Oklahoma
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
Oklahoma Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Gaylord Thomas
Executive Director
OK State Board of Examiners for LTC Administrators
2401 N.W. 23rd , Suite 62
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
Phone: 405/522-1616
Fax: 405/522-1625
Email: gz.Thomas@osbeltca.ok.gov
Web: http://www.ok.gov/osbeltca
/Oklahoma Nursing Home Education Requirements:
Four-year batchelor's degree in any subject.
Oklahoma Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
560 hours
Oklahoma Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
Oklahoma Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes
Oklahoma Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
24 hours annually
Oklahoma Number Licensed Administrators:
722
Oklahoma Number of Licensed Nursing Home Facilities:
425
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
Oklahoma Assisted Living: Contact
Health Facility Systems
1000 NE 10th Street, Room 1010
Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299
Phone: 405.271.6868
Fax: 405.271.7360
E-mail: HealthResources@health.ok.gov
Web: http://www.ok.gov/health/Protective_Health/Health_Resources_Development_Service/Health_Facility_Systems_/Continuum_of_Care_Facility_and_Assisted_Living_Center_Licensure/
Oklahoma Assisted Living: Code:
Residential Care Homes 63 Okla Stat. § 1-819 et seq.; Okla. Admin. Reg. Ch 580 § 310:680-1-1 et seq.
Oklahoma Assisted Living: Reimbursement:
Dept. of Human Services
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
405-557-2539
Oklahoma Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Must be a licensed nursing home administrator, or complete a State approved program of study, or have equivalent training from another state.
College Coursework
Northeastern State University
Health Care Administration
College of Business & Technology
600 N. Grand Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Phone: (918) 456-5511
Web: http://academics.nsuok.edu/businesstechnology/HCA.aspx
Program: BACHELOR'S
The Health Care Administration degree strives to prepare individuals to train to become a health service manager with the ability to manage departments and programs in all aspects of health service organizations as well as understand the importance the collaborative efforts include public health initiatives. This degree will provide students with skills to develop, plan, and manage health care operations and services within health care facilities and across health care systems whether they manage an entire facility or system or specific departments or services.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
School of Allied Health Sciences
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096
Phone: (580) 772-6611
Web: http://www.swosu.edu/academics/hca/index.asp
Program: BACHELOR'S
To become a nursing home administrator in Oklahoma, you will need to complete a bachelors degree, complete the Administrator in Training (AIT) requirement for the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators, and then take state and national licensure examinations.
Assisted living facility directors are required to complete a specified training program or possess other health care administration licensure.