Oklahoma § 63-3162 - Brochure and online presentation of rights and

§ 63-3162. Brochure and online presentation of rights and

responsibilities for health care providers – Certification

requirements.

A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall

prepare, and from time to time amend, a brochure to inform health

care providers of their responsibilities and rights under the

specified sections of the Hydration and Nutrition for Incompetent

Patients Act (Sections 3080.2 through 3080.5 of this title), the

Nondiscrimination in Treatment Act (Sections 3090.2 and 3090.3 of

this title), the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act (Section 3101.9 of

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this title), the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act (Section 3131.4 of

this title) and the Assisted Suicide Prevention Act (Sections 3141.3

and 3141.4 of this title). The brochure shall include contact

information for officials to whom alleged violations of those

provisions may be reported. The Board shall prepare, from time to

time revise, and make available on the Board's website an online

presentation, which shall be a minimum of one (1) hour in length,

consisting of training on the responsibilities and rights of health

care providers covered by the current brochure. The Board shall

provide for means to verify that a viewer indeed observed the full

online presentation, such as a quiz on its content to be answered at

the end of the presentation or other methods commonly employed in

association with continuing medical education. The Board shall

provide to each viewer who complies with such verification a dated

certification that the viewer completed the online training. The

Board shall make the current brochure and online presentation

available on the Board's website and shall inform all Oklahoma

inpatient health care services entities of their availability and

how to access them online on the Board's website.

B. Inpatient health care services entities shall ensure that

all health care providers and other defined officials associated

with the inpatient health care services entity are provided with a

copy of the current brochure and sign a certification that they have

read the brochure and are familiar with their responsibilities and

rights as set forth therein:

1. Within fourteen (14) days of beginning employment with, of

beginning service on the board of directors of, or of beginning to

provide services to patients at the entity; and

2. At least once during each calendar year.

C. At least once during each consecutive two-calendar-year

period all health care providers and the administrator or chief

executive officer, by whatever title the person serving that

function may be called, associated with an inpatient health care

services entity shall observe the online presentation described in

subsection A of this section. The time required for observation of

this presentation shall count as part of, rather than being in

addition to, continuing education otherwise required for licensed

health care providers. Inpatient health care services entities

shall ensure that all health care providers and other defined

officials associated with the inpatient health care services entity

provide the entity with a copy of each dated certification by the

Board verifying that the provider or official observed the online

presentation described in subsection A of this section in compliance

with this requirement, and shall maintain such copies on file for a

minimum of four (4) calendar years following the calendar year to

which they apply. The files of such copies shall be subject to

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inspection under subsection B of Section 1-705, and Sections 1-829

and 1-1911 of this title.

D. The provisions of subsection B of this section shall be

effective at the beginning of the second calendar month after the

month in which the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision

publishes the initial brochure required by this section on its

website. The provisions of subsection C of this section shall be

effective beginning with calendar year 2015.

E. The provisions of subsections B and C of this section shall

apply to licensees of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners and

such licensees shall receive appropriate continuing education

credits.

Added by Laws 2014, c. 82, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws

2016, c. 111, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 2016.