Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-851.1

For purposes of the Long-term Care Certificate of Need Act:

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

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

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

4. "Long-term care facility" means:

a. a nursing facility or a specialized facility, as such

terms are defined by Section 1-1902 of this title,

b. skilled nursing care provided in a distinct part of a

hospital as such term is defined by Section 1-701 of

this title,

c. the nursing care component of a continuum of care

facility, as such term is defined under the Continuum

of Care and Assisted Living Act, or

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d. the nursing care component of a life care community as

such term is defined by the Long-term Care Insurance

Act;

5. "Disclosure statement" means a written statement by the

applicant which contains:

a. the full name, business address, and Social Security

number of the applicant, and all persons with

controlling interest as defined by the Long-term Care

Certificate of Need Act,

b. the full name and address of any legal entity in which

the applicant holds a debt or equity interest of at

least five percent (5%), or which is a parent company

or subsidiary of the applicant,

c. a description of the experience and credentials of the

applicant, including any past or present permits,

licenses, certifications, or operational

authorizations relating to long-term care facility

regulation,

d. a listing and explanation of any administrative, civil

or criminal legal actions against the applicant or any

person with a controlling interest which resulted in a

final agency order or final judgment by a court of

record including, but not limited to, final orders or

judgments on appeal related to long-term care in the

five (5) years immediately preceding the filing of the

application. Such actions shall include, without

limitation, any permit denial or any sanction imposed

by a state regulatory authority or the Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services, and

e. a listing of any federal long-term care agency and any

state long-term care agency outside this state that

has or has had regulatory responsibility over the

applicant;

6. "History of noncompliance" means three standard or complaint

surveys found to be at the substandard quality of care level when

the facility does not achieve compliance by date certain in a

nursing facility or specialized facility for persons with

Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. Additionally, "history of

noncompliance" for an intermediate care or specialized facility for

persons with intellectual disabilities means three consecutive

routine or complaint surveys that resulted in determinations that

the facility was out of compliance with two or more Conditions of

Participation in the Medicaid program within the preceding thirty-

six (36) months when the facility does not achieve compliance within

sixty (60) days;

7. "Person" means any individual, corporation, industry, firm,

partnership, association, venture, trust, institution, federal,

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state or local governmental instrumentality, agency or body or any

other legal entity however organized; and

8. "Person with a controlling interest" means a person who

meets any one or more of the following requirements:

a. controls fifty percent (50%) or more of the common

stock of the corporate entity involved or controls

fifty percent (50%) or more of the interest in the

partnership involved,

b. controls a percentage of stock greater than any other

stockholder or equal to the other single largest

stockholder or controls a percentage of partnership

interest greater than any other partner or equal to

the other single largest partnership interest, or

c. a managing member of a Limited Liability Company

(LLC).