Okla. Admin. Code § 310:679-10-51

Current through Vol. 41, No. 19, June 17, 2024

Section 310:679-10-51 - [Effective until 9/14/2024] Administrator responsibilities

(a) The long-term care administrator will manage the planning, organization, direction, and control of the day-to-day functions of the facility in which they are the licensed administrator. The administrator should have adequate authority to comply with laws, rules, and regulations related to the management of the facility.

(b) Nursing home administrators licensed by the Department shall not concurrently serve as the administrator-of-record (AOR) of more than one long-term care facility except as otherwise permitted in this Chapter. A licensed nursing home administrator may serve as the administrator of more than one intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities with sixteen or fewer beds (ICF/IID-16), only if such facilities are located within a circle that has a radius of not more than fifteen (15) miles, and the total number of facilities and beds does not exceed the lesser of six (6) facilities or total licensed capacity of sixty-four (64) beds. An NHA may not concurrently serve as the Director of Nursing (DON) of a facility while serving as the AOR of a nursing facility.

(c) NHA and RCAL Administrators are limited to serving concurrently as AOR of two (2) Assisted Living Facilities. The facilities must be located within sixty (60) miles of each other and have less than one hundred and thirty (130) occupied beds.

(d) An NHA may concurrently serve as the AOR of a SNF/NF and one other facility (Assisted Living, Residential Care or Adult Day Care) if the two facilities have the same owner, the facilities are within 15 miles, and the number of occupied beds (or occupied beds and participants) does not exceed 130.

(e) Every licensed/certified administrator and assistant administrator designated the "Administrator-of-Record" (AOR) shall display the license/certificate in a conspicuous place in the facility or place of business.

(f) Licensed/certified administrators shall update their information with the Department within fifteen (15) calendar days for each of the following:

(1) Name change;

(2) Business address;

(3) Personal address;

(4) Change in employment status; and/or

(5) Change of employer.

(g) Legal proof of a name change will be required prior to a replacement with the new name being issued.

(h) Administrators may not contact any individual currently residing in a long-term care facility, or the family or guardian of an individual currently residing in a long-term care facility, for the purpose of persuading a move by the resident to another long-term care facility.

(i) An administrator shall not engage in or allow an employee to engage in the coercion or harassment to solicit clients for a long-term care facility.

(j) Administrators and administrator applicants must:

(1) Respond to requests for information made by the Department, other governmental agencies with authority, or a designated representative thereof;

(2) Be truthful in all responses to inquiries by the Department, other governmental agencies with authority, or a designated representative thereof; and

(3) Disclose all facts and information necessary for all matters under investigation.

(k) All administrators and CAAs must register with the NAB CE Registry.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:679-10-51

Transferred from 490:10-13-2 by HB 2824 (2023), eff. 11/1/2023

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 4, November 1, 2023, eff. 11/1/2023, exp. 9/14/2024 (Emergency)