A. No person shall willfully:

1. Fail to correct or interfere with the correction of a violation within the time specified on the notice or approved plan of correction pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act as the maximum period given for correction, unless an extension is granted and the corrections are made before expiration of extension;

2. Prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way the work of any duly authorized representative of the Department of Human Services in the investigation and enforcement of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act;

3. Prevent or attempt to prevent any such representative from examining any relevant books or records in the conduct of official duties pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act;

4. Prevent or interfere with any such representative in the preserving of evidence of any violation of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto;

5. 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 pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act;

6. File any false, incomplete, or intentionally misleading information required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act, or willfully fail or refuse to file any information required by the Department pursuant to the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act; or

7. Open or operate a group home without a license or a contract for group home services with the Department of Human Services or the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

B. No employee of a state or unit of a local government agency shall aid, abet, assist, conceal, or conspire with any employee of a provider or licensee in a violation of any provision of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act or any rule or standard promulgated by the Commission for Human Services pursuant to the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act.

C. Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 225, § 31, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 155, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1996, c. 354, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 1-818.31 of Title 63 by Laws 1996, c. 354, § 56, eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 137, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.