STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 52nd Legislature (2010)

SENATE BILL 1701	By:	Ivester

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health and safety; requiring certain training; providing for certain deadlines; directing the State Department of Health to establish a system for the certification of certain individuals; permitting certain fine; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-879.5 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  All direct care staff who are employed by a licensed nursing facility, residential care home, adult day care center, assisted living center, continuum of care facility, hospice, or home care agency shall be required to complete at least four (4) hours of in-service training annually in the care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
B.  Training for direct care staff who were hired on or before November 1, 2010, shall be completed on or before January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter.  Training for direct care staff who are hired after November 1, 2010, shall be completed within twelve (12) months from their date of employment and annually thereafter.
C.  The State Department of Health shall establish a system for the certification of individuals to provide training pursuant to subsection A of this section.  Such individuals shall, at a minimum, have:
1.  No less than one (1) year of continuous employment in the direct care of persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia; and
2.  Training in the care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia by a national association that advocates for issues related to Alzheimer’s disease.
D.  The State Department of Health may fine entities specified in subsection A of this section in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per person per any thirty-day period during which a direct care staff person is in violation of the provisions of this act.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.

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