Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-3-403

As used in the Oklahoma Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Act:

1. "Approved treatment facility" means any facility which:

a. offers either inpatient, intermediate or outpatient

treatment to any person suffering from alcohol or drug

abuse, or alcohol- or drug-related problems, and

b. is certified by the Board of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services;

2. An "alcohol-dependent person" is one who uses alcoholic

beverages to such an extent that it impairs the health, family life,

or occupation of the person and compromises the health and safety of

the community;

3. A "drug-dependent person" means a person who is using a

controlled substance as presently defined in Section 102 of the

Federal Controlled Substances Act and who is in a state of psychic

or physical dependence, or both, arising from administration of that

controlled substance on an intermittent or continuous basis. Drug

dependence is characterized by behavioral and other responses which

include a strong compulsion to take the substance on a continuous

basis in order to experience its psychic effects, or to avoid the

discomfort of its absence;

4. "Intoxicated person" means a person whose mental or physical

functioning is substantially impaired as the direct result of the

consumption of alcohol or drugs;

5. "Medical detoxification" means diagnostic and treatment

services performed by licensed facilities for acute alcohol

intoxication, delirium tremens and physical and neurological

complications resulting from acute intoxication. Medical

detoxification includes the services of a physician and attendant

medical personnel including nurses, interns and emergency room

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personnel, the administration of a medical examination and a medical

history, the use of an emergency room and emergency medical

equipment if warranted, a general diet of three meals each day, the

administration of appropriate laboratory tests, and supervision by

properly trained personnel until the person is no longer medically

incapacitated by the effects of alcohol;

6. "Nonmedical detoxification" means detoxification services

for intoxicated clients with no apparent physical or neurological

symptoms requiring medical treatment as a result of their

intoxication. Nonmedical detoxification includes providing a bed,

oral administration of fluids, three meals a day and the taking of

the client's temperature, blood pressure and pulse at least once

every six (6) hours for the duration of the client's stay in the

nonmedical detoxification service;

7. "Inpatient treatment" means the process of providing

residential diagnostic and treatment services on a scheduled basis;

8. "Intermediate care" means an organized therapeutic

environment in which a client may receive diagnostic services,

counseling, vocational rehabilitation and/or work therapy while

benefiting from the support which a full or partial residential

setting can provide. Intermediate care should provide a transition

between the inpatient detoxification facility and reintegration into

community life. Intermediate care must include provision for a bed,

three meals a day and medical support if needed;

9. "Transitional living facility" and "halfway house" means an

approved treatment facility which offers or provides temporary

residential accommodations, meals, supervision at all times

residents are in the facility or on facility premises, and services,

including counseling, short-term supportive care, case management,

mental health services or treatment services. The terms do not

include residential substance abuse centers which are facilities

that provide treatment for consumers in a live-in setting that

provides a regimen consisting of twenty-four (24) treatment hours

per week;

10. "Short-term supportive care" means a service rendered to

any person residing in a halfway house or transitional living
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mental health services or treatment services. The terms do not

include residential substance abuse centers which are facilities

that provide treatment for consumers in a live-in setting that

provides a regimen consisting of twenty-four (24) treatment hours

per week;

10. "Short-term supportive care" means a service rendered to

any person residing in a halfway house or transitional living

facility which is sufficient to assist the person to meet or achieve

an adequate level of daily living and to learn or develop adequate

daily living skills. Daily living skills shall include, but not be

limited to, resident participation in meal preparation and routine

housekeeping and laundry tasks. Short-term supportive assistance

includes, but is not limited to, assistance in the preparation of

meals, housekeeping, laundry tasks and personal hygiene. Short-term

supportive assistance shall not include medical services or personal

care as defined in Section 1-820 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

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11. "Treatment" means the broad range of emergency, inpatient,

intermediate and outpatient services and care, including diagnostic

evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological and social service

care, vocational rehabilitation and career counseling, which may be

extended to alcohol-dependent, intoxicated and drug-dependent

persons; and

12. "Faith-based" means an organization, association, facility

or program that offers services within a context of religious

beliefs that are articulated by the organization's, association's,

facility's or program's mission statement, affiliations, or

sponsoring entities.