Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 4 - Certificate of Need Regulations
Subchapter 9 - Standards for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Service Beds
Section 310:4-9-6 - Staffing
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
The applicant must demonstrate that sufficient personnel will be retained or employed to meet the needs of all residents and to comply with all requirements for licensure and/or certification, if applicable. That demonstration must include documentation of the availability or plans for recruitment of the following personnel as applicable to meet the program's needs.
(1) The medical administrator (supervisor) or treatment coordinator must be a psychiatrist in a psychiatric program, and may be an internist or family practice physician for chemical dependency programs. This person may be retained on contract, or used through referral for non-medical subacute programs. The number of medical administrators or treatment coordinators must be sufficient to meet program needs.
(2) The Director/Administrator may be in lieu of or in addition to the medical administrator, subject to training and experience.
(3) The numbers of case workers, family therapists, psychologists, and social workers must be adequate to meet the demands of the program design.
(4) The activities assistant will organize and supervise occupational and recreational programming.
(5) The applicant must provide for at least one R.N. on duty at all times, with additional R.N.s adequate to meet program needs.
(6) Psychiatric technicians/mental health workers may be non-licensed staff in addition to licensed nursing staff, and the number corresponding with the intensity of illness to be treated.
(7) Medical records clerks sufficient to meet program needs.
(8) The applicant must provide an education specialist for school age patients.
(9) Clerical and support staff sufficient to meet program needs.
(10) Ancillary support personnel sufficient to meet program needs.
