SECTION 450:16-25-3. Health care services


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  • (a)   Annually, the RCF shall monitor and document each resident's physical conditions to detect early indications of health or nutritional risks.
    (b)   This assessment shall be completed by a Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician's Assistant, Doctor of Medicine, or Doctor of Osteopathy licensed in the State of Oklahoma, and said person shall complete the assessment based on personal examination/observation of the resident in addition to the resident's records.
    (c)   Assessments for new residents shall be completed within ninety (90) days of admission to the RCF. If an assessment has been completed at another facility within the preceding twelve (12) months before admission to the current RCF, a copy of that assessment will suffice, with annual assessments thereafter completed on the basis of the previous assessment.
    (d)   Compliance with 450:16-25-3 shall be determined by a review of RCF documentation.
[Source: Added at 13 Ok Reg 3305, eff 9-1-96; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1479, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1379, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 958, eff 7-1-05]