1. A. Every group home for which a license has been issued shall be periodically inspected by a duly appointed representative of the Department of Human Services pursuant to rules promulgated by the Commission for Human Services with the advice and counsel of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Advisory Board established by Section 4 of this act. Inspection reports shall be prepared on forms prescribed by the Department with the advice and counsel of the Advisory Board.

2. B. The Department shall at least three times a year and whenever it deems necessary inspect, survey, and evaluate each group home to determine compliance with applicable licensure and program certification requirements and standards.

   1. 1. An inspection shall occur within one hundred twenty (120) days prior to license renewal.
   2. 2. Any inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation may be conducted without prior notice to the home. At least one inspection per group home shall be unannounced. Any licensee or applicant for a license shall be deemed to have given consent to any duly authorized employee or agent of the Department to enter and inspect the group home in accordance with the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act. Refusal to permit such entry or inspection may constitute grounds for the denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of a license.

3. C. The Department shall maintain a log, updated at least monthly and available for public inspection, which shall at a minimum detail:

   1. 1. The name of the group home and date of inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation;
   2. 2. Any deficiencies, lack of compliance, or violation noted at the inspection, investigation, survey, or evaluation;
   3. 3. The date a notice of violation, license denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation was issued or other enforcement action occurred;
   4. 4. The date a plan of correction was submitted and the date the plan was approved;
   5. 5. The date corrections were completed, as verified by an inspection; and
   6. 6. If the inspection or investigation was made pursuant to the receipt of a complaint, the date such complaint was received and the date the complainant and the group home was notified of the results of the inspection or investigation.
4. D. The Department shall require periodic reports and shall have access to books, records and other documents maintained by the group home to the extent necessary to implement the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act and the rules promulgated by the Commission for Human Services pursuant thereto.
5. E. A state or local ombudsman, or a representative of the Office of Client Advocacy, or a case manager assigned monitoring responsibilities for clients residing in group homes is authorized to accompany and shall be notified of any survey or inspection conducted of any group home licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act. Any state or local ombudsman having proper identification is authorized to enter any group home licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act, communicate privately and without unreasonable restriction with any resident of a group home who consents to such communication, to seek consent to communicate privately and without restriction with any resident of a group home, and to observe all areas of a group home that directly pertain to the care of a resident of a group home.
6. F. Following any survey or inspection pursuant to the provisions of this section, all reports relating to the survey or inspection shall be filed in the county office of the Department of Human Services in which the group home is located and with the Developmental Disabilities Services Division of the Department of Human Services.
7. G. All state agencies receiving complaints on, or conducting surveys or inspections of group homes shall forward complete copies of complaints or inspection or survey results to the Office of Client Advocacy of the Department of Human Services.

Laws 1987, HB 1460, c. 225, § 27; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2591, c. 236, § 15, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1996, SB 1097, c. 155, § 27, eff. November 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2964, c. 354, § 27, eff. November 1, 1996; Renumbered from 63 O.S. § 1-818.27 by Laws 1996, HB 2964, c. 354, § 56, eff. November 1, 1996.