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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 371 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
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 organizations or
agencies for certain training program; stating
requirements for training programs; authorizing Board
to provide training program under certain conditions ;
requiring Board to ensur e availability of at least
one training program as alternative to Board program;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKL AHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Secti on 330.53, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 330.53. A. The Oklahoma State Board of E xaminers for
Long-Term Care Administrat ors shall have authori ty to issue licenses
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or certifications to qualified p ersons as long-term care
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 certified 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 cu rrent 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 requ irements for all long -term care
administrator types without effect on the licensure 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
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administrators, or certified assistant administrators . Until such
rules are promulgated, current licens ure and certification processes
and standards shall remain in place.
2. For licensure or certification of nursing facility
administrators, two (2) years of experience a s a certified assistant
administrator of, or three (3) years of management experience at, a
nursing facility, assisted living center, residential care home, or
adult day care center shall substitute for requirement of completion
of a four-year degree, provided the licensee meets all other
requirements in state law or in rules of t he Board.
D. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care
Administrators shall , on or before July 1, 2017, promulgate rules
permitting eligible applicants to sit for the state standards
examination at a testing facil ity using procedures approved by the
National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Board,
including but not lim ited 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 certification to
any applicant who:
a. has obtained a high school diploma, and
b. has passed the state standards examination.
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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 coursework offered by the
Board,
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 within ten (10)
days of receiving the application 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 administrat ors, and
c. has been recently hired or offered a position as a
long-term care administrator at a facility licen sed 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 meet s the criteria for
licensure by endorsement as provi ded by rules of the Board. If the
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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
thirty (30) days after issuance of the provisional license and shall
revoke the provisional license upon issuance of the full license.
If the Board determines the provisional licensee does not meet
qualification criteria for full li censure, the Board shall revoke
the provisional license.
G. 1. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care
Administrators shall approve one or more organizations or agencies
to provide the training program requ ired by the Board. Each such
organization or agency shall meet such requirements as may be
prescribed by rules of the Board, and the curriculum required by the
organization or agency shall not exceed the curriculum required by
the Board.
2. In addition to such approved organizations or agencies, the
Board may offer the training program; provided, that the curriculum
of the training program offered by the Board shall meet the s ame
requirements as those imposed by the Board on training programs
provided by other organizations and agencie s, and the curriculum of
the training program offered by the Board shall not exceed
curriculum requirements imposed by the Board on training programs
provided by other organizations and agencies .
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3. The Board shall ensure that at all times there is at least
one training program offered by an organization or agency as an
alternative to the training program offered by the Board .
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, 202 3.
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