Care-facility inspections
How nursing homes and care facilities in Oklahoma are inspected, licensed, and held to account.
10 laws · 10 enforcement actions · 5 guides · 1 court decision
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The laws 10
- 63 O.S. § 1-1901, the Nursing Home Care Act's short title (Act spans 1-1901 to c. 1-1953), the core state licensing/survey statute for nursing facilities and specialized facilities (incl. ICF/IID) oksenate.gov
- 63 O.S. § 1-1912, Nursing Home Care Act enforcement procedure: the Department must serve a written notice of violation, the licensee must file a plan of correction within 10 working days, and the Department may impose administrative penalti… oksenate.gov
- 63 O.S. §§ 1-2211 - 1-2213 et seq., the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Act — establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (housed within the Department of Human Services by statutory text, though administered today by the Oklahoma… oksenate.gov
- 63 O.S. § 1-890.1 et seq., the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act — state licensing act for assisted living centers and continuum-of-care facilities oksenate.gov
- 63 O.S. § 1-820 et seq., the Residential Care Act — state licensing act for residential care homes oksenate.gov
- 63 O.S. §§ 1-870 - 1-879.2, the Adult Day Care Act — state licensing act for adult day care centers oksenate.gov
- 63 O.S. § 1-879.2a et seq., the Alzheimer's Disease Special Care Disclosure Act — requires any facility (nursing facility, residential care facility, assisted living facility, adult day care center, continuum of care facility) that markets… oklahoma.gov
- 63 O.S. § 1-1960 et seq., the Home Care Act — OSDH Medical Facilities Service's licensing statute for home care agencies (home health aides, companion/sitter services) oklahoma.gov
- 63 O.S. § 1-860.1 et seq., the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act — OSDH Medical Facilities Service's licensing statute for hospice agencies oklahoma.gov
- 63 O.S. §§ 1-1950.1 - 1-1951, the Nursing Home Care Act's nurse aide criminal-history-background-check and certification provisions, applicable to nurse aides employed by nursing facilities, specialized facilities, residential care homes, c… oklahoma.gov
Know your rights 5
- OSDH Long Term Care Service's 'Certification Programs' guidance page — explains that Department survey teams perform periodic surveys of every long-term care facility/home/center, certify operators based on survey outcomes, conduct revisits… oklahoma.gov
- OSDH Long Term Care Service's 'Provider Guidance, Calls, FAQs, Resources' page — archives recorded monthly provider calls with slide decks for nursing facilities/ICF-IID/assisted living/continuum-of-care providers (e.g. oklahoma.gov
- OSDH Medical Facilities Service's 'Complaints & Enforcement Division' guidance page (covers home health, hospice, and other non-long-term-care licensed/certified facilities) — explains the complaint-intake process (CMS triage guidelines, in… oklahoma.gov
- OSDH Medical Facilities Service's 'Home Services Division' guidance page — explains HSD's oversight of home care, companion/sitter service, and hospice agency licenses (on-site surveys, complaint investigations, client home visits, and sanc… oklahoma.gov
- OSDH Medical Facilities Service 'Directory of Facilities Licensed and/or Medicare Certified' (effective July 08, 2026) — the Department's own current public directory of every licensed/certified medical facility in Oklahoma, issued under th… oklahoma.gov
Enforcement actions 2
- OSDH Health Facility Systems' 'List of Receivers/Managers' (maintained pursuant to 63 O.S. § 1-1930.3, updated 09/03/2026) — names THREE Oklahoma nursing facilities placed into court-appointed receivership on 03/05/2026 for Nursing Home Car… oklahoma.gov
- OSDH Long Term Care Service's public 'Long Term Care Provider Survey/Inspection Search' portal (the 'LTC Public File') — the state's own searchable repository of named-facility licensing surveys, certification surveys, complaint investigati… surveys.health.ok.gov
Orders & settlements 8
- Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) Title 310, Chapter 675, Nursing and Specialized Facilities — OSDH's minimum-standards licensing rules implementing the Nursing Home Care Act (63 O.S. §§ 1-104, 1-1901 et seq.) oklahoma.gov
- OAC Title 310, Chapter 663, Continuum of Care and Assisted Living — OSDH's licensing/minimum-standards rules for assisted living centers and continuum-of-care facilities, implementing 63 O.S. §§ 1-104, 1-890.1 et seq. oklahoma.gov
- OAC Title 310, Chapter 680, Residential Care Homes — OSDH's minimum-criteria licensing rules for residential care homes implementing the Residential Care Act, 63 O.S. § 1-820 through 1-840 oklahoma.gov
- OAC Title 310, Chapter 605, Adult Day Care Centers — OSDH's licensing rules for adult day care centers implementing the Adult Day Care Act oklahoma.gov
- OAC Title 310, Chapter 673, Alzheimer's Disease Special Care Disclosure Rules — OSDH's rules implementing the Alzheimer's Disease Special Care Disclosure Act oklahoma.gov
- OAC Title 310, Chapter 677, Nurse Aide Training and Certification — OSDH's rules governing the nurse aide registry and training/certification requirements for nurse aides working in Oklahoma long-term care facilities oklahoma.gov
- OAC Title 310, Chapter 662, Home Care Agencies — OSDH Medical Facilities Service's licensing rules for home care agencies implementing the Home Care Act (63 O.S. § 1-1964) oklahoma.gov
- OAC Title 310, Chapter 661, Hospice — OSDH Medical Facilities Service's licensing rules for hospice agencies implementing the Oklahoma Hospice Licensing Act (63 O.S. §§ 1-103a.1, 1-104, 1-860.1 et seq., 1-862) oklahoma.gov
Court decisions 1
Official notices 3
- 'The Notice' (July 2026), OSDH Health Facility Systems' monthly Certificate of Need active-projects bulletin published pursuant to 63 O.S. § 1-857(B), naming specific nursing/specialized-facility CN applicants and their review status (e.g. oklahoma.gov
- OSDH-QAR (Quality Assurance Regulation) 'Listing of Closed Facilities' (updated 09/01/2026) — names specific 2025-2026 Oklahoma long-term-care facility closures with type, address, and closure dates, e.g. oklahoma.gov
- OSDH Long Term Care Service's 'Long Term Care Facility Complaint Procedure' poster — the mandatory facility-posted notice explaining how the public may file a complaint, that the complainant's identity stays confidential, and that a written… oklahoma.gov