Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-322
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Certified Gambling Addiction Treatment Programs
Official statutory text
A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
shall promulgate rules and standards for certification of gambling
addiction treatment programs and for private facilities and
organizations which offer gambling addiction treatment services in
this state. These facilities and organizations shall be known as
“Certified Gambling Addiction Treatment Programs”.
B. Applications for certification as a certified gambling
addiction 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 of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services upon
delegation by the Board, may certify the program for a period of
three (3) years, subject to renewal as provided in rules promulgated
by the Board. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department
from making inspection visits to a program to determine program
compliance.
C. 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 gambling addiction treatment program
operated by the person.
D. Facilities providing services for gambling addiction shall
comply with standards promulgated by the Board; provided, that the
certification requirements and standards shall not apply to programs
and services offered by other state agencies. The gambling
addiction treatment programs certified pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall cooperate with inspection personnel of the state
and shall promptly file all reports required by the Department.
Failure to comply with rules and standards of the Board shall be
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ground for revocation of certification, after proper notice and
hearing.
E. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
is authorized to establish and collect certification and renewal
fees for certification of gambling addiction 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 gambling addiction 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.
shall promulgate rules and standards for certification of gambling
addiction treatment programs and for private facilities and
organizations which offer gambling addiction treatment services in
this state. These facilities and organizations shall be known as
“Certified Gambling Addiction Treatment Programs”.
B. Applications for certification as a certified gambling
addiction 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 of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services upon
delegation by the Board, may certify the program for a period of
three (3) years, subject to renewal as provided in rules promulgated
by the Board. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department
from making inspection visits to a program to determine program
compliance.
C. 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 gambling addiction treatment program
operated by the person.
D. Facilities providing services for gambling addiction shall
comply with standards promulgated by the Board; provided, that the
certification requirements and standards shall not apply to programs
and services offered by other state agencies. The gambling
addiction treatment programs certified pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall cooperate with inspection personnel of the state
and shall promptly file all reports required by the Department.
Failure to comply with rules and standards of the Board shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 74
ground for revocation of certification, after proper notice and
hearing.
E. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
is authorized to establish and collect certification and renewal
fees for certification of gambling addiction 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 gambling addiction 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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