Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 450 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Chapter 16 - Standards and Criteria for Community Residential Mental Health Facilities
Subchapter 21 - Personnel, Staffing and Training
Section 450:16-21-4 - Residential care staff licensure and training requirements, administrator
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) The administrator of the RCF shall maintain current licensure as a Residential Care (RC) Administrator, or a Residential Care (RC) / Assisted Living (AL) Administrator, through the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators (OSBELTCA).
(b) The administrator of the RCF annually complete eight (8) hours of training on mental health and substance use disorder-related subjects. These eight (8) hours of training can be included in the hours of training required to maintain licensure through OSBELTCA, and must include at least one (1) hour of training regarding substance use disorders and intervention strategies; and three (3) hours of training must be in techniques and philosophies within a curriculum that has been pre-approved by the Director of ODMHSAS Provider Certification which addresses appropriate non-violent intervention and potentially aggressive interpersonal conflicts, staff attitudes which promote dignity and enhanced self-esteem, keys to effective communication skills, verbal and non-verbal interaction and non-violent intervention.
(c) The administrator of the RCF shall receive CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and first aid provided by certified instructors.
(d) Compliance with 450:16-21-4 shall be determined by a review of the administrator's personnel file.
Added at 13 Ok Reg 3305, eff 9-1-96; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1479, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2172, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1379, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1061, eff 7-1-04; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1418, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1421, eff 7-1-07; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2522, eff 7-11-08
