A. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care Administrators shall have authority to issue licenses or certifications to qualified persons as long-term care administrators, and shall establish qualification criteria for each type of long-term care administrator.

B. No license or certification shall be issued to a person as a long-term care administrator unless:

1. The person shall have submitted evidence satisfactory to the Board that the person is:

a.not less than twenty-one (21) years of age, and

b.of reputable and responsible character; and

2. The person shall have submitted evidence satisfactory to the Board of the person's ability to supervise the defined facility type in which he or she is licensed or certified to serve as a long-term care administrator.

C. All persons currently licensed or certified or lawfully serving as an administrator in their defined facility type shall be permitted to continue to serve in their current capacity under their current terms of authorization. The Board may promulgate rules pursuant to Section 330.57 of this title to address future certification and licensure requirements for all long-term care administrator types without effect on the licensure or certification status of those currently certified or licensed. The Board shall not include a requirement for a four-year degree in any future licensing or certification requirements for assisted living, residential care or adult day care administrators. Until such rules are promulgated, current licensure and certification processes and standards shall remain in place.

D. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care Administrators shall, on or before July 1, 2017, promulgate rules permitting eligible applicants to sit for the state standards examination at a testing facility using procedures approved by the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Board, including but not limited to the use of electronic or online methods for examination.

E. The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care Administrators shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 100, § 3, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 168, § 3, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 289, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2006, c. 291, § 3, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2006, c. 273, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 2006; Laws 2011, c. 192, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2016, c. 241, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.