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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 14, 2022
SENATE BILL NO. 1668 By: Howard
An Act relating to long-term care; amending 63 O.S.
2021, Section 330.53 , which relates to qualifications
for license or certification of long-term care
administrators; broadening types of administrators
exempt from certain requirement ; providing that
certain experience shall substitute for certain
degree; requiring Oklahoma State Board of Examiners
for Long-Term Care Administrators to grant assistant
administrator certification to applicants who meet
certain criteria; providing for full licensure of
certified assistant administrators; requiring Board
to grant provisional licensure to applicants who meet
certain criteria; granting provisional licensee
certain rights; providing for licensure by
endorsement; providing for revocation of provisiona l
license; requiring Board to approve certain
organizations or agencies for certain training
program under certain condition; requiring Board to
ensure availability of at least two training
programs; authorizing Board to provide training; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 330.53, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 330.53. A. The Oklahoma State Board of E xaminers for
Long-Term Care Administrators shall have authori ty to issue licenses
or certifications to qualified p ersons as long-term care
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administrators, and shall establish qualification criteria for each
type of long-term care administrator.
B. No license or certification shall be issued to a person as a
long-term care administrator unless:
1. The person shall ha ve submitted evidence satisfactory to the
Board that the person is:
a. not less than twenty-one (21) years of age, and
b. of reputable and res ponsible character; and
2. The person shall have submitted e vidence satisfactory to the
Board of the person’s ability to supervise the defined facility type
in which he or she is licensed or certi fied to serve as a long-term
care administrator.
C. 1. All persons currently licensed or certified or lawfully
serving as an administrator in their defined facility type shall be
permitted to continue to serve in their curren t capacity under their
current terms of authorization. The Board may promulgate rules
pursuant to Section 330.57 of this title to address future
certification and licensure requirements for all long -term care
administrator types without effect on the lice nsure or certification
status of those currently certified or licensed. The Board shall
not include a requirement for a four-year degree in any futu re
licensing or certification requirements for assist ed living
administrators, residential care or administrators, adult day care
administrators, or certified assistant administrators . Until such
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rules are promulgated, current licensure and certification processes
and standards shall remain in place.
2. For licensure or certification of nursing facility
administrators, ten (10) years of experience as a certified
assistant administrator of a nursing facility shall substitute for
requirement of completion of a four -year degree.
D. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care
Administrators shall, on or before July 1, 2017, prom ulgate rules
permitting eligible applicants to sit for the state standards
examination at a testing facility using procedure s approved by the
National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Board,
including but not limited to the use of electronic or online methods
for examination.
E. 1. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care
Administrators shall grant assistant administrator cert ification to
any applicant for who:
a. has obtained a high school diploma or General
Educational Development (GED) credential, and
b. has passed the state standards examination.
2. The Board shall grant full licensure as a long -term care
administrator to any applicant currently certified as an assistant
administrator who:
a. has completed the required cours ework offered by the
Board,
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b. has completed a training program approved by the
Board, and
c. meets all other qualifications for licensure of long -
term care administrators.
F. 1. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long -Term Care
Administrators shall grant a provisional license to any applicant
who:
a. is licensed as a long -term care administrato r in
another state,
b. has passed a nationally recognized examination for
long-term care administrato rs, and
c. has been recently hired or offered a position as a
long-term care administrator at a facility licensed by
the State Department of Health.
2. A provisional licensee shall have all the same rights as a
long-term care administrator licensed by the Board.
3. Upon issuance of a provisional license, t he Board shall
determine if the provisional licensee meets the criteria for
licensure by endorsement as provided by rules of the Board. If the
provisional licensee meets the qualification criteria for full
licensure, the Board shall grant a full long-term care facility
administrator license to the provisional licensee not later than six
(6) months after issuance of the provisional license and shall
revoke the provisional license upon issuance of the full license .
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If the Board determines the provisional lice nsee does not meet
qualification criteria for full licensure, the Board shall revoke
the provisional license.
G. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long -Term Care
Administrators shall approve organizations or agencies to provide
the training program required by the Board. Each such organization
or agency shall meet such requirements as may be prescribed by rules
of the Board. The Board shall ensure that at all times at least two
organizations or agencies offer the traini ng program. In addition
to such approved organizations or agencies, the Board may offer the
training program.
H. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long -Term Care
Administrators shall promulg ate rules to implement the provisions of
this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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