Okla. Admin. Code § 770:10-1-4

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 770:10-1-4 - Admission priorities and procedures

(a) It is the intent of the OklahomaVeterans Commission to establish a fair and equitable system and one that allows for the flexibility necessary in the operation of long-term nursing care facilities whereby eligible veterans may be placed on waiting lists for admission to the Oklahoma Veterans Centers operated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.

(b) Priorities for placement are as follows:

(1) Eligible World War II veterans seeking admission will be placed at the top of the waiting list and will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of care they require. When there are no longer living World War II veterans seeking admission, veterans of the next oldest wartime period will be placed at the top of the waiting list and will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of care they require and so on through established wartime periods.

(2) Eligible Ex-Prisoners of War will be placed at the top of the waiting list if there are no eligible veterans on the waiting list in category (1) above, and will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of care they require.

(3) Eligible wartime veterans will be placed at the top of the waiting list if there are no eligible veterans on the waiting list in categories (1) and (2) above, and will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of care they require, in the following order based on the date of receipt of the application:

(A) Eligible wartime veterans with service connected ratings of 70% to 100% by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(B) All other wartime veterans with service connected ratings from 0% to 60% by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(C) All other eligible wartime veterans not specified in earlier categories will be placed on the waiting list in chronological order based on the date of receipt of the application.

(4) All other eligible veterans, including those with no wartime service, will be placed at the top of the waiting list if there are no eligible veterans on the waiting list in categories (1) through (3) above, and will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of care they require, in the following order based on the date of receipt of the application:

(A) All other eligible veterans with service connected ratings of 70% to 100% by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(B) All other eligible veterans with service connected ratings from 0% to 60% by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(C) All eligible veterans not specified in earlier categories will be placed on the waiting list in chronological order based on the date of receipt of the application.

(5) If more than one application is received on the same day, the Medical Director will determine their sequential order on the list according to medical need. The veterans will be called from this list and will be admitted to the first available bed capable of providing the level of care they require.

(c) The admission priorities as set forth in (b) of this Section are to be adhered to as closely as possible; however, the Administrator of each Veterans Center must maintain the flexibility of being allowed to deviate from the waiting list when medical or humanitarian need dictates.

(d) Applications for admission are provided by writing or calling the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Center as follows:

(1) Ardmore - Administrator, Oklahoma Veterans Center Box 489, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Telephone: Area Code (580) 223-2266

(2) Claremore - Administrator, Oklahoma Veterans Center P. O. Box 988, Claremore, Oklahoma 74018 Telephone: Area Code (918) 342-5432

(3) Clinton - Administrator, Oklahoma Veterans Center Box 1209, Clinton, Oklahoma 73601 Telephone: Area Code (580) 331-2200

(4) Lawton/Ft. Sill Division - Administrator, Oklahoma Veterans Center P. O. Box 849, Lawton, Oklahoma 73502 Telephone: Area Code (580) 351-6511

(5) Norman - Administrator, Oklahoma Veterans Center Box 1668, Norman, Oklahoma 73070 Telephone: Area Code (405) 360-5600

(6) Sulphur - Administrator, Oklahoma Veterans Center 304 E. Fairlane, Sulphur, Oklahoma 73086 Telephone: Area Code (580) 622-2144

(7) Talihina - Administrator, Oklahoma Veterans Center P. O. Box 1168, Talihina, Oklahoma 74571 Telephone: Area Code (918) 567-2251

(8) Oklahoma City Central Office - P.O. Box 53067, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152 Telephone: Area Code (405) 521-3684

(9) Other applications for admission can be obtained at USDVA Medical Centers in Muskogee and Oklahoma City and through Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Service Officers.

(e) Spouses and surviving spouses may be admitted on exhaustion of placement of all eligible veterans.

Okla. Admin. Code § 770:10-1-4

Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2803, eff 9-15-10 ; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 681, eff 5-12-11 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1484, eff 6-27-13

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 24, September 1, 2015, eff. 9/11/2015