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10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-311 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-311. Annual review of programs and services and implementation of Youthful Offender Act - Reports.

|A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall from time to time, but not less often than annually, review its programs and services and submit a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, the Board of Juvenile Affairs, and the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of its programs and services. The report shall include, but not be limited to: |1. An analysis and evaluation of programs and services continued, established and discontinued during the period covered by the report;2. A description of programs and services which should be implemented;3. Relevant information concerning the number of children comprising the population of any facility operated by the Office of Juvenile Affairs during the period covered by the report;4. An analysis and evaluation, by age, of the number of children assessed for literacy skills, the number who failed to demonstrate age-appropriate reading skills, and the number who were required to participate in a literacy skills improvement program; and5. Such other information as will enable a user of the report to ascertain the effectiveness of the programs, services and facilities.B. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall annually analyze and evaluate the implementation of the Youthful Offender Act, the effectiveness of the Youthful Offender Act and any problems which have occurred which have limited the effectiveness of the Youthful Offender Act. The annual analysis and evaluation shall be incorporated in the report required by subsection A of this section.Added by Laws 1992, c. 299, § 4, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 87, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 610 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 247, § 15, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 364, § 8, emerg. eff. June 8, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 1, § 5, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 320, § 14, emerg. eff. June 9, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 12, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-3.11 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 171, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.NOTE: Laws 1998, 268, § 3 repealed by Laws 1999, c. 1, § 45, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-402 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-402. Court and hearing costs of Office of Juvenile Affairs - Special agency account.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special agency account for court and hearing costs of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The money in the account shall be used only for court costs, court filing fees, witness fees, fees for court transcripts, audio tape duplication charges for Merit Protection hearings, service of process, costs for mailing legal documents, and expenses related to any case or proceeding within the official responsibility of the Office of General Counsel of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 293, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 7302-4.2 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 172, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-502 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-502. Child adjudicated in need of supervision - Placement - Rehabilitative facilities – Mental health treatment.

|A. Whenever a child who has been adjudicated by the court as a child in need of supervision has been committed to the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the Office may place the child in the home of the child, the home of a relative of the child, foster home, group home, transitional living program, independent living program, community-based setting, rehabilitative facility or child care facility under the operation of or licensure of the state, or in a state school for individuals with intellectual disabilities if eligible for admission thereto. No child in need of supervision shall be placed in an Office-operated institution, other than a rehabilitative facility. |B. The Office of Juvenile Affairs may establish and maintain one or more rehabilitative facilities to be used exclusively for the custody of children in need of supervision. Each such facility shall be, primarily, a nonsecure facility having as its primary purpose the rehabilitation of children adjudicated to be in need of supervision. Such facility shall have a bed capacity for no more than twenty children, and shall minimize the institutional atmosphere and prepare the child for reintegration into the community. Provided however, that such facility may be designed and operated as a secure facility used exclusively for children in need of supervision whom the court has specifically found to be so unmanageable, ungovernable and antisocial that no other reasonable alternative exists for treatment or restraint other than placement in such a secure facility. Such facility shall not rely on locked rooms, fences, or physical restraints.C. A child in need of supervision who has been found by a court to be a minor in need of treatment shall be placed as provided by Section 2-2-804 of this title and the Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act.Added by Laws 1968, c. 282, § 137, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 187, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 1975; Laws 1977, c. 79, § 5; Laws 1978, c. 307, § 2, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978; Laws 1982, c. 312, § 28, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1985, c. 253, § 1, emerg. eff. July 15, 1985; Laws 1990, c. 238, § 9, emerg. eff. May 21, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 298, § 35; Laws 1995, c. 352, § 90, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1137 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 327, § 21, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 15, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-5.2 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 173, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-602 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-602. Methods of administration - Merit system - Employment of superintendent and other personnel - Criminal history records searches - Superintendent as guardian

|A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall establish and maintain such methods of administration, including those necessary to establish and maintain a merit system of personnel administration, and shall promulgate such rules as it deems necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the juvenile institutions and facilities operated by the Office. |B. The Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall employ and fix the duties and compensation of a superintendent, and such other personnel as the Executive Director deems necessary, for each of the juvenile institutions and facilities operated by the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The Office shall promulgate, and in its hiring and employment practices, the Office shall adhere to, written minimum qualifications by position for personnel working with or around juveniles in said institutions and facilities. Such minimum qualifications shall be designed to assure that such personnel possess sufficient education, training, experience and background to provide adequate and safe professional care and services to said juveniles; and that the juveniles will not be exposed to abuse, deprivation, criminal conduct, or other unwholesome conditions attributable to employee incompetence or misconduct.C. 1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs may directly request national criminal history records searches as defined by Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of investigating the criminal history of any employee or applicant of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation may charge a search fee as provided in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The fee shall be deposited in the OSBI Revolving Fund.2. The Board of Juvenile Affairs shall promulgate rules for the Office of Juvenile Affairs to obtain national criminal history records for personnel described in subsection B of this section, except that such rules may permit employment of applicants pending receipt of the results of national criminal history record searches.D. The superintendent of a juvenile institution or facility shall be the guardian of the person of each juvenile in the institution or facility for the limited purpose of providing care and protection for any life-threatening situation that may arise.Added by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 94, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 213, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 19, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.2 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 307, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-604 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-604. Physical force, when authorized - Mechanical restraints – Chemical agents.

|A. Use of physical force in institutions and other facilities operated by or through contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs wherein children are housed shall be permitted only under the following circumstances: |1. For self-protection;2. To separate juveniles who are fighting; or3. To restrain juveniles in danger of inflicting harm to themselves or others; or4. To restrain juveniles who have escaped or who are in the process of escaping.B. When use of physical force is authorized, the least force necessary under the circumstances shall be employed.C. Staff members of residential and nonresidential programs who are assigned to work with juveniles shall receive written guidelines on the use of physical force, and that, in accordance with staff disciplinary procedures, loss of employment may result if unauthorized use of physical force is proven.D. Use of mechanical restraints in institutions and other facilities operated by or through contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs or the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services wherein children are housed shall be minimal and shall be prohibited except as specifically provided for in the rules of the Office of Juvenile Affairs and Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.E. Use of chemical agents and electroshock weapons in secure facilities operated by or through contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall be minimal and shall be prohibited except as specifically provided for in the rules of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.Added by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 96, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 21, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.4 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 115, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-605 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-605. Run away or AWOL from a staff secure or nonsecure placement.

|A. Upon discovery that a juvenile or youthful offender has run away or is absent without leave (AWOL) from a staff-secure or nonsecure placement, the Office of Juvenile Affairs may notify any law enforcement officer or agency in this state who shall use any reasonable method to notify law enforcement agencies and personnel. All law enforcement agencies and personnel shall be authorized to apprehend and detain such juvenile or youthful offender. |B. 1. Running away or being absent without leave (AWOL) by a juvenile from a staff-secure or nonsecure placement shall be considered by the court of juvenile jurisdiction as a delinquent act.2. Running away or being absent without leave (AWOL) by a youthful offender from a staff-secure or nonsecure placement may be considered by the court of juvenile jurisdiction as grounds for bridging the youthful offender to the adult system.Added by Laws 1979, c. 257, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 99, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1995, c. 352, § 97, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1146 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 22, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.5 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 397, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 2010.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-607 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-607. Lloyd E. Rader Children's Center - Administration and control.

|The official name and designation of the center for children situated at Sand Springs, Oklahoma, shall be Lloyd E. Rader Children's Center. The supervision, management, operation and control of the Center and all property, records, equipment and supplies related thereto shall be the responsibility of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 38, § 1, emerg. eff. March 7, 1972. Renumbered from § 301.1 of Title 56 by Laws 1982, c. 312, § 48, emerg. eff. May 28, 1982. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 299, § 19, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1995, c. 352, § 99, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1407 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 24, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.7 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-608 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-608. Expansion of preadjudicatory secure detention beds - Responsibility for regional juvenile facility in southwestern part of state.

|A. Beginning July 1, 1995, the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall oversee the expansion of the number of preadjudicatory secure detention beds available in this state. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish detention beds on a geographic basis throughout the state in order to provide more accessibility to services for all regions of the state. The beds established by this subsection shall be established and operated in accordance with Section 2-3-103 of this title. |B. Effective July 1, 1995, the responsibilities for establishing and operating a regional juvenile facility in the southwestern part of the state shall be transferred to the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The facility shall include six transitional beds and seventy medium secure beds for such programs as the Office of Juvenile Affairs determines will most appropriately and effectively provide required services; provided, no more than thirty-two beds shall be used for any one type of program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Juvenile Affairs locates an existing facility that can be remodeled and used for this purpose.C. Beginning July 1, 1998, detention beds constructed and operated by a county solely through revenues from county sources shall be exempt from the provisions of the State Plan for the Establishment of Juvenile Detention Services adopted pursuant to subsection D of Section 2-3-103 of this title.D. The Board of Juvenile Affairs shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act.Added by Laws 1994, c. 290, § 11, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 100, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1507.8 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 293, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 34, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 365, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 25, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.8 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 67, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-609 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-609. Facilities and residential programs – Legislative intent.

|It is the intent of the Legislature that the facilities and residential programs established or contracted by the Office of Juvenile Affairs affirm the dignity of self and respect for others; promote the value of education, work, and self-discipline; and develop useful skills and abilities that can be applied when the juvenile is reintegrated into the community. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 290, § 12, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 101, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1507.9 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 293, § 11, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 365, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 357, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2006, c. 124, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 26, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.9 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-610 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-610. Phil Smalley Children's Unit of Oklahoma Youth Center - Designation as Phil Smalley Center.

|The official name and designation of the facility located at Norman, Oklahoma, formerly known and designated as the Phil Smalley Children's Unit of the Oklahoma Youth Center, shall be the Phil Smalley Center. The supervision, management, operation and control of the Center and all property, equipment and supplies related thereto shall be the responsibility of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, except as provided for in interagency agreements between the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Office of Juvenile Affairs. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 268, § 14, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 27, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-6.10 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 174, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-611 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-611. Secure facilities - Certification - Violations.

|A. For purposes of this section, “electronic communication” means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic, or photo-optical system, and includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of that communication through the Internet. |B. 1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall certify all secure facilities, including secure facilities collocated with adult facilities or juvenile detention facilities. Such collocated facilities shall meet applicable criteria of the federal Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act for collocation. To be certified, a secure facility shall be required to meet standards for certification promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs.2. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified juvenile detention facility any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous instrument, any controlled dangerous substance as defined by Section 2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any intoxicating beverage or low-point beer as defined by Sections 163.1 and 163.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any cellular phone or electronic device capable of sending or receiving any electronic communication, money, or financial documents for a person other than the juvenile or youthful offender or relative of the juvenile or youthful offender, shall be guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year or more than five (5) years, or a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.C. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified juvenile detention facility any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 2009, c. 167, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 365, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from Title 10, §7302-6.11, to provide consistency in numbering.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-612 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-612. Office of Juvenile Affairs - Sale of surplus real estate.

|A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs may sell real estate owned by the State of Oklahoma or the Office of Juvenile Affairs that is surplus to its use under the jurisdiction of the Office of Juvenile Affairs located within LeFlore County and situated within Talihina. |B. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 129.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the sale. All monies received from the sale of the property, except those monies necessary to pay the expenses incurred pursuant to the sale, shall be deposited in the Office of Juvenile Affairs Revolving Fund 200 (“200 Fund”). Revenue derived from such real estate sale deposited to the fund shall be utilized for the benefit of the Office of Juvenile Affairs as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Office of Juvenile Affairs by law. Such real estate sale shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 456.7 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 2010, c. 402, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-613 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-613. Office of Juvenile Affairs - Foster care.

|A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall establish a program of foster care for children in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, and in implementing the program of foster care, shall: |1. Recruit foster families for children in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs;2. Contract with foster parents and child-placing agencies to provide foster care services to children within the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs;3. Exercise supervision over all foster placements with whom the Office of Juvenile Affairs has a contract for foster care services;4. Establish rules and standards for providing foster care services in addition to those required by the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act;5. Require initial and ongoing foster parent training and education programs; and6. Establish a grievance procedure in accordance with rules promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs, including a statement of foster parent rights, for foster parents with whom the Office of Juvenile Affairs contracts.B. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not be liable for any costs or expenses expended voluntarily by a foster parent for a foster child which are in excess of the funds authorized for providing foster care services to the foster child.Added by Laws 2013, c. 129, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
10A OK Stat § 10A-2-7-614 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-2-7-614. Foster care - Requirement of licensing standards.

|A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no child in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall be placed with any foster placement unless the foster placement meets licensing standards as required by rules promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs and the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act and is otherwise approved for foster care by the Office of Juvenile Affairs for children within its custody. |B. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no person shall receive a child for foster care or provide foster care services to a child unless such person meets licensing standards as required by the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act and rules promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs, and is otherwise approved by the Office of Juvenile Affairs for children within its custody.Added by Laws 2013, c. 129, § 2, eff. July 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 67, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.