A. No person shall establish, operate, or maintain in this state any nursing facility without first obtaining a license as required by the Nursing Home Care Act.
B. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to residential care homes, assisted living facilities or adult companion homes which are operated in conjunction with a nursing facility, a home or facility approved and annually reviewed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as a medical foster home in which care is provided exclusively to three or fewer veterans, or to hotels, motels, boarding houses, rooming houses, or other places that furnish board or room to their residents.
C. Each Oklahoma Veterans Center nursing facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be regulated as an existing nursing facility for the purposes of meeting state and federal standards.
D. Certificate of need review shall not be required for any addition, deletion, modification or new construction of current or future State Veterans Center nursing facilities.
E. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not authorize any person to engage in any manner in the practice of the healing arts or the practice of medicine, as defined by law.
F. The Nursing Home Care Act shall not apply to a facility which is not charging or receiving periodic compensation for services rendered, and not receiving any county, state, or federal assistance.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 241, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 128, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 98, § 23, emerg. eff. May 20, 1987; Laws 1991, c. 127, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 234, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 360, § 7, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2003, c. 89, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 12, § 3, emerg. eff. April 5, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 379, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.
NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 159, § 17 repealed by Laws 1993, c. 360, § 16, emerg. eff. June 10, 1993.
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