(a) Criteria for subjective screening of potential ombudsman staff and volunteers, are reviewed in addition to standard education and work experience questions.   • 1

(b) Persons who are not eligible for ombudsman volunteer certification include any person who:

• (1) was fired from employment in a facility where he or she wishes to volunteer and any relative of a fired employee;
• (2) is a relative of an employee of the facility where he or she wishes to volunteer;
• (3) lacks the ability to be objective or hold confidences;
• (4) is a current employee or has any financial interest in a facility in which he or she wishes to volunteer. The person may volunteer in another facility with the stipulation that, if the chosen facility is a competitive facility, acceptance must be made by the administrator of the facility the volunteer chooses;
• (5) is a paid sitter, private duty nurse, or private duty aide in the facility where the person wishes to volunteer.  If a competitive facility is chosen, the placement is accepted by the chosen facility;
• (6) is involved in a pending law suit against a facility, until the legal process is completed and acceptance of the person as a volunteer is made by the administrator of the selected facility;
• (7) stands to gain financially through an action or potential action brought on behalf of persons the ombudsman serves; and
• (8) was convicted of a crime listed in Section 1-1950.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes or whose name appears on the Sex Offender Registry or the Mary Rippy Violent Offender Registry.