Oklahoma § 10-1430.11 - Standards for group homes

§ 10-1430.11. Standards for group homes

A. The Department of Human Services shall develop rules

establishing minimum standards for group homes. These standards, at

minimum, shall regulate:

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1. Location and construction of the home, including plumbing,

heating, lighting, ventilation, and other physical conditions which

shall ensure the health, safety, and comfort of residents and

protection from fire hazards;

2. All sanitary conditions within the group home and its

surroundings, including water supply, sewage disposal, food

handling, and general hygiene, which shall ensure the health and

comfort of residents;

3. Number and qualifications of all personnel, including

management and supervisory, direct care, specialized professional or

paraprofessional and other personnel, having responsibility for any

part of the care given to residents. The Department of Human

Services shall establish staffing requirements for homes which shall

specify the supervision, continuing education, and training

requirements that are needed for care of the residents of the

various types of group homes;

4. An individualized written plan for the training,

habilitation or rehabilitation for each resident of the group home

specifying the training, habilitation or rehabilitation outcomes and

activities for the resident. The plan shall be prepared by the team

of the resident;

5. Competency-based training for the safe administration of

medication and the provision of health-related services, as defined

in Section 1020 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to residents;

6. Accountability for the management and safekeeping of any

funds of the resident which the group home manages; and

7. Conditions and procedures for the involuntary transfer or

discharge of a resident from a group home.

B. The Department may, as necessary and appropriate, establish

a system of classification for group homes based upon the level of

care or treatment, training, habilitation or rehabilitation services

required by residents of the group home, and establish requirements

for each classification.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 225, § 11, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by

Laws 1994, c. 236, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 155, § 11,

eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1996, c. 354, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.

Renumbered from § 1-818.11 of Title 63 by Laws 1996, c. 354, § 56,

eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 137, § 8, eff. Nov. 1,

2006.