Okla. Admin. Code § 450:65-1-2
The following words or terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Admission" means the acceptance of a consumer by a treatment program.
"Admission criteria" means those criteria which shall be met for admission of a consumer to gambling treatment.
"Assessment" means those procedures by which a gambling treatment program provides an on-going evaluation process with the consumer to collect his or her historical information, and identify strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences in order to determine a plan for recovery.
"Case management" means actions such as planned linkage, advocacy and referral assistance provided in partnership with a consumer to support that consumer in self sufficiency and community tenure and may occur in the consumer's home, in the community, or in the facility.
"Certified Gambling Addiction Treatment" or "CGAT" means programs certified by ODMHSAS to provide treatment to individuals diagnosed with a problem gambling disorder.
"Consumer" means an individual, adult or adolescent, who is receiving evaluation or treatment services from a facility operated or certified by ODMHSAS or with which ODMHSAS contracts and includes all persons referred to in OAC Title 450 Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, and 65 as client(s) or patient(s) or resident(s) or a combination thereof.
"Consumer record" means the collection of written information about a consumer's evaluation or treatment that includes the admission data, evaluation, treatment or service plan, description of treatment or services provided, continuing care plan, and discharge information on an individual consumer.
"Continuing care" means providing a specific period of structured therapeutic involvement designed to enhance, facilitate and promote transition from primary treatment services to ongoing recovery.
"Contact" means any encounter with a consumer who is inquiring about or seeking services.
"Contract" means a document adopted by the governing authority of an approved treatment facility and any other organization, facility, or individual, which specifies services, personnel, or space to be provided by the program as well as the monies to be expended in exchange.
"Cultural competency" means the ability to recognize, respect, and address the unique needs, worth, thoughts, communication, actions, customs, beliefs and values that reflect an individual's racial, ethnic, religious, sexual orientation, and/or social group.
"Department" or "ODMHSAS" means the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
"Diagnosis" means the determination of a disorder as defined by current DSM criteria.
"Discharge criteria" means general guidelines to inform the judgment of the gambling treatment professional which shall be considered in order for the consumer to be appropriately discharged from a treatment program.
"Discharge planning" means the process, begun at admission, of determining a consumer's continued need for treatment services and of developing a plan to address ongoing consumer post-treatment and recovery needs.
"Discharge summary" means a clinical document in the gambling treatment record summarizing the consumer's progress during treatment, with goals reached, continuing needs, and other pertinent information including documentation of linkage to community services.
"Documentation" means the provision of written, dated, and authenticated evidence to substantiate compliance with CGAT standards, e.g., minutes of meetings, memoranda, schedules, notices, logs, treatment records, policies, procedures, and announcements.
"DSM" means the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association.
"Education" means the dissemination of relevant information specifically focused on increasing the awareness of the community and the receptivity and sensitivity of the community concerning gambling issues and services. A systematic presentation of selected information to impart knowledge or instructions, to increase understanding of specific issues or programs, and to examine attitudes or behaviors which may stimulate social action or community support of the program and the consumers.
"Educational group" means groups in which information focuses on topics that impact a consumer's recovery from problem and pathological gambling. Topics should be gender and age specific and should include, but not be limited to, information regarding their diagnosis or identified problems on their treatment plan. This service may involve teaching skills in communication, relapse prevention, self-care, and social skills to promote recovery. Paraprofessionals and/or professionals in fields related to the education topic may facilitate educational groups.
"Family" means the parents, brothers, sisters, other relatives, foster parents, guardians, and others who perform the roles and functions of family members in the lives of consumers.
"Follow-up" means the organized method of systematically determining the status of consumers after they have been discharged to determine post-treatment outcomes and utilization of post-treatment referrals.
"Gambling treatment services" means treatment activities for consumers by a gambling treatment professional that include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) Assessment and diagnostic impression, ongoing;
(B) Treatment planning and revision, as necessary;
(C) Individual, group and family therapy;
(D) Case management;
(E) Discharge planning.
"Gambling treatment professional" means an individual who meets the qualifications and is certified pursuant to OAC 450:75 to offer problem gambling treatment services.
"Gambling related disorders/problems" means gambling related issues or problems which impact the normal functioning of an individual.
"Goals" means broad general statements of purpose or intent that indicate the general effect the facility or service is intended to have.
"Group counseling" means a method of using various commonly accepted treatment approaches provided face-to-face by a treatment professional with two (2) or more consumers that does not consist of solely related individuals, to promote positive emotional or behavioral change. Services rendered in this setting should be guided by the consumer's treatment goals and objectives, and does not include social or daily skill development as described in educational group counseling.
"Individual therapy" means a method of using various evidence based/commonly accepted treatment approaches provided face-to-face by a gambling treatment professional with one consumer to promote positive emotional or behavioral change.
"Intervention" means a process or technique intended to facilitate behavior change.
"Licensed Alcohol/Drug Abuse Counselor" or "LADC" means an individual licensed to provide substance abuse counseling pursuant to Title 59 O.S., Chapter 43B, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors Act.
"Licensed mental health professional" or "LMHP" as defined in Title 43A § 1-1-3(11).
"Linkage" refers to the communication and coordination with consumers and other service providers to assure timely and appropriate referrals between the CGAT program and other providers.
"Mental health services" means a wide range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services used in the treatment of problem and pathological gambling, and other mental disorders including substance abuse.
"NCGC" means Nationally Certified Gambling Counselor, offered at levels I or II through the National Council on Problem Gambling.
"Objectives" means a specific statement of planned accomplishments or results that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-limited.
"ODMHSAS" means the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
"Oklahoma Administrative Code" or "OAC" means the publication authorized by 75 O.S. § 256 known as The Oklahoma Administrative Code, or, prior to its publication, the compilation of codified rules authorized by 75 O.S. § 256(A) (1) (a) and maintained in the Office of Administrative Rules.
"OSDH" means the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
"Outpatient services" means an organized, nonresidential treatment service in regularly scheduled sessions intended for individuals not requiring a more intensive level of care or those who require continuing services following more intensive treatment regimens.
"Paraprofessional" means a person who does not have an academic degree related to the scope of treatment or support services being provided but performs prescribed functions under the general supervision of that discipline.
"Pathological gambling diagnosis" means a persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior that disrupts personal, family, or vocational pursuits, as defined by the most recent edition of the DSM.
"Peer Recovery Support Specialist" or "PRSS" means an individual who meets the qualifications and is certified as a PRSS pursuant to OAC 450:53.
"Personnel record" means a chart or file containing the employment history and actions relevant to individual employee activities within an organization and may contain application, evaluation, salary data, job description, citations, credentials and training information.
"Policy" means statements of facility intent, strategy, principle, or rules in the provision of services; a course of action leading to the effective and ethical provision of gambling treatment services.
"Procedures" means the methods by which policies are implemented.
"Problem Gambling" means a persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior that disrupts personal, family, or vocational pursuits as defined by the most recent edition of the DSM.
"Program" means a structured set of treatment activities designed to achieve specific objectives relative to the needs of consumers served by the facility.
"Progress notes" means a complete chronological written description of services provided to a consumer and includes the consumer's response and is written by the individual or clinical team delivering the gambling treatment services.
"Recovery" means an ongoing process of discovery and/or rediscovery that must be self-defined, individualized and may contain some, if not all, of the fundamental components of recovery as outlined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
"Screening" means the process to determine whether the person seeking assistance needs further assessment for problem or pathological gambling.
"Tobacco" means any nicotine delivery product or device that is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the purpose of nicotine dependence treatment, including, but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, electronic cigarettes and vaping devices.
"Treatment planning" means the process by which a gambling treatment professional and the consumer together and jointly identify and rank problems, establish agreed-upon immediate short-term and long-term goals, and decide on the treatment process and resources to be utilized.
"Treatment session-outpatient" means each face-to-face contact with a consumer in a therapeutic setting whether individually or in a group.
"Update" means a dated and signed review of a report, plan or document with or without revision.
"Volunteer" means any person providing direct consumer rehabilitative services and who is not on the facility payroll, but fulfills a defined role within the approved treatment facility. This includes, but is not limited to, court ordered community services, practicum students, interns, and ministers; it excludes professionals and entities with which the facility has a written affiliation.
Okla. Admin. Code § 450:65-1-2