§ 63-1-1916. Prohibited acts - Violations - Prosecution.

A.  No person, including any person at any facility operated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, shall:

1.  Intentionally fail to correct or interfere with the correction of a violation within the time specified on the notice or approved plan of correction under this act as the maximum period given for correction, unless an extension is granted and the corrections are made before expiration of extension;

2.  Intentionally prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way the work of any duly authorized representative of the Department in the investigation and enforcement of this act;

3.  Intentionally prevent or attempt to prevent any such representative from examining any relevant books or records in the conduct of official duties under this act;

4.  Intentionally prevent or interfere with any such representative in the preserving of evidence of any violation of this act or the rules promulgated under this act;

5.  Intentionally retaliate or discriminate against any resident or employee for contacting or providing information to any state official, or for initiating, participating in, or testifying in an action for any remedy authorized under this act;

6.  Willfully file any false, incomplete or intentionally misleading information required to be filed under this act, or willfully fail or refuse to file any information; or

7.  Open or operate a facility without a license.

B.  A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

C.  The district attorney of the county in which the facility is located, or the Attorney General, may be requested by the Department to initiate prosecutions under this section.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 241, § 16, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.  Amended by Laws 2013, c. 379, § 4, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.