1. A. After being certified by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Training, Treatment and Rehabilitation Authority, any person or private agency, other than a transitional living facility or halfway house as defined by Section 3-403 of this title and persons or private agencies providing only outpatient services, shall apply to the State Commissioner of Health for a license to operate the treatment facility. Applications for such licenses shall be made in accordance with provisions for licensing hospitals and related institutions contained in Sections 63-1-703 and 63-1-704 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
2. B. In addition to the standards for treatment services and rules of operation required by Section 3-416 of this title, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall establish physical facility standards, fire safety standards and such other health and safety standards for halfway houses and transitional living facilities as necessary.
3. C. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the State Department of Health shall ensure that the standards required by Section 3-415 of Title 43A and Section 63-1-705 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes include specific physical facility standards providing for facilities that provide substance abuse treatment services to pregnant women and women with children when the children also reside at the facility.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 137, § 10, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974; Amended by Laws 1983, c. 134, § 10, eff. July 1, 1983; Amended by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 44, eff. November 1, 1986; Renumbered from 63 O.S. § 2117 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 104, eff. November 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1987, c. 225, § 44, eff. November 1, 1987; Amended by Laws 1990, c. 295, § 1, operative July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 327, § 3, eff. September 1, 1994.