Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1956.6
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Consent for electronic monitoring
Official statutory text
A. A resident or representative of a resident who wishes to
conduct authorized electronic monitoring shall be required to notify
the nursing facility, assisted living center or continuum of care
facility on the consent form prescribed by the State Department of
Health.
B. The consent form prescribed by the Department shall require
the resident or the representative of a resident to obtain the
consent of any other resident in the room or the representative of a
resident, using the consent form prescribed for this purpose by the
Department, if the resident resides in a room with another resident.
C. Consent may be given only:
1. By the resident or any other resident in the room; or
2. By the representative of the resident or representative of
any other resident in the room.
D. Another resident in the room may:
1. When the proposed electronic monitoring device is a video
surveillance camera, condition consent on the camera being pointed
away from the consenting resident; and
2. Condition consent on the use of an audio electronic
monitoring device being limited or prohibited.
E. Except as provided for in Section 1-1953.7 of this title,
authorized electronic monitoring may begin only after the required
consent forms specified in Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title
have been completed and returned to the nursing facility, assisted
living center or continuum of care facility and placed on file with
the administrator of such facility or center.
F. If authorized electronic monitoring is being conducted in
the room of a resident, another resident may not be moved into the
room unless the resident or representative of the resident has
consented to the use of existing electronic monitoring, in
accordance with Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title.
G. The Department may include other information that it
considers to be appropriate on any form it is required to prescribe
under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title.
H. The Department shall prescribe the forms required by Section
1-1953.1 et seq. of this title no later than November 1, 2013, and
shall make such forms available on its website.
conduct authorized electronic monitoring shall be required to notify
the nursing facility, assisted living center or continuum of care
facility on the consent form prescribed by the State Department of
Health.
B. The consent form prescribed by the Department shall require
the resident or the representative of a resident to obtain the
consent of any other resident in the room or the representative of a
resident, using the consent form prescribed for this purpose by the
Department, if the resident resides in a room with another resident.
C. Consent may be given only:
1. By the resident or any other resident in the room; or
2. By the representative of the resident or representative of
any other resident in the room.
D. Another resident in the room may:
1. When the proposed electronic monitoring device is a video
surveillance camera, condition consent on the camera being pointed
away from the consenting resident; and
2. Condition consent on the use of an audio electronic
monitoring device being limited or prohibited.
E. Except as provided for in Section 1-1953.7 of this title,
authorized electronic monitoring may begin only after the required
consent forms specified in Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title
have been completed and returned to the nursing facility, assisted
living center or continuum of care facility and placed on file with
the administrator of such facility or center.
F. If authorized electronic monitoring is being conducted in
the room of a resident, another resident may not be moved into the
room unless the resident or representative of the resident has
consented to the use of existing electronic monitoring, in
accordance with Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title.
G. The Department may include other information that it
considers to be appropriate on any form it is required to prescribe
under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title.
H. The Department shall prescribe the forms required by Section
1-1953.1 et seq. of this title no later than November 1, 2013, and
shall make such forms available on its website.
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