Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1903
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License required - Exemptions - Practice of healing
Official statutory text
arts not authorized – Application of act to facilities not receiving
public funds.
A. No person shall establish, operate, or maintain in this
state any nursing facility without first obtaining a license as
required by the Nursing Home Care Act.
B. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to residential
care homes, assisted living facilities or adult companion homes
which are operated in conjunction with a nursing facility, a home or
facility approved and annually reviewed by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs as a medical foster home in which
care is provided exclusively to three or fewer veterans, or to
hotels, motels, boarding houses, rooming houses, or other places
that furnish board or room to their residents.
C. Each State Veterans Home nursing facility licensed pursuant
to the provisions of this section shall be regulated as an existing
nursing facility for the purposes of meeting state and federal
standards.
D. Certificate of need review shall not be required for any
addition, deletion, modification or new construction of current or
future State Veterans Home nursing facilities.
E. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not authorize any person to
engage in any manner in the practice of the healing arts or the
practice of medicine, as defined by law.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 670
F. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to a facility
which is not charging or receiving periodic compensation for
services rendered, and not receiving any county, state, or federal
assistance.
public funds.
A. No person shall establish, operate, or maintain in this
state any nursing facility without first obtaining a license as
required by the Nursing Home Care Act.
B. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to residential
care homes, assisted living facilities or adult companion homes
which are operated in conjunction with a nursing facility, a home or
facility approved and annually reviewed by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs as a medical foster home in which
care is provided exclusively to three or fewer veterans, or to
hotels, motels, boarding houses, rooming houses, or other places
that furnish board or room to their residents.
C. Each State Veterans Home nursing facility licensed pursuant
to the provisions of this section shall be regulated as an existing
nursing facility for the purposes of meeting state and federal
standards.
D. Certificate of need review shall not be required for any
addition, deletion, modification or new construction of current or
future State Veterans Home nursing facilities.
E. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not authorize any person to
engage in any manner in the practice of the healing arts or the
practice of medicine, as defined by law.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 670
F. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to a facility
which is not charging or receiving periodic compensation for
services rendered, and not receiving any county, state, or federal
assistance.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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