Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1908
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Fire safety standards - Vendor payments
Official statutory text
A. No facility shall be licensed to operate or continue to
operate unless, in addition to compliance with other current
licensure requirements, the building is of one-hour fire resistant
construction and approved by the Department and the State Fire
Marshal. If the building is not of one-hour fire resistant
construction in addition to the other current licensure
requirements, the facility must be approved by the State Department
of Health and the State Fire Marshal. In addition, the facility
must have an approved automatic sprinkler system, as rated and
approved by the National Fire Protection Association Standards.
B. Each facility that proposes an increase in beds, whether
through new construction or modification, shall submit construction
plans to the Department for review prior to the start of
construction. The Department may assess a fee for such review in an
amount not more than two one-hundredths percent (0.02%) or One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), whichever is the least amount, per
project of the total construction cost of the facility or
modification. The maximum fee for plan review for a ten-bed or ten
percent (10%) expansion project authorized under subsection C of
Section 1-852 of this title shall be One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00). The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules for
submission and resubmission of construction plans to ensure the
timely review of such plans by the Department.
C. The Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma Health
Care Authority shall not make a vendor payment to any individual or
facility on behalf of any person for medical care rendered in the
form of nursing service outside such person's home, unless such
individual or facility holds a current nursing facility, continuum
of care facility, assisted living, or adult day care license issued
by the Commissioner or other state agency authorized to issue such
license.
operate unless, in addition to compliance with other current
licensure requirements, the building is of one-hour fire resistant
construction and approved by the Department and the State Fire
Marshal. If the building is not of one-hour fire resistant
construction in addition to the other current licensure
requirements, the facility must be approved by the State Department
of Health and the State Fire Marshal. In addition, the facility
must have an approved automatic sprinkler system, as rated and
approved by the National Fire Protection Association Standards.
B. Each facility that proposes an increase in beds, whether
through new construction or modification, shall submit construction
plans to the Department for review prior to the start of
construction. The Department may assess a fee for such review in an
amount not more than two one-hundredths percent (0.02%) or One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), whichever is the least amount, per
project of the total construction cost of the facility or
modification. The maximum fee for plan review for a ten-bed or ten
percent (10%) expansion project authorized under subsection C of
Section 1-852 of this title shall be One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00). The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules for
submission and resubmission of construction plans to ensure the
timely review of such plans by the Department.
C. The Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma Health
Care Authority shall not make a vendor payment to any individual or
facility on behalf of any person for medical care rendered in the
form of nursing service outside such person's home, unless such
individual or facility holds a current nursing facility, continuum
of care facility, assisted living, or adult day care license issued
by the Commissioner or other state agency authorized to issue such
license.
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