§ 10-1425. Authorization to operate facilities.  


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  • (a) (1) The Department of Public Welfare and a county (through its board of county commissioners) may enter into an agreement for the operation of a Community Mental Retardation Complex Facility, where day care services, beneficial or necessary for mentally retarded persons and their families, may be provided.

    (2) If a building for the facility is constructed, the county shall be required to provide the site or the cost of the site; and not less than sixteen percent (16%) of the cost of constructing the building and of the cost of equipment for the facility.  If space for the facility is rented, the county shall be required to pay the rental, and not less than sixteen percent (16%) of the cost of equipment for the facility.

    (3) The cost of operating the facility shall be paid by the Department and the county in such proportions as may be specified in the agreement.

    (4) The facility shall be operated in accordance with standards, rules and regulations adopted by the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission.

    (b) A similar agreement with any other non-profit public or private agency or organization may be entered into by the Department of Public Welfare.  Such agency or organization shall be subject to the same requirements as those hereinabove specified for a county.

Laws 1969, c. 324, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1969. Renumbered from Title 43A, § 415 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 105, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.