Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-320
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Certified Eating Disorder Treatment Programs
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 72
A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
shall promulgate rules and standards for certification of eating
disorder treatment programs and for private facilities and
organizations that offer eating disorder treatment services in this
state. Such facilities and organizations shall be known as
“Certified Eating Disorder Treatment Programs”.
B. For purposes of this section, “eating disorder treatment”
means any treatment for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or any
other severe disturbances in eating behavior specified in the most
current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders.
C. Applications for certification as a certified eating
disorder treatment program, pursuant to the provisions of this
section, shall be made to the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services on prescribed forms. The Board, or the
Commissioner upon delegation by the Board, may certify the program
for a period of three (3) years subject to renewal as provided in
the rules promulgated by the Board. Nothing in this section shall
preclude the Department from making inspection visits to a program
to determine program compliance.
D. Hospitals licensed by the State Department of Health shall
be exempt from certification requirements. In addition, licensed
physicians, licensed psychologists, licensed social workers,
individual members of the clergy, licensed marital and family
therapists, registered nurses, licensed behavioral practitioners,
and licensed professional counselors shall be exempt from
certification requirements; provided, however, these exemptions
shall only apply to individual professional persons in their private
practices and not to any eating disorder treatment program operated
by such person.
E. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
is authorized to establish and collect certification and renewal
fees for certification of eating disorder treatment programs as
provided in Section 3-324 of this title.
F. Failure to comply with rules and standards promulgated by
the Board shall be grounds for revocation, suspension or nonrenewal
of certification.
G. No eating disorder treatment program shall operate or
continue to operate unless the facility complies with the rules
promulgated by the Board and is certified as required by this
section.
A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
shall promulgate rules and standards for certification of eating
disorder treatment programs and for private facilities and
organizations that offer eating disorder treatment services in this
state. Such facilities and organizations shall be known as
“Certified Eating Disorder Treatment Programs”.
B. For purposes of this section, “eating disorder treatment”
means any treatment for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or any
other severe disturbances in eating behavior specified in the most
current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders.
C. Applications for certification as a certified eating
disorder treatment program, pursuant to the provisions of this
section, shall be made to the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services on prescribed forms. The Board, or the
Commissioner upon delegation by the Board, may certify the program
for a period of three (3) years subject to renewal as provided in
the rules promulgated by the Board. Nothing in this section shall
preclude the Department from making inspection visits to a program
to determine program compliance.
D. Hospitals licensed by the State Department of Health shall
be exempt from certification requirements. In addition, licensed
physicians, licensed psychologists, licensed social workers,
individual members of the clergy, licensed marital and family
therapists, registered nurses, licensed behavioral practitioners,
and licensed professional counselors shall be exempt from
certification requirements; provided, however, these exemptions
shall only apply to individual professional persons in their private
practices and not to any eating disorder treatment program operated
by such person.
E. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
is authorized to establish and collect certification and renewal
fees for certification of eating disorder treatment programs as
provided in Section 3-324 of this title.
F. Failure to comply with rules and standards promulgated by
the Board shall be grounds for revocation, suspension or nonrenewal
of certification.
G. No eating disorder treatment program shall operate or
continue to operate unless the facility complies with the rules
promulgated by the Board and is certified as required by this
section.
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