to\n\na residential care facility or any modifications to the contract for\n\nadmission, the representative of the resident shall be notified of\n\nthe admission, the contract or any modifications to the contract.\n\nC. If a resident is subject to a special, limited or full\n\nguardianship, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nGuardianship and Conservatorship Act or the Protective Services for\n\nthe Elderly and for Incapacitated Adults Act, the representative of\n\nthe resident shall be the court-appointed guardian.","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":"24badac225336c5c7ef32a73d9d9aeeed5e292a6c29815591ff8d19f2576b634","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-841","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-849"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}