Oklahoma § 10-1430.27 - Inspection, investigation, survey or evaluation of

§ 10-1430.27. Inspection, investigation, survey or evaluation of

group home.

A. Every group home shall be inspected at least annually by a

duly appointed representative of the Department of Human Services

pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director of Human Services.

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B. The Department shall at least annually and whenever it deems

necessary inspect, survey, and evaluate each group home to determine

compliance with applicable licensure and program requirements and

standards.

C. Any inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation may be

conducted without prior notice to the home. At least one inspection

per group home shall be unannounced. Any licensee or applicant for

a license shall be deemed to have given consent to any duly

authorized employee or agent of the Department to enter and inspect

the group home in accordance with the provisions of the Group Homes

for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act.

Refusal to permit such entry or inspection may constitute grounds

for the denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of a license.

D. The Department shall maintain a log, updated at least

monthly and available for public inspection, which shall at a

minimum detail:

1. The name of the group home and date of inspection,

investigation, survey, or evaluation;

2. Any deficiencies, lack of compliance, or violation noted at

the inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation;

3. The date a notice of violation, license denial, nonrenewal,

suspension, or revocation was issued or other enforcement action

occurred;

4. Proposed dates for the resolution of deficiencies;

5. The date corrections were completed, as verified by an

inspection; and

6. If the inspection or investigation was made pursuant to the

receipt of a complaint, the date such complaint was received and the

date the group home was notified of the results of the inspection or

investigation.

E. The Department shall require periodic reports and shall have

access to books, records, and other documents maintained by the

group home to the extent necessary to implement the provisions of

the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical

Disabilities Act and the rules promulgated by the Director pursuant

thereto.

F. Any representative of the Office of the State Long-Term Care

Ombudsman within the Office of the Attorney General or a

representative of the Office of Client Advocacy within the State

Department of Health having proper identification is authorized to

enter any group home licensed pursuant to the provisions of the

Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities

Act, communicate privately and without unreasonable restriction with

any resident of a group home who consents to such communication, to

seek consent to communicate privately and without restriction with

any resident of a group home, and to observe all areas of a group

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home that directly pertain to the care of a resident of a group

home.

G. All state agencies receiving complaints on, or conducting

surveys or inspections of, group homes shall forward complete copies

of complaints or inspection or survey results to the Office of

Client Advocacy.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 225, § 27, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by

Laws 1994, c. 236, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 155, §

27, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1996, c. 354, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.

Renumbered from § 1-818.27 of Title 63 by Laws 1996, c. 354, § 56,

eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 137, § 22, eff. Nov. 1,

2006; Laws 2024, c. 339, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.