SECTION 310:615-1-5. Self-certification of plans

(a)   The Department shall make available professional consultation and technical assistance services covering the requirements of this section to an ambulatory surgical center considering self-certification of plans. The consultation and technical assistance is subject to the fee for professional consultation and technical assistance services set in OAC 310: 310:615-1-3.1. The consultation is optional and not a prerequisite for filing a request through the self-certification review process.

(b)   The ambulatory surgical center and the project architect or engineer may elect to request approval of design and construction plans through a self-certification review process. The ambulatory surgical center and the project architect or engineer shall submit a self-certification request on a form provided by the Department, along with a self-certification application fee set in OAC 310: 310:615-1-3.1. The form shall be signed by the ambulatory surgical center and the project architect or engineer attesting that the plans and specifications are based upon and comply with the requirements of this Chapter. The form shall require information necessary to demonstrate compliance with OAC 310:615-1-5(c).

(c)   To be eligible for self-certification, projects must comply with the following requirements:

(1)   The project involves any portion of the ambulatory surgical center where patients are intended to be examined or treated and the total of design and construction cost is five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) or less; or

(2)   The project involves only portions of the ambulatory surgical center where patients are not intended to be examined or treated; and

(3)   The project architect or engineer attesting the application has held a license to practice architecture or engineering for at least five (5) years prior to the submittal of the application, is licensed to practice in Oklahoma; and

(4)   The ambulatory surgical center owner/operator acknowledges that the Department retains the authority to:

(A)   Perform audits of the self-certification review program and select projects at random for review;

(B)   Review final construction documents;

(C)   Conduct on-site inspections of the project;

(D)   Withdraw approval based on the failure of the ambulatory surgical center or project architect or engineer to comply with the requirements of this Chapter; and

(5)   The ambulatory surgical center agrees to make changes required by the Department to bring the construction project into compliance with this Chapter.

(d)   Within twenty-one (21) calendar days after receipt of a complete application, the Department shall approve or deny the application for self-certification and send notification to the ambulatory surgical center. If the application is denied, the ambulatory surgical center shall have thirty (30) calendar days to submit additional or supplemental information demonstrating that the application complies with the requirements for self-certification of plans and specifications. The Department shall have fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of supplemental information to reconsider the initial denial and issue a final approval or denial of the self-certification request.

(e)   After denial of the application for self-certification and prior to the start of construction, the ambulatory surgical center shall pay the applicable fee for plan review specified in OAC 310: 310:615-1-3.1. Upon receipt of the plan review fee, the Department shall review the ambulatory surgical center's plans in accordance with the process in 310:615-1-3.1.

[Source: Added at 34 Ok Reg 1293, eff 10-1-17]