Oklahoma § 10-1430.31 - Prohibited acts

§ 10-1430.31. Prohibited acts

A. No person shall willfully:

1. Fail to correct or interfere with the correction of a

violation within the time specified on the notice or approved plan

of correction pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for

Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act as the

maximum period given for correction, unless an extension is granted

and the corrections are made before expiration of extension;

2. Prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way the

work of any duly authorized representative of the Department of

Human Services in the investigation and enforcement of the Group

Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act;

3. Prevent or attempt to prevent any such representative from

examining any relevant books or records in the conduct of official

duties pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons

with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act;

4. Prevent or interfere with any such representative in the

preserving of evidence of any violation of the Group Homes for

Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act or the rules

promulgated pursuant thereto;

5. Retaliate or discriminate against any resident or employee

for contacting or providing information to any state official, or

for initiating, participating in, or testifying in an action for any

remedy authorized pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for

Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act;

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6. File any false, incomplete, or intentionally misleading

information required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of the

Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities

Act, or willfully fail or refuse to file any information required by

the Department pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for

Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act; or

7. Open or operate a group home without a license or a contract

for group home services with the Department of Human Services or the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

B. No employee of a state or unit of a local government agency

shall aid, abet, assist, conceal, or conspire with any employee of a

provider or licensee in a violation of any provision of the Group

Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act or

any rule or standard promulgated by the Commission for Human

Services pursuant to the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental

or Physical Disabilities Act.

C. Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Group

Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act,

upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day upon

which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 225, § 31, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by

Laws 1996, c. 155, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1996, c. 354, § 31,

eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 1-818.31 of Title 63 by Laws

1996, c. 354, § 56, eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2006, c.

137, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.