Okla. Admin. Code § 310:679-15-4

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

Section 310:679-15-4 - [Effective 9/14/2024] Conditions of employment for individuals 'certified' by the Board as having met the minimum qualifications required for them to serve as an Assistant Administrator

(a) Under the supervision, direction and license of the licensed Administrator-of-Record, it shall be the responsibility of the CAA to plan, organize, direct, and control those day-to-day functions of a facility delegated to him and to maintain the facility's compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations during the absence of the licensed administrator.

(b) A CAA shall practice only under the direct supervision and license of a licensed Administrator-of-Record who is in charge of two-or-more licensed nursing facilities within a 50-mile radius wherein the total number of occupied beds does not exceed 120, and whose license is active and otherwise unrestricted. A CAA shall not continue to serve at a facility in the CAA capacity if the Administrator-of-Record is the Administrator-of-Record at a single nursing facility, the administrator's license is suspended, or revoked, or if the Administrator- of-Record resigns his employment or his employment is otherwise terminated, until such time as another licensed administrator is designated and begins serving as the Administrator-of-Record of two-or- more facilities. These facilities shall be owned/managed by the same owner/corporation.

(c) An individual serving as a CAA shall be employed by the facility full-time in that capacity, regularly-scheduled for 40 hours per calendar week; shall not concurrently serve as the CAA of more than one (1) nursing facility; and shall spend at least eighty (80%) percent of his working time on-site at the facility, equitably distributing his on-site time throughout each calendar week, with emphasis placed on weekdays, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:679-15-4

Transferred from 490:10-15-4 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)