Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 664 - Home Care Administrator Certification
Subchapter 7 - Requirements for Examination
Section 310:664-7-1 - Oklahoma Home Care Administrator Preparedness Assessment

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 310:664-7-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) The Oklahoma Home Care Administrator Preparedness Assessment (OHCAPA) shall be Department approved and offered at least quarterly.

(b) The OHCAPA may be administered at a state vocational technical institution, state institution of higher education, or a professional testing and evaluation center in the State.

(c) An individual shall sit for the OHCAPA within three (3) months after completing a preparedness program or being deemed. Failure to take the OHCAPA during the three (3) month time frame will require the individual to resubmit another application for the deeming process and a non-refundable fee of fifty dollars ($50). The Department may grant an applicant an exception or extension if such requirement causes an undue hardship for the applicant due to unusual circumstances or illness.

(d) Each approved OHCAPA exam developer shall provide the Department with the following:

(1) Written job analysis studies to determine the pool of test questions;

(2) Test question validation studies;

(3) Test administration and scoring procedures;

(4) Capabilities of providing examination results in the proper format to the Department within thirty (30) days of examination;

(5) Assurances of test security;

(6) A report following each test administration which specifies:
(A) Date of administration of the OHCAPA;

(B) Name and examination score for each examinee; and

(C) Name of the preparedness program which each examinee completed and the pass percentages for each preparedness program course.

(e) Each approved OHCAPA exam developer shall provide the examinee with the following:

(1) A notice showing pass or fail results;

(2) A notice specifying the areas of failure; and

(3) A notice stating that three (3) OHCAPA challenges were not successful and completion of the preparedness program shall be required prior to another attempt to pass the OHCAPA.

(f) The Department may withhold approval of an OHCAPA examiner when one (1) or more of the following has been determined to occur:

(1) Insufficient security measures in administration of testing;

(2) Impropriety or tampering by OHCAPA examiners or by non-authorized persons;

(3) Failure to provide the Department with examination results or reports pursuant to OAC 310:664-7-1(A)(B)(C); and

(4) Allowing another entity not approved by the Department to score the examination.

Added at 15 Ok Reg 2385, eff 6-11-98; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2384, eff 7-11-03

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