Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-820

As used in the Residential Care Act:

1. "Abuse" means the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable

confinement, intimidation or punishment, with resulting physical

harm, impairment or mental anguish;

2. "Access" means the right of a person to enter a home to

communicate privately and without unreasonable restriction;

3. "Administrator" means the person who is in charge of a home

and who devotes at least one-third (1/3) of his or her full working

time to on-the-job supervision of the home;

4. "Adult companion home" means any home or establishment,

funded and certified by the Department of Human Services, which

provides homelike residential accommodations and supportive

assistance to three or fewer developmentally disabled adults;

5. "Advisory Board" means the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory

Board;

6. "Ambulatory" means any resident who is capable of self-

movement, including in and out of wheelchairs, to all areas of the

home;

7. "Board" means the State Board of Health;

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8. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health;

9. "Department" means the State Department of Health;

10. "Habilitation" means procedures and interventions designed

to assist a mentally ill, drug-dependent or alcohol-dependent person

eighteen (18) years of age or older to achieve greater physical,

mental and social development by enhancing the well-being of the

person and teaching skills which increase the possibility that the

resident will make progressively independent and responsible

decisions about social behavior, quality of life, job satisfaction

and personal relationships;

11. "Home" means a residential care home;

12. "Residential care home":

a. means any establishment or institution which offers,

provides or supports residential accommodations, food

service, and supportive assistance to any of its

residents or houses any residents requiring supportive

assistance who are not related to the owner or

administrator of the home by blood or marriage. A

residential care home shall not include:

(1) an adult companion home,

(2) a group home,

(3) a hotel,

(4) a motel,

(5) a residential mental health facility operated by

the Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services,

(6) a fraternity or a sorority house,

(7) college or university dormitory, or

(8) 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.

The residents of a residential care home shall be

ambulatory and essentially capable of participating in

their own activities of daily living, but shall not

routinely require nursing services, and

b. may consist of a series of units or buildings which

are not connected or part of the same structure if:

(1) such buildings or units are owned by the same

owner or operator,

(2) all residents of the units or buildings are fully

capable of ambulation to and from the buildings

or units,

(3) the location and construction of the buildings or

units ensure the health, safety, and protection

from fire hazards and other hazards and provide

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for the convenience and accessibility of the

residents to each residential building or unit,

(4) any out-of-doors premise or thoroughfare is

adequately maintained to ensure the health and

safety of the residents, and
he buildings or

units ensure the health, safety, and protection

from fire hazards and other hazards and provide

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for the convenience and accessibility of the

residents to each residential building or unit,

(4) any out-of-doors premise or thoroughfare is

adequately maintained to ensure the health and

safety of the residents, and

(5) the buildings or units are within one hundred

seventy-five (175) feet of the building housing

the main kitchen and dining room. The units or

buildings must be located in the most convenient

and accessible location for residents;

provided, however, the leasing of rooms directly or

indirectly to residents of a home shall not void the

application of the provisions of the Residential Care

Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules for such

residential homes pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-836 of

this title;

13. "Licensee" means a person, corporation, partnership, or

association who is the owner of a home which is licensed pursuant to

the provisions of the Residential Care Act;

14. "Maintenance" means meals, shelter, and laundry services;

15. "Neglect" means failure to provide goods and/or services

necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness;

16. "Operator" means the person who is not the administrator

but who manages the home;

17. "Owner" means a person, corporation, partnership,

association, or other entity which owns or leases a home or part of

a home, directly or indirectly, to residents. The person or entity

that stands to profit or lose as a result of the financial success

or failure of the operation shall be presumed to be the owner of the

home;

18. "Personal care" means assistance with meals, dressing,

movement, bathing or other personal needs or maintenance, or general

supervision of the physical and mental well-being of a person, who

is incapable of maintaining a private, independent residence, or who

is unable to manage all activities of daily living without

assistance, whether or not a guardian has been appointed for the

person;

19. "Resident" means a person of legal age, residing in a home

due to illness, physical or mental infirmity, or advanced age;

20. "Representative of a resident" means a court-appointed

guardian, or if there is no court-appointed guardian, a relative or

other person designated in writing by the resident. No owner,

agent, employee, or person with a pecuniary interest in the

residential facility or relative thereof shall be a representative

of a resident unless the person is appointed by the court;

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21. "Supportive assistance" means the service rendered to any

person which is sufficient to enable the person to meet an adequate

level of daily living. Supportive assistance includes, but is not

limited to, housekeeping, assistance in the preparation of meals,

assistance in the safe storage, distribution and administration of

medications, and assistance in personal care as necessary for the

health and comfort of the person. The term "supportive assistance"

shall not be interpreted or applied so as to prohibit the

participation of residents in housekeeping or meal preparation tasks

as a part of the written treatment plan for the training,

habilitation or rehabilitation of the resident, prepared with the

participation of the resident, the mental health or drug or alcohol

services case manager assigned to the resident, and the

administrator of the facility or a designee; and

22. "Transfer" means a change in location of living

arrangements of a resident from one home to another home.